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07/14/11 Stage: I know what you're thinking. A jukebox musical with cheesy rock and noisy hair metal from the '80s? Starring Constantine Maroulis, an American Idol also-ran -- from six years ago? Given that Rock of Ages is playing at the downtown National Theatre, it does sound like a perfect tourist trap, a sop to the unadventurous, out-of-town theatergoer. Constantine Maroulis (Photo by Joan Marcus) As ...
07/06/11 Actors in acclaimed National Theatre play, starring James Corden, given a dressing down by Nicholas Hytner It turns out there is such a thing as having too much fun at the theatre. As the National Theatre celebrates the runaway success of the slapstick comedy One Man, Two Guvnors , starring James Corden, its director has been forced to rein in his enthusiastic cast. Nicholas Hytner, the artistic ...
06/29/11 National Theatre Live broadcasts a live performance of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard June 30 in movie theatres throughout the U.S. Multiple encore showings will follow.
06/23/11 Adrian Lester, star of TV's conman drama Hustle, is in discussions with the National Theatre about playing Othello, with Rory Kinnear as the archvillain Iago.
06/14/11 National Theatre Live will broadcast a live performance of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, screening in movie theatres throughout the U.S. June 30, followed by multiple encore showings.
06/12/11 John Moore's column: A wound was reopened last week when word that a last-ditch attempt to save the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' National Theatre Conservatory masters program has failed. That and other news of the week.
05/31/11 "The Cherry Orchard" at the National Theatre in London is deliberately jarring, and a young playwright ventures on "The Acid Test.''
04/26/11 Before War Horse opened on Broadway, the artistic director of the National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner, said he could not be sure the Americans would embrace a puppet show about First World War horses. The Wall Street Journal review read: 'Anyone who fails to respond to War Horse... simply doesn't like theatre.'
04/16/11 With Easter approaching, Michael Sheen's return to Wales for a three-day performance of The Passion takes centre stage Things are quietening down a little in the run-up to Easter, particularly out of London, but the big news this week is National Theatre Wales's The Passion , a three-day event which takes place all over Port Talbot, and the Spill festival of performance and live art at the ...
02/28/11 Filed under: Music , Theater R&B star Lil' Mo will join the touring cast of the Broadway musical 'The Color Purple' for an Easter engagement in the Nation's Capital. The pint-sized vocal powerhouse will guest star as the Church Soloist from April 12 to 24 when the production plays the National Theatre in Washington, DC. "When I got the call to be part of the production, I was so excited," said ...
02/24/11 Danny Boyle's stage version of "Frankenstein" has opened at London's National Theatre, and The Guardian critic is applauding. "Forget Boris Karloff with a bolt through his neck," writes Michael Billington.
02/23/11 'Traces' To Open Bushnell Broadway Series In Fall Aaron Kubey is exiting as executive director and president of the West Hartford-based National Theatre of the Deaf.
02/21/11 Aaron Kubey is exiting as executive director and president of the West Hartford-based National Theatre of the Deaf.
02/04/11 Repertory Films Adventure Aquarium 1 Aquarium Dr., Camden; 866-451-2782. www.adventureaquarium.com. 4D Theater. $22.95; $19.95 children 2-12. Ambler Theater 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler; 215-345-7855. www.amblertheater.com. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) $4. 2/5. 11 am. National Theatre Live: King Lear. $18. 2/6. Two Angry Moms (2007) $10 ...
01/26/11 Spring Awakening, the coming-of-age rock musical that swept the 2007 Tony Awards, makes its Melbourne debut Jan. 27 at the National Theatre.
01/25/11 The Donmar Warehouse production of William Shakespeare's King Lear, starring Derek Jacobi and directed by Michael Grandage, will be broadcast around the world beginning Feb. 3 as part of the National Theatre Live series of screenings.
01/18/11 A new production of Twelfth Night, directed by Peter Hall and starring his actress daughter Rebecca Hall as Viola, opens at the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre Jan. 18 (following previews from Jan. 11).
12/14/10 The Tony Award-nominated Afrobeat musical Fela!, which tells the story of late Nigerian musician and political figure Fela Anikulapo Kuti, will be broadcast live in cinemas early next year as part of NT Live at London's National Theatre.
11/09/10 The second season of National Theatre Live worldwide screenings will continue with screenings of director Nicholas Hytner's production of Hamlet, starring Rory Kinnear, beginning Dec. 9.
10/07/10 Good news: The international broadcasts of London's National Theatre productions will be screened this year in Seattle, and in other Western Washington locales.
09/24/10 The American Theatre Wing has announced ten recipients of its 2010 National Theatre Company Grants. | 
