Michael Winter News

Christmas is a time for family...a time for STRAIGHT WHITE MEN by female playwright Young Jean Lee.

???????To celebrate their 25th anniversary next year, Birmingham Stage Company - the acclaimed producers of Horrible Histories Live On Stage - today announce the West End debut of David Walliams' bestselling book - Gangsta Granny. The smash-hit production which was recently nominated for a UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People, opens at the Garrick theatre on 1 August 2017, with previews from 26 July, and runs until 3 September, direct from an extensive UK tour.

With only six places left available, Francesca Jaynes' Choreography and Movement Direction in Film workshop is offering a 25 percent discount for participants who register until the 23rd of July, or until places last.

Astronauts. Regrets. The sexes. Social Media. Hipsters. Poo. Rage. Medicine. Manners. Identity. Lost stuff. Other stuff.

?Seacoast Repertory Theatre and Let's "B" Reel are proud to announce that their award winning Red Light series will be kicking of it's 2016 season with the cult musical classic, PURPLE RAIN on April 27th, 2016. In addition to the screening, The Beautiful Ones (Portland, ME) the nations leading Purple Rain/Prince Cover Band will be on hand for an extra special pre-show performance.

Broadway by the Year, now in its 16th season at The Town Hall, once again re-invents itself to bring a fresh and exciting new perspective to The Great White Way's classic show tunes. This season, series creator / writer / director / host Scott Siegel will use each of the four BBTY concerts to explore the ever-popular music that was born on Broadway over four formative decades.

With only 6 places left for this amazing and unique workshop, we will be offering a 10 percent discount for participants who register for these last places until the 22nd of October. This will be an absolutely unique opportunity to develop your skills in Choreography and Movement Direction in Film with one of the main experts in activity in this discipline. You will have an educational experience of excellence in a small and intimate group of only 25 participants maximum, with no less than Francesca Jaynes who was movement Director of Films such as: 'GRAVITY', and 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence'.

The Goteborg Festival has announced that the festival's 2016 Honorary Dragon Award goes to THE DANISH GIRL director Tom Hooper.

Seacoast Repertory Theatre has named Miles Burns as their permanent Artistic Director. The decision came as Seacoast Rep had been planning its new season and solidifying its management structure. Burns had previously served in the position in an interim capacity after a management shakeup in late 2014, and headed the theatre's youth program before that.

With only 6 places left for this amazing and unique workshop, we will be offering a 10 percent discount for participants who register for these last places until the 22nd of October. This will be an absolutely unique opportunity to develop your skills in Choreography and Movement Direction in Film with one of the main experts in activity in this discipline. You will have an educational experience of excellence in a small and intimate group of only 25 participants maximum, with no less than Francesca Jaynes who was movement Director of Films such as: 'GRAVITY', and 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence'.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center will host An Evening With Kate Winslet tonight, October 6, during the 53rd New York Film Festival.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center will host An Evening With Kate Winslet on Tuesday, October 6, during the 53rd New York Film Festival.

Josh Gad will take on the role of legendary film critic Roger Ebert in the STX comedy RUSS & ROGER GO BEYOND.

Fringe first timer is bringing his new, no holds barred adaptation of a best selling American autobiography to the Edinburgh stage.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival opens its outdoor theatre the weekend of June 12-14 with Shakespeare's ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, directed by Bill Rauch; the world-premiere musical by Jeff Whitty with music and lyrics by the Go-Go's, HEAD OVER HEELS, directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar; and Alexandre Dumas's THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, directed by Marcela Lorca. The shows will close the weekend of October 9-11.

Award-winning director Bob Vernon returns to the stage in May after a four-year hiatus to lead the Seacoast Repertory Theatre's production of Into the Woods, the Stephen Sondheim musical that weaves well-loved Grimm's fairy tales into a provocative fantasy of dreams and their consequences.

Today, Showtime Networks Inc. and IFC Films announced a new exclusive theatrical output agreement that extends the companies' existing deal to cover films theatrically distributed by IFC Films through 2021.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, directed by Christopher Liam Moore, on March 29 in the Thomas Theatre. Preview performances are March 25, 27 and 28.

Academy Award winner Helen Mirren will return to Broadway this spring as Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Daldry. Opening Night is tonight, March 8, 2015; the limited engagement runs through June 28, 2015 at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Scroll down to learn more about the company!

Seattle Theater Writers critics' circle just announced the nomination slate of the fourth annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards,theater awards devoted to recognizing excellence across the economic spectrum of professional Seattle theaters in the prior calendar year.