Simon Russell Beale, John Hurt and Lesley Manville have been cast in an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace for BBC Radio 4, which will be played out over 10 hours on New Year's…
Performers who graduated from drama school in 2013 took 30% fewer jobs in the fringe sector compared with the previous year. Industry figures claim the drop demonstrates "savvy" performers a…
The performance artist-turned-playwright wrote his first naturalistic play about gender, family and trans issues, and along the way he fell in love with the form.
Gate, LondonThis smart, slippery play about genetics and motherhood keeps the audience at bay with its self-conscious mannerisms' Chimera: the play about the twin inside Continue reading...
After all the father/son calamities in Sam Shepard plays, it suddenly seems inevitable that the playwright would turn his menacing entertainments to the ultimate father/son trouble, "Oedipus…
Orange Tree, Richmond Ned Bennett's production of Alistair McDowall's unsettling drama is a winner Continue reading...
Holly Hunter’s film and television career is packed with memorable roles, but she’s also a stage veteran—in fact, the Coen Brothers wrote her part in Raising Arizona after …
Glenn Close, John Lithgow and Lindsay Duncan bring out the ominous, lacerating qualities in an Edward Albee play that has barely dated Continue reading...
The final 13 episodes of the Fox musical series "Glee" will commence with a special two-hour premiere event Jan. 9, 2015, at 8 PM ET.
Reg E. Cathey and Wrenn (MASTER BUILDER/"Boardwalk Empire"/"The Americans") Schmidt have been cast opposite Patrick Frigit in OUTCAST from "The Walking Dead" exec prod Robert Kirkman.
Richard Eyre will direct Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins in BBC2 drama The Dresser, which is co-produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. Eyre has adapted Ronald Harwood's play of the same na…
Last week I went to Guildford from my base in Kent. The journey was fraught and frustrating, taking a very (very) long time in each direction thanks to pothole repairs on the M25. It could&#…
Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan's claim that students who choose to study arts subjects such as drama will have limited career options have been labelled "anti-arts propaganda", with critics s…
Shopping just got a whole lot more dangerous. The world premiere of Victor L. Cahn’s Villanous Company will play off-Broadway’s Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row next year. The prod…
Quincy Dunn-Baker and Deirdre O’Connell in By the Water (©Joan Marcus) In Sharyn Rothstein’s new play, By the Water, which Manhattan Theatre Club opened last night at City…
The only predictable thing about playwright Young Jean Lee is how unpredictable she is. Her "Lear" featured gorgeous period costumes, but no king. The wordless "Untitled Feminist Project" wa…
Ian McKellen, Rob Brydon and Maxine Peake have made the longlist of nominees for the BBC Audio Drama Awards. McKellen and Brydon are up in the best actor section, opposite Julian Rhind-Tutt,…
Nneka Okafor and Joaquina Kalukango (left) and company in Our Lady of Kibeho (©Joan Marcus) Faith is tested at a Catholic girl’s school in a remote section of Rwanda in Katori Ha…
In "Our Lady of Kibeho," a girl's visions of the Virgin Mary spread beyond her Rwandan village school.
The Drama Desk hosted their first membership meeting of the new season at the Travel Inn near Theater Row. The newly elected President, Charles Wright, a long-time Drama DesIsa Goldberg, Cha…
Young Vic, LondonSamantha Colley is terrific in Kate Hewitts flawed but haunting revival of Caryl Churchills twisted fairytale Never mind 1984: Michael Billingtons top five theatrical dystop…
Moxie Theatre tackling West Coast premiere of play about notorious corporation.
TNT has canceled their drama series PERCEPTION, starring Emmy Award winner Eric McCormack
The series will be adapted from Peter Morgan's play, which starred Helen Mirren as the Queen, and premieres in 2016
Age: 29 Hometown: London, England Current Role: A Broadway debut as “The Woman,” who accompanies her new boyfriend (Hugh Jackman) to a remote cabin for night of fly-fishing…