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(National Theater/Cottesloe, London; 314 seats; 29 [pounds sterling] ($44) top) A National Theater presentation of a play in one act by David Hare. Directed by Howard Davies. Sets, Bob Crowley; [...]

Miranda Richardson, Mark Rylance, Jane Horrocks, Clare Higgins and the first new play in more than 10 years from Wallace Shawn are among the attractions of the 2009 spring/summer season [...]

(Menier Chocolate Factor)', London; 165 seats; 25 [pounds sterling] ($43) top) A Menier Chocolate Factory presentation of a play in two acts by John Webster. Directed by Jonathan Munby. Sets [...]

Some stake actors are only 'discovered' late in their careers. Not Ralph Fiennes. In 1988, just three years after graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (where he'd won [...]

Thesp Hannah Waddingham, who has played the Lady of the Lake in 'Monty Python's Spamalot' in London and on Broadway, will play Desiree in Trevor Nunn's upcoming Menier Chocolate Factory [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (Almeida Theater; London; 321 seats; 29.50 [pounds sterling] ($52) top) An Almeida Theater presentation of a play in two acts by Harley Granville Barker. Directed by Samuel West. [...]

For years, foreign tourists in London have scratched their heads wondering why it's so tough to see a show on Sundays. But West End theater performances on the seventh day [...]

(Donmar Warehouse, London; 250 seats; 29 [pounds sterling] ($52) top) A Donmar Warehouse presentation of a play in one act by August Strindberg in a new version by David Greig. [...]

(APOLLO THEATER;, 775 SEATS; 47 [pounds sterling] ($87) TOP) LONDON A Nica Burns, Jane Walmsley, Michael Braham, Max Weitzenhoffer presentation, in association with MGM On Stage, Darcie Denkert, Dean Stolber […]

Among current National offerings available to those young theatergoers is Juliette Binoche's U.K. stage debut in the world premiere 'in-i.' Binoche not only performs but also co-devised and directed the [...]

The Royal Shakespeare Company is turning its back on star casting for individual productions. Instead, almost all its key productions will be cast from an ensemble of 44 actors who [...]

NOW OR LATER (ROYAL COURT THEATER; 376 SEATS; 25 £ ($45) TOP) LONDON A Royal Court Theater presentation of a play in one act by Christopher Shinn. Directed by Dominic [...]

Now or Later (Royal Court Theater, London; 376 seats; 25 [pounds sterling] ($45) top) A Royal Court Theater presentation of a play in one act by Christopher Shinn. Directed by [...]

Calendar Girls (Chichester Festival Theater; Chichester, UK.; 1,206 seats; 33 [pounds sterling] ($59) top) A Chichester Festival Theater presentation of a play in two acts by Tim Firth, based on [...]

Ivanov (Wyndham's Theater, London; 750 seats; 32.50 [pounds sterling] ($59) top) A Donmar West End presentation of a play in two acts by Anton Chekhov in a new version by [...]

(The Barbican. London; 1,019 seats: 60 [pounds sterling] ($106) top) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An Ex Machina/Theater Sans Frontieres presentation in association with Cultural Industry and Northern Stage, coproduced by Barbicanbite08, Cabildo [...]

There's nothing new in raiding movie back-catalogs for legit exploitation. 'The Producers,' 'Billy Elliot,' 'The Lion King' and countless others have made money-making transitions from screen to stage. And with [...]

The Menier Chocolate Factory's London production of 'La Cage aux Folles' will have a West End run in the winter, beginning perfs at the Playhouse Theater in October. Douglas Hodge, [...]

IT'S THE NIGHT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION and the Democratic candidate is poised for victory; suddenly everything spins into chaos as compromising information about the nominee's son surfaces on the [...]

(Donmar Warehouse, London; 249 seats; 29.50 [pounds sterling] ($55) top) A Donmar Warehouse presentation of a play in one act by Pam Gems. Directed by Jamie Lloyd. Musical direction, Nigel [...]

HAMLET Royal Shakespeare Company Directed by Gregory Doran Starring: David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie Even without its leading man, the new Royal Shakespeare Company 'Hamlet' would be a serious [...]

(Royal Shakespeare Company Courtyard, Stratford-Upon-Avon; 1,000 seats; 38 [pounds sterling] $74) top) A Royal Shakespeare Company presentation of a play in two acts by William Shakespeare. Directed by Gregory Doran. [...]

(National Theater, Olivier, London; 1,127seats; 30 [pounds sterling] ($60) top) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A National Theater presentation of a play in two acts by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Directed by Howard Davies. Sets [...]

(DUKE OF YORK'S THEATER; 663 SEATS; 46 [pounds sterling] ($92) TOP) LONDON A Sonic Friedman Prods., Robert G. Bartner & Jamie Hendry presentation of a play in one act by […]

Choreographer-director Matthew Bourne is not given to bragging. He is, however, proud of at least one of the achievements of his company New Adventures. 'We think we perform more per [...]

NO ONE IS GOING ON THE RECORD YET, BUT BUZZ around town has it that Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart are getting into the saddle to ride to the rescue [...]

How much does it cost to hire Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi and Jude Law? Five figures per week plus a percentage of the gross? Not if you're Michael [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (Vaudeville Theater, London: 666 seats; 47.50 [pounds sterling] ($95) top) A David Richenthal and Mary Beth O'Connor presentation, in association with Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer, of a [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (Garrick Theater, London; 701 seats; 60 [pounds sterling] ($120) top) A Zorro London, John Gertz and Isabel Allende presentation of a musical in two acts with music by [...]

IT MAY NOT BE THE LAST WORD IN CUTTING-EDGE innovation, but Disney's 'High School Musical' has every right to feel pleased with itself. The stage version spun from the telepic [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (Bush Theater, London: 81 seats: 15 [pounds sterling] ($29) top) A Bush Theater presentation of a play in one act by Anthony Weigh. Directed by Josie Rourke. Set [...]

(DONMAR WAREHOUSE; 249 SEATS; 29 £ ($56) TOP) LONDON A Donmar Warehouse presentation of a play in two acts by Enid Bagnold. Directed by Michael Grandage. Sets and costumes, Peter [...]

(ROYAL OPERA HOUSE; 2,254 SEATS; 190 £ ($371) TOP) LONDON A Royal Opera, Metropolitan Opera (New York), Norwegian National Opera presentation of an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, [...]

AFTERLIFE (NATIONAL THEATER/LYTTLETON; 894 SEATS; 41 £ ($80) TOP) LONDON A National Theater presentation of a play in two acts by Michael Frayn. Directed by Michael Blakemore. Sets, Peter Davison; [...]

A world premiere by U.S. dramatist Christopher Shinn and the European preem of Tarell Alvin McCraney's 'Wig Out!' lead the fall season at the Royal Court, London's leading venue for [...]

UNLIKELY AS IT MAY SEEM to those who know Anthony Minghella only by his movies, the writer-director was involved more quietly in the creation of a number of contemporary dance [...]

(THEATER ROYAL HAYMARKET; 888 SEATS; 60 £ ($118) TOP) LONDON A Marguerite Prods. presentation in association with Theater Royal Haymarket Company, Bob Boyett, Horipro and Umeda Arts Theater of a [...]

In a move likely to usher in widespread change across the West End legit map, Britain's National Theater will commence Sunday performances in September. Decision follows protracted negotiations with Equity, [...]

(Savoy Theater, London; 1,132 seats; 55 [pounds sterling] ($109) top) A Tristan Baker, Bronia Buchanan, Charlie Parsons presentation in association with Jason Haigh-Ellery of a musical in two acts with [...]

A SLEW OF TUNERS IS HOVERING over prospective London theaters like planes over Heathrow. Producers of 'Carousel,' 'Legally Blonde,' 'The Little Mermaid,' 'The Phantom of the Opera II,' 'Priscilla Queen [...]

FUNNY GIRL (MINERVA STUDIO/CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATER; 283 SEATS; 26 £ ($51) TOP) CHICHESTER, U.K. A Chichester Festival Theater presentation of a musical in two acts with music by Jule Styne, [...]

LONDON IT'S NOT EASY MAKING theatrical waves on both sides of the Atlantic when your below-the-title job description hovers between director' and choreographer, without settling on either. But that's exactly [...]

Screen thesps Joseph Fiennes, Ian Hart and Phyllis Logan will return to the stage to headline '2000 Feet Away' at the Bush Theater, London's new 86-seat writing powerhouse. Bush theater [...]

(NATIONAL THEATEP,/COTIT.SLOE; 300 SEATS; 29 £ ($57) TOP) LONDON A National Theater presentation of a play in two acts by Simon Stephens. Directed by Marianne Elliott. Sets and costumes, Hildegard [...]

Crossover appears to be one of the themes of the Donmar Warehouse's newly announced 2008-09 slate, the sixth under a.d. Michael Grandage. Thesp Alan Rickman will continue his directing career [...]

It's always feast or famine in the musical theater market in Australia, but right now auds are feasting like never before. Beginning with the December bow of 'Billy Elliot the [...]

On the subject of lost and found, Irving Berlin's 'I Got Lost in His Arms' pops up in 'Maria Friedman--Rearranged' at the Menier Chocolate Factory. William Loveday's exquisitely intimate arrangement [...]

(GIELGUD THEATER; 981 SEATS; 47.50 £ ($95) TOP) LONDON A David Pugh, Dafydd Rodgers presentation of a play in one act by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. Directed by [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The night's single biggest winner was 'Hairspray,' but an unusually wide spread of wins at Sunday night's Laurence Olivier Awards was matched by some high-profile shutouts at the [...]

Newly refurbished off-West End venue The King's Head theater is headlining a new 37-week, seven-show season with the world premiere of a new Cole Porter tuner. 'Black & White Ball,' [...]