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Kimberly Senior directs Eleanor Burgess' free, virtual adaptation for Manhattan Theatre Club.

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced Tony Award-winner Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie) has joined the cast as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner David Auburn (Proof; BTG: The Skin of Our Teeth, The Petrified Forest) will direct BTG's production that will run from June 18 through July 10 under the Main Stage Tent outside at Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge. In Nina Simone: Four Women, a quartet of amazing voices will fill the stage. Directed by Gerry McIntyre (Broadway: Once on This Island, Joseph and the Am...

‘I can’t go on’ … Laurence Olivier and Helen Mirren in 1976 in The Collection. Photograph: ITV/Rex/Shutterstock ‘I can’t go on’ … Laurence Olivier and Helen Mirren in 1976 in The Collection. Photograph: ITV/Rex/Shutterstock On his centenary, the veteran producer recalls adding punch to Coronation Street, bringing Brideshead to the screen and his ‘turbulent’ relationship with one of the acting world’s greats Mon 19 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT There are more than 22,000 centenarians in the UK, and on 23 April there will be a sprightly addition to th...

CinemaBlend Ah, I don’t know, but what I do know is that Daveed Diggs is the man responsible for those two iconic roles from the mega-hit Broadway show, . If you for some reason haven’t heard of Hamilton in the last couple of years, it’s a musical journey that tells the story of the founding fathers of America, more specifically about Alexander Hamilton, and Daveed Digs became a big star from the success of this musical. The play, which was released as a film on Disney+ back in July of 2020, showed just how talented these performers are, especially Daveed Diggs.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces a special presentation: A Conversation with Producers Jack W. Batman and Bruce Robert Harris on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 3pm ET via Zoom. Tickets for this 90-minute discussion are $35, with a $10 discount TRU members. Register at truonline.org/events/a-conversation-with-producers-jack-w-batman-and-bruce-robert-harris/ to receive the Zoom link the morning of the workshop. This informal (and virtual) Q&A provides a chance to learn everything you've ever wanted to know about producing theater. Come meet Jack W. Batman and Bruce Robert Harris, two-tim...