Mark Rylance to co-write play with Louis Jenkins
Rylance has used poems by Jenkins as award speeches. Now the two will collaborate on a new play, Nice Fish, to premiere in Minneapolis next yearOn both occasions that Mark Rylance has won a Tony award, he has read out a poem by Louis Jenkins. Now the ...
Tim Rice rules out collaborating again with Andrew Lloyd Webber
Rice insists his partnership with Lloyd Webber is now in the past, saying: 'We're not relevant as a team any more'"Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice" is the formula for some of the most successful musicals of all time, but the partner...
Jack Kerouac play to receive world premiere
Beat Generation will debut at this year's Jack Kerouac Literary festival in Massachusetts, 55 years after it was writtenJack Kerouac's only full-length play will receive its world premiere this year, 55 years after it was written.Beat Generation, a thr...
RSC’s Matilda set for Broadway?
American producers are eyeing up the bestselling musical – but Royal Shakespeare Company is likely to keep a firm hold over the projectThe RSC is considering taking its hit musical Matilda to Broadway – but wants to keep the show under its own cont...
Noises off: What are stories for? And what’s producing all about?
This week, bloggers were getting back to the very basics of what theatre is about – and not just on the stageWhat are stories for? Poet and children's writer Michael Rosen isn't talking directly about drama, but his question gets to the heart of the ...
National Theatre claims victory over Spielberg in War Horse race
Artistic director Nicholas Hytner says War Horse will prove more profitable for his theatre than it will for the film director's studioGiven the choice between a hit West End play and a successful Hollywood blockbuster, most producers would doubtless p...
Narnia – the next stage spectacular
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is to be adapted into a 'less posh' multimedia theatre version, directed by Rupert GooldTilda Swinton may have only just have departed British terrestrial screens – Doctor Who hard on her heels – but the White W...
The Notebook to become a musical
Novelist Nicholas Sparks announces his romantic novel, already a hit film starring Ryan Gosling, is heading for BroadwayThe soggiest kiss since Andie MacDowell forgot her umbrella in Four Weddings and a Funeral could soon be seen on stage after Nichola...
Carlos Acosta: from the ballet to the galley proof
The famed dancer has already penned an autobiography – now Bloomsbury is to publish his fiction debut, a novel set in CubaCarlos Acosta is more accustomed to en pointe than penpoint, but the world-renowned Cuban ballet dancer has written his first no...
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical could be a golden ticket
Following the success of Matilda: the Musical, Sam Mendes is in talks to direct a stage adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel. Will it be an everlasting gobstopper or a bad nut?Though new British musicals have had a tough time in recent years, it seems th...
War Horse transfers to Australia
National theatre's mega-successful play to follow high-selling Broadway run with stint at the Arts Centre in MelbourneAfter successful stints in the West End and on Broadway, War Horse will open in Australia next year.The production will run at the Art...
