Chichester fest plans to 'Succeed'

Production to kick off season on April 29

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

West End opens door to B'way 'Salesman'

Pricey play will open a six-month run May 16 at Lyric
The Brian Dennehy/Robert Falls Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" has landed a West End perch nearly five years after the acclaimed production was first discussed for an Old Vic stand that didn't happen.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Stage Holding exec solos

New venture will have offices in Netherlands, New York
Robin De Levita, the right-hand man of Dutch theatrical mogul Joop Van den Ende, will ankle April 1 as international exec producer and board member of Stage Holding to launch his own company.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Wilson drawn back to 'Bright Lights'

Deutsch looking to shop CD as a feature
Patrick Wilson, now onscreen in "Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera," returns to "Bright Lights, Big City" by Paul Scott Goodman, his New York legit debut. The actor heads the show's cast album, which will be released in April on the Sh-K-Boom label.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

B'way PR vets bow shingle

Broadway has a new publicity firm, as longtime press agents Bill Coyle and Jeremy Shaffer have joined to firm Shaffer-Coyle Public Relations. They open shop at 325 W. 38th St. on Feb. 7.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Irish get peek at LeBute, Friel

One-person show slated to start in fall

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Brits hit right note with tunes

Fresh approaches revitalize genre in Blighty
Thanks to a Broadway production climate of financial and creative conservatism, Tony voters might be struggling in May to fill nomination quotas in the tuner categories, both new and revival.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Going to the opera

Taymor, Marshall among incoming helmers

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Douglas will play 'Golf'

'Radio' plays a new tune

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Fragments' pieces in place

Julianna Margulies will topline and Michael Imperioli will direct the world premiere of Francine Volpe's play "Late Fragments" at Studio Dante, the 60-seat Gotham theater that Imperioli head…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Dempsey cast as 'Mr. Roberts'

Production opens March 12

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Chi hit 'Verboten' visits Gotham

Show features illicit conversations from public figures

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

UK 'Producers' claims record gross

West End tuner reaps impressive $1.6 mil

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Girl' travels to Broadway

The unusual title "Girl Group Time Travelers" pretty much sums up the tuner announced by producers Jeffrey Richards and Michael Rothfeld for a Broadway preem in July.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Drabinsky's hearing gets under way

Former B'way biggie charged with fraud, insider trading

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Writers Guild gives nod to Mamet

Previous winners include Brooks, Edwards, Wilder

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Tomfoolery' sings again in London

Revue features 28 Lehrer songs linked by a narrative

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Disney's song and dance

Disney has made a nonexclusive deal to develop multiple theatrical tuners for Hugh Jackman to produce and topline. Jackman has formed a company with new partner John Palermo, and they will b…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Review: Monty Python's Spamalot By CHRIS JONES

This show has sufficient laughs and enough genuinely inspired theatrical silliness to ensure boffo Broadway returns and, no doubt, a long Vegas retirement. Given the power of the Python bran…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Barrington Stage preps 'Follies'

Wilde's 'Earnest' will follow tuner on MainStage

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Theaters set new programs

Bob Balaban and Larry Bryggman will headline David Mamet's courtroom farce "Romance" at the Atlantic Theater. Several Mamet revivals have graced the Off Broadway company's sked over the past…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Legit thesps see earnings rise

Overall employment remains unchanged from '02-'03

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Magnolias' blooming with two B'way vets

Lovely ladies 'Steel' show, while Lucas calls

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Legit pic 'Embedded' on Sundance Channel

The Sundance Channel has bought the pay TV rights to the taped version of Tim Robbins' satirical antiwar play "Embedded."

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Wopat a real Mamet man

'Glengarry' adds Wopat to cast

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑