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in Black Box Theater, Jason Ryan, Legal, News, TheaterHow A Convicted Sex Offender Tricked His Way Through The World Of UK Theater: “I Was Terrified Of Him Because Of The Level Of Betrayal”
EXCLUSIVE: Carlette Norwood was sat next to her colleague in a car when she discovered he was a convicted sex offender. Norwood runs an award-winning independent theater in Birmingham, UK, and had hired the man she then knew as Ryan Jay as a technical director one year prior, in 2024. Everything had checked out. Jay […] More
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in Acquisitions, Caitlin FitzGerald, David Harewood, Luke Treadaway, Marquee TV, News, Othello, Theater, Toby Jones
David Harewood’s ‘Othello’ Reprise Lands At Marquee TV
EXCLUSIVE: David Harewood‘s (Homeland) Othello reprise on the West End will launch on arts-focused international streamer Marquee TV next month. The landmark production at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, which began late last year, saw Harewood reprise his groundbreaking performance as Othello. It also stars Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs the Post Office), Caitlin […] More
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See Natalia Lafourcade Kick off ‘La Cancionera’ Tour at BAM Theater
Mezcal de las Flores Image Credit: Maria-Juliana Rojas for Rolling Stone The whole album was meant to represent singers and performers who give a piece of themselves when they’re onstage. “This concert celebrates the journey of the cancioneras and cancioneros of all time—those who reach the great stages, and also those who sing from the […] More
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in Casting, Freddie Fox, High Society, London, News, West End
Freddie Fox To Make Musical Theater Debut In West End’s ‘High Society’
House of the Dragon‘s Freddie Fox will make his musical theater debut next month in the West End‘s High Society revival. Costars will include Helen George (Call the Midwife), Felicity Kendal (The Good Life) and Julian Ovenden (Downton Abbey, Bridgerton), among others. The musical opens May 19 at the Barbican Theatre for a limited eight-week […] More
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Michael Che Says “It’s Cool” Trump Attends The Theater After POTUS Was At ‘Chicago’ Opening Night: “What’s The Worst That Could Happen?”
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update‘s Michael Che thinks “it’s cool that the president is going to the theater” after Donald Trump was seen attending the opening night of the musical Chicago at the Kennedy Center. “What’s the worst that could happen?” the co-anchor quipped to loud studio cheers. Che and Colin Jost touched on all […] More
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in NewPost
Broadway star moans about not getting recognized on flight full of theater kids
Tony-winning Broadway star Laura Benanti was served a piece of humble pie when a group of theater kids had no idea who she was on a recent flight. “So, I would say about 83 percent of the people on this airplane are teenagers in a theater group, and not a single one of them recognized […] More
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Theater Owners Urge State Attorneys General To Oppose Paramount-Warner Bros Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Nine days before Cinema United looks Paramount executives eye to eye at their Las Vegas confab, CinemaCon, the movie theater lobbyist org’s boss Michael O’Leary has fired off some letters this week. He wrote to the National Association of Attorneys General, the Democratic Attorneys General Association and the Republican Attorneys General Association about the […] More
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Off Broadway’s Rattlestick Theater To Be Renamed For Terrence McNally
Rattlestick Theater, one of Off Broadway‘s most prominent venues for new work since its founding in 1994, will be renamed The Terrence McNally Theater in honor of the late trailblazing and Tony Award-winning playwright. “Terrence was with Rattlestick from the start,” said Rattlestick artistic director Will Davis in a statement, “and for 32 years this […] More
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in NewPost
Paul McCartney Plays Before Star-Studded Crowd at L.A.’s Fonda Theater
Paul McCartney knows how to draw a crowd … but the one he played for Saturday evening was filled to the brink with A-listers as famous as him. The Beatles legend performed with his band in front of a packed, star-studded audience at L.A.’s Fonda Theater, with the concert being the second of his two-night shows. And […] More
