"""One Man, Two Guvnors"" transferred to Broadway, with Corden continuing to play the lead. In June 2012, he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his performance. In February 2012, Corden hosted the Brit Awards for the third time. Corden starred as the Baker in the Disney film adaptation of the musical ""Into the Woods"" (2014). In 2016 he appeared in the animated comedy film ""Trolls"" as Biggie, a chubby friendly Troll. For his next project, Corden teamed with friend and fellow ""Gavin & Stacey"" star Mathew Baynton to create, write and"
"successful and less troubled adaptation in 1719 at Lincoln's Inn Fields; Shakespeare's original version was revived at Covent Garden in 1738. The play had limited popularity in the early twentieth century, but John Gielgud exploded onto the world's theatrical consciousness, through his performance as Richard at the Old Vic Theatre in 1929, returning to the character in 1937 and 1953 in what ultimately was considered as the definitive performance of the role. Another legendary Richard was Maurice Evans, who first played the role at the Old Vic in 1934 and then created a sensation in his 1937 Broadway performance, revived"
"to the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End in 1997. Imelda Staunton and Conleth Hill starred in a new production of the play at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London during 2017. In 1963, Columbia Masterworks released a four-LP (long-playing) boxed recording of the original Broadway cast performing the entire play under the direction of Alan Schneider. The release contained a sixteen-page booklet with photos from the original production, critical essays by Harold Clurman and Walter Kerr, cast and crew biographies, and a short article by Goddard Lieberson on the task of recording the play. The introduction is by Edward"
"in the onstage action. Following the 1987 premiere, the opera received mixed reviews; some critics dismissed the work, predicting it would soon vanish. However, it has been presented on many occasions since, in both Europe and North America, and has been recorded twice. In 2011, the opera received its Metropolitan Opera debut, a production based on the original sets, and in the same year was given an abstract production in Toronto by the Canadian Opera Company. Recent critical opinion has tended to recognize the work as a significant and lasting contribution to American opera. During his rise to power, Richard"
"a stage play, written by Harold Owen and Harry M. Vernon. It was first staged in London in 1913; the first U.S. production opened in New York on October 14, 1914 with stage star Walker Whiteside playing Wu. The actor Frank Morgan was in the original Broadway cast, appearing under his original name Frank Wupperman. The first actor to portray Mr. Wu (in the 1913 West End production) was Canadian-born English actor Matheson Lang, who became so popular in the role that he starred in a 1919 film version. (The better-known Lon Chaney production is therefore a remake.) Lang continued"
"Kent, the cast included Ball as Todd, Staunton as Mrs. Lovett, James McConville as Tobias, John Bowe as Judge Turpin, Robert Burt as Pirelli, Luke Brady as Anthony, Gillian Kirkpatrick as Lucy Barker, Lucy May Barker as Johanna and Peter Polycarpou as Beadle Bamford. It was notably set in the 1930s instead of 1846 and restored the oft-cut song ""Johanna (Mea Culpa)"". The production received positive reviews from both critics and audience members and transferred to the Adelphi Theatre in the West End in 2012 for a limited run from March 10 to September 22, 2012. Comedian Jason Manford made"
"from the play over footage from the riots. For the 2012 production, Ridley wrote four individual new monologues for the characters Elliot, Naz, Lola and Darren which were filmed and put on The Greenhouse Theatre Company’s YouTube channel to promote the play transferring to the West End. The play has been produced globally in numerous productions, having achieved a cult following, with theatre-makers keen to retell its story and audiences curious to see the story being told. On seeing the original production, dramaturg and theatre director Lisa Goldman described the play as “one of the greatest theatre experiences of my"
"also played Eddie in that version. In 1986, the BBC aired a TV dramatisation of the play produced by Geoff Wilson. Renzo Rossellini, the brother of film director Roberto Rossellini, was the first to adapt the play into an opera with his ""Uno sguardo dal ponte"", which premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 1961. In 1999, another operatic version, with music by William Bolcom and a libretto by Arthur Miller, premiered at Lyric Opera of Chicago starring Kim Josephson as Eddie Carbone. The work was performed subsequently at the Metropolitan Opera in 2002, again at the Washington National"
"as Pastor Strawman, and Andreas Isachsen as Guldstad. It became a regular part of the theatre's repertory, playing 77 times over the next 25 years. Its first Broadway production opened at the Hudson Theatre on 23 March 1908. The London premiere of the play took place in 2012, when the Orange Tree Theatre staged a production directed by David Antrobus and using a text translated and adapted by Don Carleton. The production was praised by critics. Ibsen adopted a contemporary setting (for the first time since his ""St. John's Night"" of 1853) and a rhymed verse form for the play."
"a London West End pantomime adaptation, a New York City Opera production that follows the original television version closely, and various touring productions. A 2013 adaptation on Broadway starred Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana, with a new book by Douglas Carter Beane. In the 1950s, television adaptations of musicals were fairly common. Broadcast versions of ""Annie Get Your Gun"", ""Wonderful Town"", ""Anything Goes"" and ""Kiss Me, Kate"" were all seen during the decade. In 1955, NBC had broadcast the Broadway musical ""Peter Pan"", starring Mary Martin. It was a hit, and the network looked for more family-oriented musical projects. Richard"
"to attend the ball to meet her Prince, but, in this version, she must open the Prince's eyes to the injustice in his kingdom. Rodgers and Hammerstein originally wrote the songs for a 1957 television broadcast starring Julie Andrews, and it was remade twice for television and adapted for the stage in various versions prior to the Broadway production. The 2013 adaptation was the first version of ""Cinderella"" with the Rodgers and Hammerstein score mounted on Broadway. The new book by Beane introduces several new characters and a sympathetic stepsister, and the score features several new Rodgers and Hammerstein songs."
"Chariots of Fire (play) Chariots of Fire is a 2012 stage adaptation of the 1981 Oscar-winning film of the same name. Production of the Olympic-themed play, which opened at London's Hampstead Theatre 9 May 2012 and transferred to the West End on 23 June 2012, was partially inspired by the 2012 London Summer Olympics. The ""Chariots of Fire"" adaptation for the stage was written by playwright Mike Bartlett, and Edward Hall directed the play. It starred Jack Lowden as Scottish missionary Eric Liddell, and James McArdle as Jewish Cambridge student Harold Abrahams. For the production, stage designer Miriam Buether transformed"
"""She Stoops to Conquer"", ""A Midsummer Night’s Dream"", ""Peter Pan"", ""The Mikado"", ""The Lost World"", ""Richard III"", ""Pride and Prejudice"", ""Three Men in a Boat"", ""Romeo and Juliet"", ""Macbeth"", ""Twelfth Night"", ""Cosi Fan Tutte"", and ""Earthquakes in London"". In 2018, the actress Amanda Redman, who was born in Brighton, became the theatre's new patron. She told the Argus, 'My stepfather used to bowl right here where the theatre is and my mother used to live in Dyke Road. When I was told about the history of this place I was incredibly moved. Whenever there is a venture where people are"
"1741. Although not performed as frequently as the most famous play of the period, John Gay's ""The Beggar's Opera"", ""The London Merchant"" was extremely popular with English theatergoers of the time, but its popularity fell off soon after 1800. Lillo's play was so popular that it was performed for Queen Caroline and George II by request on a number of occasions. In more recent years the Royal Theatre did a production in 2010 The story is adapted from the ballad, George Barnwell, but the plot has been modified to strengthen its connection to the urban lower classes. The focus of"
"by Tharon Musser. ""Lovers"" received its second professional New York production in 2012, this time Off-Broadway by The Actors Company Theatre. The cast was James Riordan, Kati Brazda, Cameron Scoggins, Cynthia Darlow, Justine Salata, and Nora Chester. Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal reviewing the 2012 revival wrote ""If life were fair, Brian Friel, the foremost living playwright in the English-speaking world, would have won a Nobel Prize long ago. All you see in ""Lovers"" are Mr. Friel's small-town characters, realized so fully (by Mr. Riordan and Ms. Salata in particular) that they give the impression of having been"
"resident play or musical’ for Daniel Schrader. Bolton Revival (1997) January 16 1997 at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton. Directed by Lawrence Till. New York Premiere (1999) 8 April 1999 at Blue Light Theater Company, New York. Directed by Rob Bundy. London Revival 2012 (21st Anniversary Production) 25 January - 17 March 2012 at The Arcola Theatre, London. Directed by Edward Dick. London Revival 2017 27 January - 18 March 2017 at Shoreditch Town Hall, London. Directed by Jamie Lloyd. Winner of the 2018 Off West End Awards for 'Best Supporting Male in a Play', awarded to Tom Rhys Harries. Also"
"a production directed by Derek Goldby and designed by Desmond Heeley at the Old Vic. It premiered on 11 April 1967, with John Stride as Rosencrantz, Edward Petherbridge as Guildenstern, Graham Crowden as the Player, and John McEnery as Hamlet. The play returned to the National Theatre on 14 December 1995 and this production with Adrian Scarborough as Rosencrantz and Simon Russell Beale as Guildenstern subsequently toured to Belfast, Cork, Bath, Newcastle, Sheffield and Bradford. In 2011 the play was revived in a production directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, opening at Chichester Festival Theatre before transferring to the Theatre Royal"
"""The Golden Bough"" of Frazer, and since it was published many myths have been reinterpreted to reveal clues to ancient religious practices that were kept as secret rituals. They are mentioned in the poem ""To Brooklyn Bridge"" by Hart Crane. The Eumenides are also featured in T. S. Eliot's play, ""The Family Reunion"", Neil Gaiman's comic book series, ""The Sandman"", and Rick Riordan's novel, ""The Lightning Thief"". In the comic opera Trial by Jury (1875) words W.S. Gilbert music Arthur Sullivan the Learned Judge describes himself as having once ""danced a dance like a semi-despondent fury"" while in Westminster Hall."
"ultimately premiered in October 2012 at Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut. The production, directed by Darko Tresnjak, transferred to the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California in March 2013, and then opened on Broadway in 2014. Freedman won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for this musical. Sources: ""The New York Times"", filmreference.com Robert L. Freedman Robert L. Freedman (born July 27, 1957) is an American screenwriter and dramatist. He is best known for his teleplays for ""Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella"" (1997) and """" (2001), and for his Tony-winning book and lyrics of ""A Gentleman's Guide"
"Arlene Golonka, Warren Berlinger (Buddy), Lou Jacobi (Mr. Baker) and Pert Kelton (Mrs. Baker). The director was Stanley Prager, with sets and lighting by Ralph Alswang. It was produced by Arthur Cantor. The play opened in the West End in 1962 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, starring Michael Crawford as Buddy, Bob Monkhouse and David Kossoff. The play was revived at the Jewish Repertory Theater, New York City, running in December 1987. In June 2005 Jacob Murray directed a production at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with Jamie Glover as Alan Baker, Andrew Langtree as Buddy Baker, Malcolm Rennie as"
"was first performed at West Berlin's ""Freie Volksbühne"" (Free People's Theater) on February 20, 1963 under the direction of Erwin Piscator. Within the same year, the play was produced at additional theatres in West Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Great Britain, Denmark, Finland and France. The play received its first English production in London by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in September 1963. It was directed by Clifford Williams with Alan Webb/Eric Porter as Pius XII, Alec McCowen as Father Fontana, and Ian Richardson. A condensed version prepared by American poet Jerome Rothenberg opened on Broadway on February 26,"
"version called ""Celadon and Florimel"" was acted as late as 1796. A London revival of ""The Maiden Queen"" occurred in 1886. The Maiden Queen Secret Love, or The Maiden Queen is a 1667 tragicomedy written by John Dryden. The play, commonly known by its more distinctive subtitle, was acted by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (which had escaped the Great Fire of London the year before). The premiere occurred on 2 March, and was a popular success. King Charles II, his brother the Duke of York and future King James II, and Samuel Pepys were all"
"Bodley Head, in New York City and in London in 1897. In 1900 the story was produced as a stage show at the Royalty Theatre in London starring Frank Mills and Mrs Patrick Campbell. In 1936 the play was revived at His Majesty's Theatre starring Ivor Novello, Vivien Leigh, Isabel Jeans and Marius Goring. An edition with colour illustrations by George Sheringham was published by John Lane in November 1918. The story was adapted as a one-act radio opera, ""Lord Inferno"", by Giorgio Federico Ghedini to a libretto by Franco Antonicelli; it premiered on RAI on 22 October 1952. It"
"running for 1,417 performances. The show won seven Tony Awards, the New York Drama Critics Circle award, and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 1967, a film based on the musical was released by United Artists, with Morse and Vallee re-creating their stage roles. A 1995 revival was mounted at the same theatre as the original production (now named the Richard Rodgers Theatre). It ran for 548 performances and starred Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally. A 50th-anniversary Broadway revival directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford and starring Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette opened on March 27, 2011, at the"
"the actors improvising. There have been several adaptations of the play for the cinema and for the stage: The Servant of Two Masters The Servant of Two Masters () is a comedy by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni written in 1746. Goldoni originally wrote the play at the request of actor Antonio Sacco, one of the great Truffaldinos in history. His earliest drafts had large sections that were reserved for improvisation, but he revised it in 1753 in the version that exists today. The play draws on the tradition of the earlier Italian ""commedia dell'arte"". The play opens with the"
"Once it was, composer Stuart Brayson thought it might be adapted as a musical, and proposed the project to Tim Rice, who acquired the stage rights and wrote the lyrics. The musical was announced in May 2011 and opened on 23 October 2013, a year later than originally planned. The West End production stars Darius Campbell as Warden, Robert Lonsdale as Private Prewitt, and Ryan Sampson as Maggio. The work received mixed reviews, though Brayson was praised for an imaginative score. The production closed on 29 March 2014, after a run of six and a half months. The musical is"
"in the West End on 12 March 2013. The production won 7 Olivier Awards in 2013 (including Best New Play), at the time equaling the record with ""Matilda the Musical"" in 2012, before both were surpassed by ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"" in 2017 with 9 awards. During a performance on 19 December 2013, the ceiling of the Apollo Theatre collapsed causing the production to close. It reopened on 9 July 2014 at the Gielgud Theatre. The play closed at the Gielgud on 3 June 2017. The Broadway production debuted at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on 5 October 2014"
"this play states: ""The Games spell eviction for the Romany Gypsies. 17 year-old Pearl Penfold is one of them. As the bulldozers close in, Pearl falls in love with Joe, a boy from the local estate. Can Joe prove himself to Pearl and her family before they are gone forever?"" In early 2010, Waldmann worked with Blake Ritson and Bertie Carvel in Patrick Hamilton's ""Rope,"" at the Almeida Theatre in Islington, directed by Roger Michell. He played the role of Charles Granillo, one of two young men who attempt to get away with the perfect motiveless murder. This play was"
"from the stage floor. These changes were later transferred back to the West End production. Most recently, A new song has been added to the score, titled ""Playing the Game"". This replaces the already new ""Temper, Temper"" in the first act. This change has been added to all current and future productions of the show. The Broadway production received generally positive reviews, ranging from enthusiastic to lukewarm. Many critics praised the show for its technical merits. After running 52 weeks, the show recouped its original investment. On July 16, 2011, the Broadway production became the 30th longest running show in"
"1929 with John Gielgud, Martita Hunt, and Margaret Webster, as well as the Riverside Shakespeare Company in its founding production in New York City in 1977, which used the 1968 film of Franco Zeffirelli's production as its inspiration. In 2013, ""Romeo and Juliet"" ran on Broadway at Richard Rodgers Theatre from 19 September to 8 December for 93 regular performances after 27 previews starting on 24 August with Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad in the starring roles. The best-known ballet version is Prokofiev's ""Romeo and Juliet"". Originally commissioned by the Kirov Ballet, it was rejected by them when Prokofiev attempted"
"and a production in London's West End followed. The Roundabout Theatre Company revived the musical as ""The Mystery of Edwin Drood"" in 2012. The musical ""Drood"" is derived from two major inspirations: Charles Dickens' final (and unfinished) novel, ""The Mystery of Edwin Drood"", and the British pantomime and music hall traditions that reached the height of their popularity in the years following Dickens' death. Dickens' ""Mystery"" began publication in 1870. The book, which had been written and published in episodic installments (as had most of Dickens' other novels) was left unfinished upon Dickens' sudden death from a stroke that year."
"all-male production of ""Twelfth Night"", in which he played Olivia, and ""Richard III"" in the title role. Under his directorate, new plays were also performed at the Globe, the first being ""Augustine's Oak"" (referring to Augustine of Canterbury and Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England) by Peter Oswald, the writer-in-residence, which was performed in 1999. A second play by Oswald followed in 2002: ""The Golden Ass or the Curious Man"". In 2005, Oswald's third play written for the Globe was first performed: ""The Storm"", an adaptation of Plautus' comedy ""Rudens"" (""The Rope"") – one of the sources of Shakespeare's ""The Tempest"". Other"
"West End of London in January 2009. The West End show took over £1m in advance ticket sales and even extended the run to cope with demand. The production starred Alison Steadman, David Troughton, Richard Glaves, Carol Macready and Josie Walker. At the National Theatre in late 2009 Nicholas Hytner directed Bennett's play ""The Habit of Art"", about the relationship between the poet W. H. Auden and the composer Benjamin Britten. Bennett's play ""People"" opened at the National Theatre in October 2012. In December that year, ""Cocktail Sticks"", an autobiographical play by Bennett, premièred at the National Theatre as part"