James Franco will not be making his Broadway debut in Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth this autumn. The 127 Hours star had been set to appear opposite Nicole Kidman in the play, which tells of an ageing actress and the gigolo who exploits her. Franco's publicist did not state why the 33-year-old was no longer involved. Sweet Bird of Youth had been one of most … [Read more...] about James Franco pulls out of Broadway début with Nicole Kidman
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Anne-Marie Duff on life and death and sex… and Rattigan
Today is Tennessee Williams' 100th birthday and his works are being justly celebrated. But that other closeted centenarian playwright, Terrence Rattigan, whose 100th would have been in June, is already being fêted. The previews are already underway for London's Old Vic production of Cause Célèbre; it opens on Tuesday with Anne-Marie Duff, who talked today with The … [Read more...] about Anne-Marie Duff on life and death and sex… and Rattigan
Sarting on Broadway tonight: Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Lindsay Duncan and Olympia Dukakis
Tennessee Williams' The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore gets an Off-Broadway revival starting tonight, 7 January. Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis plays Flora Goforth, a widow penning her memoirs. Michael Wilson directs the Roundabout Theatre Company staging at its Off-Broadway home at the Laura Pels Theatre. Performances play until 3 April. Also starting tonight … [Read more...] about Sarting on Broadway tonight: Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Lindsay Duncan and Olympia Dukakis