Monday, March 25, 2024

Andrew Scott wins best actor at Critics’ Circle theatre awards by Chris Wiegand

Irish actor awarded prize for playing every role in Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, following his win at Critics’ Circle film awards Andrew Scott has been named best actor at the Critics’ Circl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM
Thursday, March 21, 2024

MACBETH With Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma Coming to Cinemas

Tony and BAFTA Award-winner Ralph Fiennes (Antony & Cleopatra, Schindler's List, Coriolanus) and Olivier Award-winner Indira Varma (Present Laughter, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luther) star in this…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PM
Friday, January 19, 2024

Indira Varma and Rami Malek to Star in OEDIPUS in London in 2025

The Old Vic has announced the world premiere of Ella Hickson’s Oedipus, starring Academy Award winner Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody, No Time To Die) and Olivier Award winner Indira V…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03AM
Monday, December 11, 2023

Harriet Sansom Harris to Reunite with Sutton Foster in Once Upon a Mattress by Darryn King

Tony winner Harriet Sansom Harris is reuniting with her Thoroughly Modern Millie co-star Sutton Foster in the Encores! presentation of Once Upon a Mattress. She will play the comically …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PM
Monday, November 20, 2023

Andrew Scott, Nicole Scherzinger & Jack Thorne Land Top Prizes At Evening Standard Theatre Awards by Jesse Whittock

Andrew Scott, Nicole Scherzinger and writer Jack Thorne were among the winners at last night’s Evening Standard Theatre Awards in London. Scott’s performance in Vanya landed him a second…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:48AM
Saturday, June 10, 2023

WHAT’S IN A NAME? by Ron Fassler

June 10, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Between 41st and 66th streets there are forty-two legit Broadway theatres (this includes the Palace, currently under renovation an…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:59PM
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Noël Coward was not just an amiable jester but a scathing social satirist | Michael Billington by Michael Billington

He presented himself as a message-free entertainer but, 50 years after his death, it is time to reconsider the variety of the great playwright’s work Anniversaries offer a chance for reapp…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:17AM
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Entanglements of PRESENT LAUGHTER is Entertaining Enough by Kim Jackson

Read Kim Jackson's review of Switchyard Theatre Company's production of PRESENT LAUGHTER. The post Entanglements of PRESENT LAUGHTER is Entertaining Enough appeared first on Beltline to Broa…

SOURCE: Beltline to Broadway at 02:47PM
Wednesday, October 5, 2022

A Noël Coward Documentary Is in the Works by Logan Culwell-Block

The writer-actor's works include Present Laughter, Private Lives, and Blithe Spirit.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM
Sunday, December 19, 2021

Peggy for You review – Tamsin Greig’s charisma cannot save dated drama by Arifa Akbar

Hampstead theatre, LondonAlan Plater’s 60s-set play honouring agent Peggy Ramsay hasn’t aged well – her once maverick ideas now look outmoded Henry Livings felt that “all plays abo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Ali Ahn, Ramiz Monsef, Kellie Overbey & Thom Sesma Set for Rajiv Joseph’s Letters of Suresh by Caitlin Moynihan

Casting is set for the world premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s Letters of Suresh, which serves a companion piece to Joseph’s Animals Out of Paper that bowed at Second Stage in 2008. The off-Br…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Stage and Screen Performer Lisa Banes Dies at 65 by Dan Meyer

The Gone Girl alum's Broadway credits included Rumors and Present Laughter.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AM
Monday, April 19, 2021

‘Olivier was jealous of me’: TV drama pioneer Derek Granger at 100 by Michael Billington

On his centenary, the veteran producer recalls adding punch to Coronation Street, bringing Brideshead to the screen and his ‘turbulent’ relationship with one of the acting world’s grea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AM
Monday, April 12, 2021

Listen: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Kate Burton

Today's episode features Kate Burton- best known for her Tony nominated work on Broadway (where she last appeared in Present Laughter with Kevin Kline) and for her Emmy nominated work in Gre…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PM
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Indira Varma wins Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Present Laughter | Olivier Awards 2020 by Official London Theatre

Indira Varma wins Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Present Laughter (The Old Vic) at Olivier Awards 2020 with Mastercard. #OlivierAwards​ #LondonTheatre Official London Theatre is th…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:00PM
Saturday, February 20, 2021
Monday, November 9, 2020

Andrew Scott and Ruth Wilson to Star in Film Adaptation of Tony-Winning Play Oslo by Caitlin Moynihan

Olivier winner Andrew Scott and Tony nominee Ruth Wilson will lead the upcoming film adaptation of J.T. Rogers' Oslo, according to Deadline. The previously announced movie was written by Rog…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PM
Sunday, October 25, 2020

2020 Olivier Award Winners: Dear Evan Hansen, Leopoldstadt & Emilia Earn Top Trophies by Broadway.com

A celebrated group of productions and stars were honored for their work on the London stage at the 2020 Olivier Awards, which took place on October 25. Hosted by Jason Manford, the ceremony …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:54PM
Saturday, September 12, 2020

On my radar: Indira Varma's cultural highlights by Killian Fox

The actor on Tove Jansson’s adult fiction, eclectic French radio and Gordon Parks’s groundbreaking photography Indira Varma grew up in Bath and graduated from Rada in 1995. Perhaps best …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PM
Tuesday, September 8, 2020

All-star lineup celebrate Noël Coward's West End centenary by Chris Wiegand

Judi Dench joins cast of A Marvellous Party to mark Coward’s 1920 playwriting debut and raise money for performers’ charities, while Emma Thompson features in Zoom reading of Private Liv…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM
Thursday, August 13, 2020

Love, Noel: The Songs and Letters of Noel Coward *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward August 13, 2020: The intimate environs of cabaret will probably be the last aspect of the entertainment industry to return to normal in this COVID world. Patrons squee…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:09PM
Friday, August 7, 2020

Watch: Kevin Kline in ‘Present Laughter’ by Matthew Wexler

Kevin Kline won a Tony Award for his performance in this Noël Coward classic. Watch it for free through August 29. The post Watch: Kevin Kline in ‘Present Laughter’ appeared first on T…

SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:32PM
Thursday, August 6, 2020

Best of the Decade: Up and Comers, Part II by JK

Earlier this week, we continued our Best of the Decade series with the first twelve Up and Comers of Broadway who came to our attention over the past ten seasons. Today, we give you the ot…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 03:42PM
Friday, July 31, 2020

A farce fit for a star by Terry Teachout

In today’s Wall Street Journal drama column I review the PBS webcast of the 2016 Broadway revival of Noël Coward’s Present Laughter. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * PBS has telecast do…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AM

Broadway Revival of Present Laughter, Starring Tony Winner Kevin Kline, Airs on PBS July 31 by Andrew Gans

The broadcast is part of Great Performances' Broadway at Home series, which also includes The King and I and Much Ado About Nothing.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, July 30, 2020

Revisit Present Laughter on Broadway With Kevin Kline, Cobie Smulders, and More by Marc J. Franklin

Ahead of PBS’ July 31 Great Performances presentation during the Broadway at Home series, look back at the Tony Award–nominated production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PM
Monday, July 20, 2020

Andrew Scott to star in Old Vic's livestreamed play Three Kings by Chris Wiegand

New production with Fleabag and Sherlock actor will be performed to an empty auditorium, directed by Matthew Warchus One year on from his award-winning run in Noël Coward’s Present Laught…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM
Monday, July 13, 2020

In the Heights Documentary, Kelli O'Hara in The King and I & More to Air on PBS This Summer by Lindsey Sullivan

Good news for theater lovers stuck at home this summer! In the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, PBS has announced the lineup for its new summer Great Performances series, Broadway at H…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PM
Thursday, July 9, 2020

PBS Releases Broadway At Home Schedule on Great Performances by Broadway Direct

As part of their Broadway At Home series, Great Performances will keep the theatrical spirit alive by broadcasting a theatre favorite every week on PBS, beginning on Friday, July 24 with Sh…

SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:46PM
Saturday, May 23, 2020

Present Laughter PBS Great Performance Series by Sandi Durell

  by Carol Rocamora   There isn’t much laughter present these days – is there? All the more reason, then, to thank PBS’s Great Performances Series for streaming Present Laughter, Noe…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:16AM
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Watch Fleabag Favorite & Olivier Award Winner Andrew Scott Perform Simon Stephens' Sea Wall by Lindsey Sullivan

Fresh off of bingeing Fleabag in quarantine, but can't get enough of Andrew Scott? Before he portrayed the "hot priest" in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Emmy-winning Amazon series, Tony-winning scr…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42PM
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Odds & Ends: PBS Is Streaming Great Performances Plays for Free & More by Lindsey Sullivan

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently. PBS' Thirteen Offering Access to Great Performances Here's another item to add to your quarantine watch list. The PBS chan…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PM
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

WNET to Stream Broadway's PRESENT LAUGHTER, RED and More!

Pass the time with some free-to-stream programming and resources available from WNET for audiences of all ages. 

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PM
Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Andrew Scott up for Olivier awards by Chris Wiegand

TV co-stars compete for acting prizes at this year’s theatre awards, whose nominations are led by the musicals & Juliet, Fiddler on the Roof and Dear Evan Hansen Fleabag stars Phoebe W…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AM
Friday, January 3, 2020

New Play About Nancy Pelosi to Debut in Chicago by Andy Lefkowitz

A new stage play about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will make its world premiere later this month at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater. Bill McMahon penned the new work, titled The Ad…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PM
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Readers' favourite stage shows of 2019 by Guardian Readers

Andrew Scott was spellbinding in Present Laughter, Life of Pi stunned Sheffield and Tao of Glass was a tour de force Dundee Rep, Dundee Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AM
Monday, December 2, 2019

Present Laughter and The Wolves Alum Tedra Millan to Lead Industry Reading of Late Summer Scenes by Dan Meyer

Adrienne Campbell-Holt directs the romantic comedy by David Glass.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AM
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

This Year’s Evening Standard Theatre Award Winners by Artsjournal

Andrew Scott was awarded for his role in Noel Coward’s Present Laughter at the Old Vic, while Maggie Smith took the trophy for one-woman play A German Life at the Bridge. Lynn Nottage’…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM
Monday, November 25, 2019

London's Sweat, Evita, More, Win at the 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards by Dan Meyer

Present Laughter’s Andrew Scott and A German Life’s Maggie Smith took home the top acting prizes.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AM
Sunday, November 24, 2019

Sweat, Evita, Maggie Smith & More Triumph at 2019 Evening Standard Awards by Andy Lefkowitz

The 65th Annual Evening Standard Awards were announced on November 24 at the London Coliseum. The annual event honoring London theater was co-hosted by Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory, Evgeny …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:07PM

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