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.
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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…
Manchester sets stage slate
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Willem Dafoe and helmer Robert Wilson are among the creatives joining Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford in mounting legit productions at the U.K.'s Manchester Festival, as part of…
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…
West End labor talks resume
A U.K. labor dispute that has threatened to darken a number of West End shows -- including "Wicked" at the Apollo Victoria Theater and "The Lion King" at the Lyceum -- appears to be moving toward a…
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…
Everett wins biography prize
Actor Rupert Everett's memoir "Vanished Years" has won the sixth annual Sheridan Morley Prize for theater biography.
Rupert Everett Wins Biography Prize
Actor Rupert Everett's memoir "Vanished Years" has won the sixth annual Sheridan Morley Prize for theater biography. Everett is currently appearing Oscar Wilde in the Robert Fox, Theater Royal Bath…
New Churchill for 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…
Theater Review: 'Macbeth,' Starring James McAvoy
Why does a sane, successful army man heed a politically dubious, supernatural prophecy and then immediately act upon it? That's the question facing anyone directing “Macbeth.” The unusually…
