Fun Home and The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time were the big winners tonight as the 69th annual Tony Awards were handed out. The shows led the field with five trophies apiece at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan including Best Musical and Best Play, respectively. The King And I and An American In Paris…

With the UK's General Election last night ending in a surprise victory for Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservative Party, Audience playwright Peter Morgan has quickly updated the show’s revived West End edition, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, to reflect the outcome. The play, whose Broadway stand is in the…

“Money, Money, Money” goes the Abba ditty that will certainly become Mamma Mia‘s swan song as it begins its long goodbye leading up to shuttering on Labor Day. It’s a pretty good anthem for this week’s box office report as well: Heading into the season’s final stretch, the total tally was flat from last week ($29.4…

Sometimes I think we Americans worship the Royal Family as much as our British cousins do. Or maybe, as I say in my video review above, we Yanks just love watching the unsurpassable Helen Mirren play a royal. Mirren won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen back in 2006 (she…

EXCLUSIVE: Who owns history? In the run-up to the Oscars, the critiques playing out in the press over the "accuracy" of events portrayed in Selma, American Sniper and The Imitation Game have never had a more powerful purchase on the public conversation. Few contemporary writers have tangled with the issue as…

Helen Mirren won an Olivier Award in 2013 for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in the Stephen Daldry-directed West End drama The Audience. That production is moving to Broadway beginning on February 17, 2015. Back in London, Kristin Scott Thomas is stepping into the lead part in a new version of the Peter…

It’s deja vu all over again as Oscar winner Helen Mirren reprises her above-the-title performance in Peter Morgan’s The Audience on Broadway in beginning February 17, 2015 and opening March 8. Stephen Daldry directs. <a title="Global Showbiz Briefs: New Study Looks At Entertainment Media Consumption In The Middle…

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time was the big winner at Sunday night’s Olivier Awards, the British theater's highest honor. The drama took seven prizes, tying the record set by last year’s Matilda The Musical. Among the wins for The Curious Incident were best new play, best actor for Luke Treadaway…

London Film Fest Dates Set The British Film Institute has set the dates for this year’s London Film Festival. The 57th go-around will take place from October 9-20 this year, head of exhibition and festival director Clare Stewart announced. Last year’s festival saw banner local and international premieres for the likes…

News' Publishing Co. Valued at $10.2B by Australian Broker After News Corp. splits in two next year, the publishing company will be worth $A10.2B assuming it's debt-free, according to Australian broker CBA. That's a much higher valuation than earlier estimates due to the $2B acquisition of Australia's Consolidated…

After executive producing the London Olympics’ closing ceremony, Stephen Daldry is turning his attention to another live spectacle with The Audience, a stage play written by The Queen scribe Peter Morgan. The Queen Oscar winner Helen Mirren will return to the stage and the role of Queen Elizabeth II for the run in…