Saturday, June 21, 2025
“I have an idea…” she says brightly, and with that lightbulb moment, most of the mischief of this fabulous farce flies forward. It’s the lightest of its form, this particular play, n…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AMThursday, May 22, 2025
Tony Award winner James Corden, Tony Award winner Neil Patrick Harris and two-time Tony Award nominee Bobby Cannavale will return to Broadway this summer in a 17-week limited run of Yasmin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:32PMIt's official! Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale (“The Watcher,” The Motherf**ker with the Hat), Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner James Corden (“The Late …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMThe Daily Mail reports that James Corden is set to return to the Broadway stage next summer in a new production of Yasmina Reza’s acclaimed play ART. Corden will star as Serge in the three…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMTuesday, May 13, 2025
Hampstead theatre, London It’s a little hard to buy the One Man, Two Guvnors playwright’s broadly comic take on the American’s thriller about con artists
1987 was the year of the conma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMMonday, April 14, 2025
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Laughter awaits in The British Players’ current production. A love letter to commedia dell’arte and based on “The Servant of Two Masters” by Carlo Goldoni, Richard Bean’s “One Ma…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:49PMTuesday, July 16, 2024
From BroadwayWorld's Archive: MTC will soon present the American premiere of The Nap, written by Olivier Award nominee Richard Bean, the author of the rollicking, award-winning Broadway co…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:48AMSunday, June 30, 2024
Old Vic, London; Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon; Savoy theatre, LondonJames Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin struggle for urgency in Joe Penhall’s drama about a threatened female MP; climate cris…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMWednesday, April 24, 2024
(Clare Brennan’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/2/2024; Photo: Pete Stonier.) New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme A first-rate cast delight in controlled chaos of the highest order in Conra…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:52AMSunday, April 21, 2024
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeA first-rate cast delight in controlled chaos of the highest order in Conrad Nelson’s seamless revival of Richard Bean’s hit play
A couple on the stairs behi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMTuesday, March 19, 2024
Joe Penhall’s new play marks the talkshow host’s first theatre role since One Man, Two Guvnors and will see him star opposite Anna Maxwell Martin at the Old Vic
James Corden is to return…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMMonday, February 12, 2024
Despite having over 1000 seats, when I think of The Music Box, I remember it as feeling both intimate and grand at the same time. Over the years, I've had seats all over the theater, and I t…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:54AMFriday, January 19, 2024
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Richard Bean’s new comedy about old age occasionally glows, but stays lukewarm
There’s only a couple of things you need to know about playwright Richard Bean: he started out as a stand-…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:32PMHampstead theatre, LondonRichard Bean’s new play touches on ageing and alienation, care and family love, but focuses on making us laugh
You might guess what kind of night you’re in for b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMTuesday, March 14, 2023
Since Nicholas Hytner, former artistic director of the National Theatre, is one of the finest, most detailed Shakespeare directors in the land, you could be forgiven for forgetting that he r…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:01PMFriday, March 10, 2023
The post One Man, Two Guvnors appeared first on Australian Arts Review.
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:22PMTuesday, February 7, 2023
After a decade at the helm of Delaware Theatre Company, Bud Martin says goodbye with an uproarious, perfectly orchestrated production of One Man, Two Guvnors, true to its commedia roots. Gai…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:53PMWednesday, February 1, 2023
James welcomes his guests Scott Caan and Sally Field, and Sally recalls the first time she met James backstage of his play "One Man, Two Guvnors." James shows a pair of epic photos: a very y…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:35AMThursday, September 8, 2022
Check out the outstanding student monologue written by Madison Opland from Eden College Durban in South Africa, and performed by Kaden Kearney.
To read more about the challenge please visit…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:13PMFriday, July 15, 2022
No one saw it coming. Reworking Goldoni’s 18th-century comedy “A Servant of Two Masters” didn’t look like the recipe for a transatlantic comedy smash, but that was before Richard Bea…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:21PMSunday, February 27, 2022
Hull TruckOne-liners and vernacular idiosyncrasies at the ready, the Hull-born One Man, Two Guvnors playwright Richard Bean takes us back to 1971 and the founding of a local institution
Ori…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMWednesday, January 12, 2022
A bevy of Broadway alums have joined the cast for the new musical comedy Mr. Saturday Night, starring Tony and Emmy winner Billy Crystal. Shoshana Bean, Jordan Gelber, Brian Gonzales and My…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:03PMFriday, November 6, 2020
The comedy also stars Suzie Toase and Oliver Chris.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, November 5, 2020
Before James Corden became known to American audiences as host of “The Late, Late Show,” he became a theatrical star in the Royal National Theatre’s 2011 production of One Man, Two Guv…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:48PMAlso, mark your calendars for Hershey Felder's A Paris Love Story, coming November 22.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:24PMWednesday, October 28, 2020
The stage comedy will be presented as part of Great Performances.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:48PMTuesday, October 13, 2020
As part of their “Broadway’s Best” lineup, Great Performances raises the curtain once again for theater-lovers by broadcasting a theatre favorite every week on PBS, beginning on Friday…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:07PMThursday, October 1, 2020
The PBS series Great Performances has announced the lineup for its fourth annual Broadwaya??s Best November series.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42PMTuesday, July 14, 2020
Over the past ten seasons, we have been witnesses to some truly amazing performances. These are thirty of the greatest star turns, each one iconic for a different reason. Some are from favor…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:24PMThursday, May 28, 2020
Theatre has had to adapt swiftly and intelligently now that people are confined to their homes for the foreseeable future. Here, Sam Nicholls considers where the future may lie. Is it virtua…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:24PMSaturday, May 9, 2020
Sure, watching theatre online is great, especially at the moment, but how can it ever compare to the real thing? After watching and thoroughly enjoying some, Violet Mackintosh ponders over t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:24PMThursday, April 23, 2020
After the popularity of its lockdown streamings of One Man, Two Guvnors, Jane Eyre, Treasure Island and tonight's Twelfth Night to coincide with Shakespeare's Birthday (23 April 2020), the N…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:38AMMonday, April 13, 2020
Armchair theatre-lovers rejoice. During the lockdown, the National Theatre is streaming a selection of its past hits for free for one week at a time. These shows, originally filmed as part o…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 08:39PMThursday, April 9, 2020
Sally Cookson's take on Brontë is innately theatrical and ferociously resonant
The National Theatre’s online broadcasts got off to a storming start with One Man, Two Guvnors – watched b…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:48PMWednesday, April 8, 2020
The first show in the National Theatre at Home programme was the 2011 smash-hit One Man, Two Guvnors, one of the great success stories of the Nicholas Hytner era, a cheeky farce written by R…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, April 7, 2020
James Corden (Francis Henshall), Oliver Chris (Stanley Stubbers), Jemima Rooper (Rachel Crabbe), Nick Hytner (director) and Richard Bean (writer) reunited on a Zoom call to chat about One Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMThe National Theatre brought members of the cast and creative team back together as it makes its archive of filmed performances available to stream on YouTube.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AMJust as Hollywood produced slickly sweet, happiness-filled films during the Great Depression, this was the National’s attempt at lifting the nation’s spirits during the darkest times mos…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:30AM 
