Jessie Buckley, Josh O Connor s Romeo & Juliet show goes on despite pandemic
UPI News Service, 04/23/2021
When the National Theatre had to cancel its production of Romeo & Juliet due to the COVID-19 pandemic, stars Jessie Buckley and Josh O Connor were still eager to play the roles. Even though they could not gather live audiences in 2020, the National Theatre produced a filmed performance to air on PBS s Great Performances.
ADVERTISEMENT It wasn t a theatre piece and it wasn t a film piece, Buckley said in a Television Critics Association Zoom.
Buckley and O Connor filmed their performance in the National s Lyttelton Theatre, with its 890 empty. Simon Godwin directed the show for the cameras.
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Days of Our Lives Canceled: Is the Show Ending After 56 Years?
On 4/22/21 at 9:08 AM EDT
Days Of Our Lives future currently hangs in the balance, with NBC ending production on Season 56 and no plans currently announced for a new season of the daytime soap.
Per TV Line, production for the current 56th season came to an end on April 16. No renewal decision has been announced publicly, but the outlet reports that discussions are ongoing between NBC and Sony Pictures Television over the series future. NBC declined to comment.
This is the second time that the show s future has been in doubt in recent years. In November 2019, the entire cast was released from their contracts and the show was put on indefinite hiatus. The show was then renewed for Season 56 in January 2020, before having to shut down amid the pandemic in spring.
4/22/2021
Ed Helms and Jana Schmieding star in co-creator Mike Schur s Peacock comedy about a small town with a distinct historical identity and the Native American reservation next door.
The seed of Peacock’s new sitcom
Rutherford Falls set in an upstate New York town next door to a Native American reservation emerged from conversations between Ed Helms and Michael Schur, but its spiritual origins may well have come from the comedy hitmaker’s
Parks and Recreation, too. Like that earlier series,
Rutherford Falls is a formally familiar show with a big, searching heart, that asks unexpectedly tough questions about how best to serve a community and foster a sense of belonging among its members. And like
Cruel Summer producer Jessica Biel would have loved to play lead upi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from upi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.