Frost/Nixon Character Card #5 Matthew Macfadyen as John Birt
by Robert Diamond
- Dec 14, 2008
Macfadyen was tasked to play John Birt, the founding editor of London Weekend Television's (LWT) Weekend World and onetime director general of the BBC. A powerful figure in British television for more than three decades, he would go on to become special advisor to Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2001. Birt co-produced the Frost/Nixon interviews with Frost and organized the team that prepared the program's host for battle.
Donna Lynne Champlin To Play 'Jane Austen' in B-way Bound 'Pride and Prejudice'
by Faetra Petillo
- Sep 15, 2008
Producers of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, The New Musical announce that Obie Award-winner and Rochester, NY native Donna Lynne Champlin (Sweeney Todd, Hollywood Arms, By Jeeves) will play the role of Jane Austen in the Broadway-bound musical's one-night-only performance event at Rochester's historic Eastman Theatre on Tuesday, October 21. Champlin joins previously-cast Colin Donnell (Jersey Boys, Follies) as Mr. Darcy.
Broadway Aimed 'Pride & Prejudice' Holds Rochester Reading 10/21
by Faetra Petillo
- Aug 21, 2008
Producers of a homegrown musical version of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice want to engage the local community in its journey to Broadway with an exclusive local 'first look' on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the upstate city's historic Eastman Theatre.
Broadway Bound 'Pride & Prejudice' to Have Public Reading
by Victoria Myers
- Jul 29, 2008
Producers of a homegrown musical version of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice want to engage the local community in its journey to Broadway with an exclusive local 'first look' on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the upstate city's historic Eastman Theatre.
Shakespeare Theatre of NJ Presents 'King Lear'
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 1, 2008
One of the greatest plays ever written, King Lear, takes the stage of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey beginning July 2 and continuing through July 27th.
Shakespeare Theatre of NJ Presents 'King Lear'
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 12, 2008
One of the greatest plays ever written, King Lear, takes the stage of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey beginning July 2 and continuing through July 27th.
Shakespeare NJ Presents New Pride and Prejudice Oct. 17
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 29, 2006
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present the world premiere of Bonnie J. Monte's new adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The will open October 17, with a run slated through November 19. The official opening is October 20.