'Skyfall' Scribe's Bond to Theater Still Strong
With James Bond adventure "Skyfall" taking in more than $1 billion, scribe John Logan could be sitting on his laurels, especially since inking the deal to write the next two Bonds and having already w…
David Benedict
Simon Cowell Backs 'X Factor' Tuner
LONDON — "The X Factor" production company Syco (Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment) has teamed with legit producers Stage Entertainment U.K. to lampoon its multi-territory TV talent search in…
Legit Review: 'Longing' Leaves Audiences Wanting
Where is the worst possible place to be in the theater? About twenty minutes ahead of the action. That, alas, is where audiences for "Longing" find themselves. Anyone attracted to successful novelist…
Ciaran Hinds Books London Stage Stint
LONDON -- Heading a slew of London casting news, Ciaran Hinds, now playing Big Daddy in Gotham's current production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," and Jim Norton, recently in the Rialto revival of "Drood…
John Doyle Directs U.K. 'Color Purple'
LONDON -- The tuner version of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" will receive its European preem at London's Menier Chocolate Factory this summer in a new production helmed by John Doyle. Produced by…
Legit Review: Mirren Commands Respect in 'The Audience'
Already armed with the Oscar for starring in Peter Morgan's "The Queen," Helen Mirren has said that she thought more than twice about repeating the role…
Threat of West End Strike Lifted
The threat of a strike by members of the union BECTU at West End and regional theaters owned by ATG (Ambassador Theater Group) has been lifted following the resolution of a pay dispute.
Manchester Festival Sets Stage Slate
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Willem Dafoe and helmer Robert Wilson are among creatives joining Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford in mounting new legit productions at the U.K.'s Manchester Festival, which runs…
Legit Review: Joe Wright Stages Uneven 'Trelawny'
Helmer Joe Wright's self-consciously artificial film take on "Anna Karenina" was proof of his taste for the theatrical. So it's unsurprising that, for his stage helming debut, he has chosen "Trelawny…
Edward Fox joins West End 'Audience'
Edward Fox ("The Day of the Jackal") has stepped into the role of Winston Churchill opposite Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience," currently in the midst of preview performances in the…
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