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Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name) will make his West End debut at the Old Vic next spring in Amy Herzog's Pulitzer-nominated 4000 Miles. Eileen Atkins will co-star in the play directed by Old Vic artistic director Matthew Warchus (currently repped on Broadway with A Christmas Carol). Performances…

In early November, Scotland Yard opened an investigation into allegations that Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted a man in London in 2008. Later that month, the police said it was looking into another claim of sexual assault by the same alleged perpetrator in 2005, also in Lambeth, which is home to the Old Vic Theatre of…

The Old Vic Theatre has received 20 allegations of inappropriate behavior by Kevin Spacey during his 11-year run as artistic director. The London theater admitted that there was a "cult of personality" around the Swimming With Sharks star and that his "stardom" and "status" may have prevented people, in particular…

More men have come forward with allegations that accuse Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct. Among them, filmmaker and actor Tony Montana, who is best known for 2003 documentary Overnight, and Mexican actor Roberto Cavazos who worked with Spacey at London’s Old Vic. Cavazos, who also appeared in Doctor Who, wrote on…

London’s Old Vic, the theater of which Kevin Spacey was artistic director from 2004-2015, has said it is “deeply dismayed” to hear the allegations of sexual misconduct that recently surfaced against the actor. A statement released today by the venerable venue points to an earlier statement that was made jointly by UK…

BREAKING: Star Wars: The Force Awakens‘ John Boyega will hit the boards in 2017 in an adaptation of Woyzeck at the Old Vic. The ubiquitous Jack Thorne will script the adaptation of the iconic story about a lowly, downtrodden soldier who ends up killing his wife. The Old Vic’s Matthew Warchus cast Boyega in the title…

Today kicks off our DeadlineNow video news service, in which Deadline’s journalists offer instant analysis and commentary on the news as it happens. Check back throughout the day for more reports. Related: Matthew Warchus To Succeed Kevin Spacey As Old Vic Chief…

Matthew Warchus, currently represented on Broadway with the hit musical Matilda, will take over the reins from Spacey in the fall of 2015. Spacey has run the estimable joint for a decade. Warchus made his Broadway directing debut in 1998 with Art and in 2009 helmed the acclaimed production of Yasmina Reza’s God Of Carn…

When most leading men get preoccupied with messing with models, it usually means extracurricular activity. When it’s Kevin Spacey, it means taking bold risks to create disruptive opportunities to alter arcane platforms that have ranged from his own acting career to pioneering the first breakout multi-platform success…