Theater
Ncuti Gatwa's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' to Stream Free on YouTube
National Theatre at Home brings back "Take Your Seats," with Gatwa's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' streaming free on YouTube.
PBS
'Great Performances' To Air London Production of 'Next to Normal'
Long-time public television fans will probably have picked up by now that, no matter what happens in a given year, there is always one guaranteed Shakespeare production that airs on Great Performances in May as the TV season draws close. Most years, it comes via a broadcast of whatever show
Movies
Focus Features Snags Chloe Zhao's Adaptation of 'Hamnet'
Historical novels about William Shakespeare aren't uncommon; however, Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 fictionalization of Shakespeare's real-life family tragedy, stood out as head and shoulders above the others in the genre from its initial release. Shakespeare and his wife only ever had one
Theater
Matt Smith and Claire Foy to Perform Socially Distanced Version of 'Lungs'
The Crown stars Matt Smith and Claire Foy will reunite for a socially distanced reprise of the play Lungs from the historic Old Vic theater in London. The pair originally performed the show to a sold-out run at the same theater in 2019. They were supposed to bring the production
Theater
How British Pantomime Became Such a Holiday Tradition
Not to like pantomime, the journalist Leigh Hunt declared, is not to like love: pantomime is a curious blend of continental and British traditions. The raw energy of music hall, the sauciness of Victorian burlesque, the crazy chase of the harlequinade, the acrobatic power of John Rich, the archetypal plots
Royals
'Diana' The Broadway Musical, Set to Open in 2020
A musical based on the "People's Princess," entitled simply Diana, will land on Broadway in 2020. The 2020s will be a time of upheaval for the royal family, no matter what happens. Unless, somehow, Queen Elizabeth II lives until 104 and sees 2030, the next decade
Theater
Award Winning Play ‘King Charles III’ to Be Adapted for TV
During their presentation at the 2016 summer edition of the Television Critics Association Press Tour, the folks at Masterpiece announced they would be co-producing a television adaptation of the The Tony-nominated Broadway play King Charles III with the BBC. The original King Charles III premiered in London in 2014 and