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Barbara Leigh-Hunt, who appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy, dozens of other films and TV and on West End and Broadway stages, has died. She was 88.

Her family said today that she died September 16 at her home in Warwickshire, England, but did not give the cause.

Barry Foster and Barbara Leigh-Hunt in ‘Frenzy’

Leigh-Hunt was best known in the U.S. for her key role in Hitchcock’s penultimate thriller Frenzy (1972). She played Brenda Blaney, who is brutally raped and killed by the notorious “Necktie Murderer” in London. She was the ex-wife of Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), who is suspected of the crime that actually was committed by his friend Bob Rusk (Barry Foster), to whom he turns unwittingly for help.

“I was invited out to Pinewood Studios to speak with Hitch for about half an hour,” she told the BBC in a 2017. “To me he was a cinematic god,...

Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone have joined the cast of Amazon Prime Video’s “Young Sherlock” as series regulars.

Fiennes — the uncle of Hero Fiennes Tiffin, who plays Sherlock Holmes — has been cast as Silas Holmes, Sherlock’s father, who is described as a “scientist, explorer and self-made businessman.”

McElhone will play Cordelia Holmes, described as “Sherlock’s devoted mother, artist and matriarch of the Holmes clan.”

Fiennes is best known for playing William Shakespeare in 1998’s “Shakespeare in Love” and Commander Fred Waterford in the first four seasons of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” His other prominent credits include starring in “The Mother” opposite Jennifer Lopez, the Cate Blanchett-led biopic “Elizabeth” and Jean-Jacques Annaud’s “Enemy at the Gates.” Most recently, he led the James Graham play “Dear England.” Fiennes is repped by the Artists Partnership and WME.

McElhone is best known for playing Karen Van Der Beek...

How now, what news: the Criterion Channel’s July lineup is here. Eight pop renditions of Shakespeare are on the docket: from movies you forgot were inspired by the Bard (Abel Ferrara’s China Girl) to ones you’d wish to forget altogether (Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing), with maybe my single favorite interpretation (Michael Almereyda’s Hamlet) alongside Paul Mazursky, Gus Van Sant, Baz Luhrmann, Derek Jarman, and (of course) Kenneth Branagh. A neonoir collection arrives four months ahead of Noirvember: two Ellroy adaptations, two from De Palma that are not his neonoir Ellroy adaptation, two from the Coen brothers (i.e. the chance to see a DVD-stranded The Man Who Wasn’t There in HD), and––finally––a Michael Winner picture given Criterion’s seal of approval.

Columbia screwballs run between classics to lesser-seens while Nicolas Roeg and Heisei-era Godzilla face off. A Times Square collection brings The Gods of Times Square,...

For over a decade, Roger Moore had the task of living up to everything that Sean Connery had put in place as 007. And while some will defend Moore forever, we can’t forget the clown costumes, slide whistles, gondola chases, and so much more that pushed James Bond into an uncharted level of ridiculousness. Perhaps all of this could have been prevented had Timothy Dalton not been so green, turning down On Her Majesty’s Secret Service because he was in his mid-20s. That’s all hypothetical, of course, but Timothy Dalton would go on to reinvent James Bond in a way that may not have sat with contemporary audiences but marked a true challenge for what it meant to carry the torch. Dalton played 007 just twice; and with that, we’d challenge you to name just as many worthwhile post-Bond movies from the underappreciated actor (who we’re...

This post contains spoilers for "Five Nights at Freddy's."

Matthew Lillard is a horror legend and we don't say it enough. We know him and we love him from films like "She's All That," "Slc Punk," "Without a Paddle" ... any "Love's Labour's Lost" fans out there? But the man got his start in horror and his irrepressible comic spirit and fearless willingness to switch to pitch-black menace on a dime have made him an extremely effective and underrated horror star, as you can see in films like "Scream," "Scooby Doo," and "Thirteen Ghosts." 

Lillard has just added another glinting badge to his vest in the form of "Five Nights at Freddy's." We meet him as Steve Raglan, the career counselor that our hero, Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson), is sent to after he beats up a dad in front of his son while on the job. Mike is a man of few words,...

This generation of filmgoers mostly probably thinks of Irish actor-director Kenneth Branagh as Agatha Christie’s mustachioed detective Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Death on the Nile (2022) and the upcoming A Haunting in Venice.

But there is so much more to Branagh’s career. As a director, he’s dabbled in multiple genres, including fantasy, action, science fiction, thriller, comedy and superhero.

Branaghs career as an actor has been equally as diverse. He’s acted in legal thrillers, Westerns, romantic thrillers, animation, fantasy pics and dramedies.

And then there’s Shakespeare. There’s always Shakespeare. Branagh has a self-professed love of the Bard. He’s acted in and directed...

Gemma Arterton is an English actress and producer. She is best known for her breakthrough role in 2008 when she appeared in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008), a performance which earned her an Empire Award for Best Newcomer in 2009.

Gemma Arterton Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education

Gemma Arterton was born on February 2, 1986 (Gemma Arterton’s age: 37) at North Kent Hospital in Gravesend, England. Arterton was born with polydactyly, a condition resulting in extra fingers, which a doctor had removed shortly after her birth. Her father, Barry J. Arterton, was employed as a welder, while her mother, Sally-Anne Heap, runs a cleaning business. Her parents divorced when Arterton was just five years old, and so she was raised for a big part of her life on a council estate (housing project) with her mother and younger sister, Hannah Jane Arterton, who also discovered fame as an actress.

Arterton studied...

Sam Mendes was writing the screenplay for what would become Empire of Light and he’d hit a wall.

He knew he was writing it for Olivia Colman even though they’d never met.

Observing her husband’s frustrations with his script, Alison Balsom, an eminent trumpet soloist, suggested he somehow get in touch with Colman in the hope that the actress could excavate him from the rubble of that darned wall.

Eventually, Mendes reached Colman (The Favourite) via her agent. They met on Zoom. “Look, I’m writing something for you,” he recalled telling her.

They had a gossip, then chatted briefly about the project. “I told her it’s a love story of sorts and I talked about how personal it is, and how much it’s drawn from my own life. The upshot of it is that I got a very powerful sense of her.”

Mendes told...

Over the decades-long run of Doctor Who, the time-traveling alien has encountered many of history’s most illustrious personalities, and it only makes sense that an intellectually-gifted adventurer such as himself would choose to spend some time with some of history’s greatest figures.

In this article, we’ll discuss how the Doctor Who television series treats history’s greatest names while remaining true to the historical figure’s portrayal. We’ll also mention some of the prominent historical figures the fans would like to see in the series’ future. So, without further ado, let’s go back through time.

Which Famous Historical Figures Have Appeared on the Doctor Who TV Show?

Given his capacity for time travel, the Doctor has met a vast number of famous historical figures during his adventures, and the television show continues its historical tradition by adding its own unique sci-fi perspective to real-life events involving historical individuals.

“I’ve never been here. This is not a representation of my character,” says Alessandro Nivola, sliding into the broad, beige-y booth of a Park Avenue joint with a decidedly ladies-who-lunch vibe one recent Sunday morning in New York. The lighting is flattering. The prices alarm. The waitstaff scurry about as if catering to nobility. “I’ve got some photo shoot around the corner,” Nivola demurs, dimples flashing, about his request to meet here. “I’m not like, ‘This is me!’”

In fact, Nivola has spent the better part of...

Acclaimed writer/director David Lowery joins Josh and Joe to discuss the films that inspired The Green Knight.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Green Knight (2021)

Peter Pan & Wendy (2022)

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)

The Old Man And The Gun (2018)

A Ghost Story (2017)

Pete’s Dragon (1977)

Pete’s Dragon (2016) – Glenn Erickson’s review

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)

Ghost Story (1974)

Sword of the Valiant (1984)

Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

Masters of the Universe (1987) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

Andrei Rublev (1966) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s Muriel Awards blurb

War And Peace (1966) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Heaven’s Gate (1980)

The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928) – Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review

The Devils (1971)

Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

The Conjuring (2013)

Jubilee (1978)

Benedetta (2021)

Dune (1984)

Dune (2021)

Hard To Be A God (2013)

Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)

Moby Dick (1956) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary,...

Matias Piñeiro’s Isabella opens with nested rectangles of resplendent color, creeping across the chromatic spectrum, oscillating between darkness and light, and then settling on purple, a visual analogue to equilibrium, as we’re informed by a voiceover. This sort of interdisciplinary filmmaking–it’s later clear that these geometrically presented hues are part of an installation work–adds a new wrinkle to Piñeiro’s already extracurricular filmmaking. For the past decade, the director has transposed (“adapt” is too exact and limiting a term) Shakespeare in contemporary Buenos Aires, where performance is yet another casual layer of obfuscation in films that slip between the crevices of the larger, everyday world of the film, and the play within. In keeping with this playful inscrutability, films like Viola (2012) and The Princess of France (2014) are enveloped in a hazy color palette, lit with phosphorescent stage lights and punctuated by intimate closeups that emerge from scattered shadows.

Exclusive: Longmire alum Adam Bartley, Chai Hansen (New Legends Of Monkey), Julieta Zylberberg (The Invisible Look), Rocío Hernández (La caída), and Kiah McKirnan (Mare of Easttown) are set as series regulars opposite Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons in Amazon’s genre-bending drama series Lightyears, a co-production between Amazon Studios and Legendary Television.

Written and co-executive produced by Holden Miller, Lightyears follows Franklin and Irene York, played by Simmons and Spacek, a couple who years ago discovered a chamber buried in their backyard that inexplicably leads to a strange, deserted planet. They’ve carefully guarded their secret ever since, but when an enigmatic young man enters their lives, the Yorks’ quiet existence is quickly upended — and the mysterious chamber they thought they knew so well turns out to be much more than they could ever have imagined.

Hansen will play Jude, a charming and enigmatic young man who enters the Yorks’ lives in an unexpected way,...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.

And today we talk to the one-and-only Alessandro Nivola, a star who has played every manner of character in his illustrious, nearly twenty-five-year film career. Conor and I were lucky enough to speak with Nivola about his entire filmography, while focusing specifically on: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Ginger & Rosa, and Disobedience.

We discuss his big break on Broadway in the mid-90s, his break on the silver screen as Pollux Troy in Face/Off, how many thought he was from the United Kingdom for a good long while, and that part of Jurassic Park III.

We also bring up a solid indie dramedy he produced called To Dust, his new show Black Narcissus on FX, and his starring role in the upcoming,...

Anya Beyersdorf.

Prolific screenwriter Anya Beyersdorf says her excitement level has gone through the roof as she collaborates with director Rachel Ward on one of the segments of the ABC’s female-driven Shakespeare Now anthology.

Enjoying a career high, Beyersdorf is also working on an Every Cloud Productions’ drama and developing multiple projects with writer-director Miranda Nation, Aquarius Films, Truant Pictures and US director Alexis Ostrander.

“I have had a privileged, lucky lockdown,” she tells If. “I think I would have gone mad if I didn’t have all these scripts and virtual writers’ rooms. It’s kept me connected and doing meaningful things.”

Hoodlum Entertainment and Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment are developing Shakespeare Now, consisting of fresh re-interpretations of Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Macbeth, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night.

“Rachel is such a generous, clever, cool woman,...

Shakespeare's Globe is delighted to announce Michelle Terry's first season as Artistic Director. 2018's Shakespeare productions include Hamlet, As You Like It, The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Winter's Tale, Othello and Love's Labour's Lost. A premiere of three new plays, a national and international tour of Shakespeare and other performances on and off site are announced together with a year-long programme of events exploring the history and future of theatre censorship, as well as a series of events looking at race, refuge and refugees in relation to Shakespeare.

Beloved movie and theater actor Alan Rickman has died in London "surrounded by family and friends" at the age of 69, a spokesperson told the BBC on Thursday. He had been suffering from cancer. Born in Acton in west London, Rickman grew up in a working-class household with a single mother, and originally pursued a career in graphic design — though, as he recalled later, "theater was always lurking in the background." After working for a radical left-wing newspaper, and and enjoying the "70s fantasy" of starting a design studio with a few friends, Rickman found the pull of the stage inescapable, taking roles in the fringe theater scene, then attending Britain's prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Upon graduating, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing roles in The Tempest and Love's Labour's Lost. In later life, Rickman would become a vocal critic of the RSC, calling it "a...

[Editors Note: Project of the Day is presented in partnership with Blackmagic Design, one of the world's leading innovators and manufacturers of creative video technology.] Here's your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress -- at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. Love's Labour's Lost Logline: Four boarding school boys, distracted by four enchanting exchange students, struggle to keep a vow of chastity in this new adaptation of Shakespeare's bawdy comedy. Elevator Pitch: Ferdinand, student president of Navarre Academy, convinces his three classmates to commit to a chastity vow in pursuit of their studies. But we soon see that “young blood doth not obey an old decree.” With the arrival of four new girls at their school, the boys quickly fall for each of their new classmates. Meanwhile, their bombastic Spanish...

The Princess of France is Argentine director Matías Piñeiro's third entry in his series of Shakespeare-inspired films, which he calls his "Shakespearead." The first two of these were his 43-minute short Rosalinda (2011), inspired by "As You Like It," and his 65-minute feature Viola, which reworked "Twelfth Night." The Princess of France, which takes on "Love's Labour's Lost," is, like those other films, less a direct adaptation of Shakespeare than a work which uses the Bard's texts - translated into Spanish - as inspiration and counterpoint to the present-day romantic complications of a group of young people who are involved in the arts and incorporate classics from literature, painting, and music, into their daily lives. The Princess of France clocks in at a mere 70...

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Never mind The Terminator and Ed-209, what about Eve, Hector or Warbeast? Here's a pick of 15 less famous killer robots from the movies...

"They say Zapp Brannigan single-handedly saved the Octillion system from a horde of rampaging killbots!" enthused Leela in classic the Futurama episode, Love's Labour's Lost In Space.

It was, reflected the alcoholic, cigar-smoking robot Bender, "A grim day for Robotkind", before adding as an afterthought, "Eh, but we can always build more killbots."

Killer robots are a longstanding staple of science fiction cinema, and if we were to compile the list of the best and most celebrated, it would probably read pretty much like everyone else's - The Terminator, 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Sentinels from X-Men: Days Of Future Past would all get a mention.

But what about the less famous killer robots from film history - the ones that have been largely eclipsed by...

Ron Cook Mr Selfridge, Henry V, King Lear, Hot Fuzz as Sir Charles Gurney, Kathryn Drysdale Suspects, Love's Labour's Lost, Tripping Over, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps as Grace Shelley, Joshua McGuire Privacy, Posh, About Time, Mr Turner as Dinsdale Gurney and Anthony O'Donnell The Captain of Kopenick, Skyfall, Matchpoint as Daniel Tucker, join BAFTA winning James McAvoy, as Jack, the 14th Earl of Gurney, in the first West End revival of Peter Barnes' satirical comedy, The Ruling Class, directed by Jamie Lloyd, Artistic Director of Trafalgar Transformed. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below...

Ron Cook Mr Selfridge, Henry V, King Lear, Hot Fuzz as Sir Charles Gurney, Kathryn Drysdale Suspects, Love's Labour's Lost, Tripping Over, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps as Grace Shelley, Joshua McGuire Privacy, Posh, About Time, Mr Turner as Dinsdale Gurney and Anthony O'Donnell The Captain of Kopenick, Skyfall, Matchpoint as Daniel Tucker, join BAFTA winning James McAvoy, as Jack, the 14th Earl of Gurney, in the first West End revival of Peter Barnes' satirical comedy, The Ruling Class, directed by Jamie Lloyd, Artistic Director of Trafalgar Transformed.

Tommy is headed to the altar! Arrow's Colin Donnell is engaged to actress Patti Murin. His bride-to-be announced the news via Twitter on Friday, Dec. 19. "Guys, I have some big news to share!" Murin wrote. "Ready? I didn't hate the Annie movie at all. #alsoigotengaged." Donnell, 32, was quick to retweet the comment. "I did too!" he quipped. "To her!" The future spouses first met eight years ago, but fell for each other only after starring in a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's comedy Love's Labour's Lost together [...]...

The Princess of France is Argentine director Matías Piñeiro's third entry in his series of Shakespeare-inspired films, which he calls his "Shakespearead." The first two of these were his 43-minute short Rosalinda (2011), inspired by "As You Like It," and his 65-minute feature Viola, which reworked "Twelfth Night." The Princess of France, which takes on "Love's Labour's Lost," is, like those other films, less a direct adaptation of Shakespeare than a work which uses the Bard's texts - translated into Spanish - as inspiration and counterpoint to the present-day romantic complications of a group of young people who are involved in the arts and incorporate classics from literature, painting, and music, into their daily lives. The Princess of France clocks in at a mere 70...

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Don't let that ingenue face fool you - this girl's got steel pipes and the mouth of a sailor. One of Broadway's most appealing leading ladies, Patti Murin has starred in Wicked, Lysistrata Jones, Xanadu, Love's Labour's Lost, Emma, and, most recently, Fly By Night. Now she is bringing her signature vocal sound and sharp comedic timing to 54 Below. For her solo show debut, Patti will forgo the safety of standards to perform songs almost exclusively from the new musicals in which she has originated a role. It will literally be one of the best nights of your her life.

There are many reasons why Locarno is my favourite film festival. It has the most effectively temporally varied and regionally diverse program of films there is—hop from Pedro Costa's latest to a masterpiece by Agnès Varda, Vittorio De Sica, or Victor Erice (often on 35mm, it should be noted), or discover an Italian film in the Titanus retrospective by a filmmaker you've never heard of. It's also the environment itself, which enables, for me, the most engaging experience of moviegoing: a perfect balance of relaxed atmosphere, an endless array of interesting films, and an audience of cinephiles eager to shuffle into every screening. After all, it is the people who define places, and the transient international population of Locarno transforms the Italian-Swiss town into a summer camp of movie lovers. With the (mostly) no-bs program of films spanning cinema's reach geographically and historically, and a selection of the...

Don't let that ingenue face fool you - this girl's got steel pipes and the mouth of a sailor. One of Broadway's most appealing leading ladies, Patti Murin has starred in Wicked, Lysistrata Jones, Xanadu, Love's Labour's Lost, Emma, and, most recently, Fly By Night. Now she is bringing her signature vocal sound and sharp comedic timing to 54 Below. For her solo show debut, Patti will forgo the safety of standards to perform songs almost exclusively from the new musicals in which she has originated a role. It will literally be one of the best nights of your her life.

Don't let that ingenue face fool you - this girl's got steel pipes and the mouth of a sailor. One of Broadway's most appealing leading ladies, Patti Murin has starred in Wicked, Lysistrata Jones, Xanadu, Love's Labour's Lost, Emma, and, most recently, Fly By Night. Now she is bringing her signature vocal sound and sharp comedic timing to 54 Below. For her solo show debut, Patti will forgo the safety of standards to perform songs almost exclusively from the new musicals in which she has originated a role. It will literally be one of the best nights of your her life.

After the rousing success of Natalie Weiss recapping 'So You Think You Can Dance' last week, BroadwayWorld TV is doubling down on Celebrity Guest-Recappers. This time we have invited Broadway's favorite cheerleader, Patti Murin 'Lysistrata Jones,' 'Love's Labour's Lost,' 'Fly by Night' to recap the epic season finale of 'The Bachelorette' on Monday night. Despite performing with the Skivvies for the first time Saturday, and preparing for her 54 Below debut on Monday, August 11th click here for full details, Patti graciously agreed.

Last summer, The Public Theater, Michael Friedman, and Alex Timbers reunited to gift New York City with a free production of Love's Labour's Lost at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Like their Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, the team used brilliant and inspired anachronisms to make the Shakespearean comedy relevant for modern audiences. They also did it as a musical. Now Ghostlight Records has released the audaciously quirky Love's Labour's Lost Original Cast Recording for us all to enjoy.

The concert version of Nerds, a new Broadway-bound musical, tonight, Wednesday, June 11 at 54 Below, 254 W. 54th Street, is now sold out. The concert will feature a cast of Broadway favorites, including Theater World Award winner Wesley Taylor Smash, Rock of Ages, Helen Hayes Award winner Lauren Molina Candide, Sweeney Todd, Charlie Pollock Violet, Love's Labour's Lost, Laura Dreyfuss Once, Hair.

Ghostlight Records will release the original cast recording of The Public Theater's production of Love's Labour's LOSTthis summer. The album will be available in digital format on June 3 with physical CDs available online and in stores on July 8. The production was recently nominated for three 2014 Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Choreography. Directed by Alex Timbers, Love's Labour's Lost features songs by Michael Friedman with book adaptation by Timbers. Two tracks from the upcoming album - 'Young Men' and 'Hey Boys' - are available to stream at www.sh-k-boom.com.

The candlelit Sam Wannamaker theatre is on the same site as the Globe, where Arterton made her professional stage debut

Forget Quantum of Solace and Prince of Persia, Gemma Arterton is about to play the Duchess of Malfi in the inaugural production at the Shakespeare's Globe new indoor theatre, which is on the same site as the Globe.

The 350-seat Sam Wanamaker theatre – named after the Globe's founder – is the only recreation of an indoor Jacobean theatre in the UK and will be lit entirely by candles as it would have been in Shakespeare's day.

The Globe's artistic director Dominic Dromgoole has specified that the theatre will be used to showcase the work of Shakespeare's contemporaries. John Webster's revenge tragedy, last seen in London at the Old Vic with Globe regular Eve Best in the title role, will open in January with Dromgoole directing.

It means a return to...

How has "My Name is Asher Lev" never been made into a movie? The novel by Chaim Potok, about a young Hassidic Jew who becomes a controversial and successful fine artist (painting crucifixations of all things) is one of those mainstays of primary education so you'd think that there would be a movie. Most of those get-em-while-they're-young classic novels can claim multiple film versions. But there's only been runs at the stage. I recently saw a new adaptation by Aaron Posner at the Westside Theater. 

The production was minimally staged but the set was a moody beauty. The night I attended the understudy for the female roles (there are only three actors in the production) went on. Turns out she was Chaim Potok's actual daughter! Imagine that.

Ari BrandAri Brand was constantly on the stage in the title role but adeptly swung around between various ages from little boy to...

Last week, the new Mumford & Sons video took the Internet by storm, thanks to jokey lip-synched performances by Jason Bateman, Ed Helms, Jason Sudeikis, and Will Forte. But making the video wasn't all joke times and rustic barns, Forte says. Vulture caught up with him last night at the Public Theater’s opening of Love's Labour's Lost, and he gave us the inside scoop."I had the flu that day and it was such a bummer cause it was such a fun experience and I had to in-between takes go and lay down," he told us. "It was very pleasant though, because I was laying down with the chills and a fever and Ed Helms was just picking away at the banjo. It was the most pleasant having-the-flu experience I think I’ve ever had." Luckily, despite the illness, Forte still found the strength to kiss Jason Sudeikis many, many times.

The Public Theater's production of the new musical Love's Labour's Lost, the second show of The Public's 2013 free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte, recently began previews on July 23. Directed by Alex Timbers, Love's Labour's Lost features songs by Michael Friedman with book adaptation by Timbers and will run through Sunday, August 18, and opened last night, August 12. BroadwayWorld was there for the festivities and you can check out photos from the red carpet arrivals below...

The Public Theater's production of the new musical Love's Labour's Lost, the second show of The Public's 2013 free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte, recently began previews on July 23. Directed by Alex Timbers, Love's Labour's Lost features songs by Michael Friedman with book adaptation by Timbers and will run through Sunday, August 18, and opened last night, August 12. BroadwayWorld was there for the festivities and you can check out photos from the curtain call below...

The Public Theater's production of the new musical Love's Labour's Lost, the second show of The Public's 2013 free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte, recently began previews on July 23. Directed by Alex Timbers, Love's Labour's Lost features songs by Michael Friedman with book adaptation by Timbers and will run through Sunday, August 18, with an official opening on Monday, August 12. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights below...

The Public Theater's production of the new musical Love's Labour's Lost, the second show of The Public's 2013 free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte, recently began previews on July 23. Directed by Alex Timbers, Love's Labour's Lost features songs by Michael Friedman with book adaptation by Timbers and will run through Sunday, August 18, with an official opening on Monday, August 12. Check out a first look at the cast in action below...

The new Shakespeare In The Park production of William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost kicks off tonight in Central Park at the Delacorte Theater and the star of the show and creative team discuss the fresh musical adaptation of the classic in a new interview as well as preview some of the rockin' new tunes penned precisely for this Public Theater production.

The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham will begin previews today, Tuesday, July 23 for the new musical Love's Labour's Lost, the second show of The Public's 2013 free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte. Directed by Alex Timbers, Love's Labour's Lost will feature songs by Michael Friedman with book adaptation by Timbers and will run through Sunday, August 18, with an official press opening on Monday, August 12.

The second show of The Public's free Shakespeare in the Park season, Love's Labour's Lost, directed by Alex Timbers, with songs by Michael Friedman and book adaptation by Alex Timbers, begins previews next week on Tuesday, July 23 and will run through Sunday, August 18, with an official press opening on Monday, August 12. BroadwayWorld brings you a sneak peek of the cast singing excerpts from the show at Joe's Pub below...

The second show of The Public's free Shakespeare in the Park season, Love's Labour's Lost, directed by Alex Timbers, with songs by Michael Friedman and book adaptation by Alex Timbers, will begin previews on Tuesday, July 23 and run through Sunday, August 18, with an official press opening on Monday, August 12. Check out a first look at the cast in rehearsal below...

The second show of The Public's free Shakespeare in the Park season, Love's Labour's Lost, directed by Alex Timbers, with songs by Michael Friedman and book adaptation by Alex Timbers, will begin previews on Tuesday, July 23 and run through Sunday, August 18, with an official press opening on Monday, August 12. BroadwayWorld has confirmed that former SNL cast memebr Rachel Dratch will play 'Holofernes' in the production.

The second show of The Public's free Shakespeare in the Park season, Love's Labour's Lost, A New Musical, directed by Alex Timbers, with songs by Michael Friedman and book adaptation by Alex Timbers, will begin previews on Tuesday, July 23 and run through Sunday, August 18, with an official press opening on Monday, August 12.Below, hear a song from the new musical, Jaquenetta featuring Caesar Samayoa and produced by Matt Stine.

The theme of tonight's "Arrow" finale, titled "Sacrifice," was unconditional love. Colin Donnell's character, Tommy Merlyn, made the ultimate sacrifice. After discovering that his father is the Dark Archer, Tommy made every effort to stop him. When he couldn't, he rushed to Cnri to save Laurel -- despite her hookup with Oliver, he still loved her.

Unconditionally.

Oliver, rushing to Cnri to save Laurel, found Tommy instead, trapped beneath the rubble and bleeding out. In their final moments together, the men -- who grew up together as boys, practically brothers -- shared a beautiful, heartfelt goodbye. Despite what we thought, these guys were never meant to be enemies. They were opposite sides of the same coin, allies through and through, in every sense of the world.

It's a sad moment -- particularly for those of us who were looking forward to Tommy's potential descent into villainy and his ultimate...

The second show of The Public's free Shakespeare in the Park season, Love's Labour's Lost, A New Musical, directed by Alex Timbers, with songs by Michael Friedman and book adaptation by Alex Timbers, will begin previews on Tuesday, July 23 and run through Sunday, August 18, with an official press opening on Monday, August 12.Below, hear a song from the new musical, 'Hey Boys,' as performed by cast members Patti Murin, Audrey Weston, and Kimiko Glenn...

Actor of geniality, grace and solemnity, he excelled in playing characters on the margins of society

Richard Griffiths, who has died aged 65 from complications following heart surgery, was a fine actor defined by his largeness of spirit, his comic instinct and his empathy with outsiders, as well as his undeniable physical size. He was the kind of actor whom everyone remembers with affection, whether as the flawed but inspirational Hector in Alan Bennett's The History Boys (first staged in 2004, then filmed in 2006) or as the eccentrically gay Uncle Monty in Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I (1987).

Like most actors who have a thriving career in film and television, he learned his craft in theatre. I first became aware of him in the late 1970s when he rose steadily through the ranks of the Royal Shakespeare Company. I was especially struck by his ability to speak verse with mellifluous clarity.

The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Feb. 21 • 'Billy Elliot' • 'Evita', Tour • Pittsburgh Clo Season, Pa Fri. Feb. 22 • 'Good People', Pa • 'Mamma Mia!', Tour • 'Nobody Loves You' • Oldcastle Theatre Company, Vt Sat. Feb. 23 • 'Abballmu cu Ventu' • Suny Purchase, 'Lunch at the Gotham Cafe' Sun. Feb. 24 • Cherub Improv • 'One Night with Fanny Brice' • 'Reasons to Be Pretty' Mon. Feb. 25 • Cortland Repertory Theatre • Disney's 'The Little Mermaid', NJ, Pa & Mo, Singers• 'Fly', TX, Dancers • Girl Bands, Singers • 'Reasons to Be Pretty' • 'Side Show', CA • Stiletto Entertainment Tue. Feb. 26 • Barnstormers Theatre Summer Season, Nh • 'Billy Elliot', Adult Dancers • Cortland Repertory Theatre • Disney's 'The Little Mermaid', NJ, Pa & Mo,...

The veteran actor may be jumping out of his deckchair to kill zombies in his new film – but don't, whatever you do, call him cool

Hello Richard! I like your new film (1).

Ooh yes, it's very good, isn't it? (2)

It's better than I thought it'd be.

That's exactly what I thought! I thought I wasn't going to like it at all, but I went with the grandchildren and we had a really good time.

What attracted you to Cockneys Vs Zombies?

Well, I don't often get the chance to play someone of my age. I'll be 80 in January, so I was playing this silly old fool in an old people's home. I was having a very nice time because the sun came out, and I was in a deckchair doing bugger all. And then people started shouting "There's a zombie! The zombie's after you!" It was lovely for me because zombies are very very slow,...