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British acting icon Ian McKellen has pulled out of the Player Kings tour following a June 17 onstage fall that saw him fracture his wrist and sustain other injuries. The Lord of the Rings star had initially thought he could return to Player Kings once the UK leg of the tour started but the production…

The 1998 graduating class of Huntington Hillside High School is finally getting together for their 25th reunion, and it’s sure to be a big song and dance. On Saturday, Can’t Hardly Wait co-writer/director Deborah Kaplan announced a stage musical in the works based on her and Harry Elfont‘s 1998 cult…

Ian McKellen will not feature in the final three performances of Player Kings in London’s West End after his fall. The Lord of the Rings acting icon fractured his wrist and sustained other injuries after falling from the stage on Monday night. A statement from the Noel Coward Theatre said that…

EXCLUSIVE: Charithra Chandran, who broke out playing Edwina Sharma in Netflix’s smash regal series Bridgerton, has spoken out against an entertainment industry mentality that she feels pits people of color against each other. Chandran, who was speaking to Deadline in the days before her debut West…

The Jamie Lloyd Company today announced the full cast for the upcoming West End production of Romeo & Juliet, with newcomer Francesca Amewudah-Rivers confirmed as Juliet opposite Tom Holland. Also starring in the anticipated Jamie Lloyd-directed show will be Freema Agyeman (Nurse), Michael Balogun…

Stars including Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Snook, Andrew Scott and David Tennant will compete for Olivier Awards at the UK’s most prestigious theater ceremony next month. The Sex and the City stars is up for Best Actress for her performance in Plaza Suite – her first Olivier – while Succession’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Altitude Media Group has boarded a documentary shot entirely inside the Grand Theft Auto video game world. Grand Theft Hamlet will follow the story of out-of-work theater actors Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen, who had the idea to stage a full production of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ within Grand…

Purple Rain, the stage musical adaptation of the classic Prince album and film, will make its pre-Broadway premiere next year in Prince’s hometown of Minneapolis, producers announced today. The musical will debut in spring 2025 at Hennepin Theatre Trust's State Theatre in Minneapolis as part of its…

The Fawlty Towers revival continues apace. Not content with rebooting the TV series with Rob Reiner, John Cleese has now penned a stage adaptation of three episodes of the 40-year-old BBC series, which is widely considered one of the best British shows of all time. Fawlty Towers: The Play is…

British Equity has struck a three-year agreement with the Independent Theatre Council (ITC) that will give British theater workers better pay, as the UK’s cost of living crisis continues. Terms of the new pact will see pay and other financial provisions on the minimum daily and weekly rates rise 5%…

UTA has added veteran lit agent Max Grossman to its expanding theater department. Grossman comes to UTA from A3, where he served as co-head of the theater division and co-ran day-to-day operations, representing writers, composers, directors and designers for theater, opera and screen. Grossman…

EXCLUSIVE: The Stranger Things stage show, an unbelievably brilliant new blueprint for theatricality that premieres in London's West End tonight, will be the first installment in a trilogy exploring the dark underbelly of Hawkins, Indiana. Breaking Baz can reveal that parts two and three are set to…