(Jul. 2 3:11 PM) - Variety reports that the stage adaptation of "The Shawshank Redemption" that played at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre will get a West End run in the fall. Based on the Stephen King novella that also inspired the 1994 movie version of "Shawshank", the plot centers on the friendship two men develop over their time as inmates in a notoriously tough prison.
(Jul. 2 2:04 PM) - New York's longest running comedy revue, Forbidden Broadway lands at the Chocolate Factory this Summer, bursting with brand new material and a sensational, hugely talented cast.
(Jul. 1 6:22 PM) - Actor Harve Presnell, star of stage and screen productions of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" has passed away from cancer at age 75. Presnell died June 30th of pancreatic cancer at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, according to Gregg Klein, Presnell's agent.
(Jul. 1 9:48 AM) - Pop superstar Justin Timberlake may be headed to the silver screen in Guy Richie's upcoming remake of GUYS AND DOLLS. The performer is said to have agreed to star in one of Richie's new films, and the pair "shook hands over a whisky at the Punch Bowl pub in Mayfair" to confirm the arrangement, reports Britain's The Sun.
(Jul. 1 7:00 AM) - It's almost six decades since Hollywood funny men Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy completed the last of a series of legendary UK theatre tours. But the boys are heading back to the West End, with Simon Lloydand Neil Bromley delivering an uncanny portrayal of the most loved comedy duo of all time, in Tom McGrath's acclaimed play, Laurel and Hardy.
(Jun. 30 9:36 PM) - It's been nearly a year since they last put on some jolly Music Hall and now they have 3 special Saturday nights of just that coming your way.
(Jun. 30 12:02 PM) - Producer Arielle Tepper Madover is pleased to announce that the critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of William Shakespeare's HAMLET with Jude Law in the title role, directed by Michael Grandage, will come to Broadway this fall, following sold out runs in London's West End and a special engagement at Elsinore Castle in Denmark.
(Jun. 30 10:39 AM) - Hampstead Theatre's third new writing festival, Daring Pairings 3, will be the climax of its 50th Anniversary celebrations, announced on Tuesday 30 June. The first major revival of Philip Ridley's malevolent comedy, The Fastest Clock in the Universe opens the season which also includes a debut play from 20 year old Atiha Sen Gupta and a spooky seasonal offering from Michael Punter.
(Jun. 29 11:54 PM) - A new cast has been announced for Patrick Barlow's adaptation of The 39 Steps, directed by Maria Aitken, currently in its third year at the Criterion Theatre. The new cast will feature John Hopkins as Richard Hannay. Other cast members include Stephen Critchlow, Stephen Ventura, and Natalie Walter. The new cast members of the hilarious 100-minute whodunnit begin July 13.
(Jun. 29 4:01 PM) - Menier Chocolate Factory presents smash hit musical revue Forbidden Broadway, for a strictly limited season from 25th June - 13th September. With Anna-Jane Casey, Sophie-Louise Dann, Alasdair Harvey AND Steven Kynman.
(Jun. 29 11:52 AM) - The TEAM, a New York City based theatre company dedicated to dissecting and celebrating the experience of living in America today, will present a work-in-progress version of their latest show, The American Capitalism Project.
(Jun. 29 11:36 AM) - Renowned UK singer and performer John Barrowman will star in ROBIN HOOD: THE PANTOMIME ADVENTURE at the New Theatre in Cardiff. The production will run December 12, 2009 through January 24, 2010.
(Jun. 26 5:39 PM) - NAKED BOYS SINGING! until 5th July at the King's Head Theatre and from 7th July at the Arts Theatre Tues-Fri 8pm, Saturday 8pm & 10pm, Sunday 4.30pm
(Jun. 26 10:04 AM) - For the Almeida Theatre's 2009 Summer Festival (8 July - 1 August 2009) the Yorkshire based Slung Low, The TEAM (Theater of the Emerging American Moment) from New York, GULP and Tiata Fahodzi have been invited to collaborate with the Almeida at its home base in Islington and the surrounding area. In addition, the Festival will present a concert by Heather Christian, an Installation by Lu Kemp and a concert celebrating African music presented by Tiata Fahodzi. The Almeida Theatre is very grateful to American Airlines - Airline Partner of the Almeida.
(Jun. 26 9:24 AM) - Lumenis Theatre Company Present The Wrong Sleep by Mary Mazzilli, partly inspired by true events.
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