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Dateline:
20th March, 2005
Short Run in Philadelphia
for Spacey
Kevin Spacey will only play for seven of the twelve weeks of The
Philadelphia Story's run at the Old Vic. The production runs from
7th May to 23rd July but Spavey will only perform until 18th June because
of filming commitments. He will be played Lex Luthor in Superman
Returns.
Other casting has been announced for The Philadelphia Story.
Joining Spacey and Jennifer Ehle will be Julia McKenzie, Oliver Cotton,
Nicholas Le Prevost and Lauren ward, along with two newcomers to the
West Endm Damian Matthews and Talulah Riley.
No announcement has yet been made about who will take over from Spacey,
nor about who will play the Jimmy Stewart part, journalist Mike Connor.
Smiths' Music to Form the Basis of a
New Musical
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others is the title of a new piece
of music theatre which uses the music of The Smiths as its base. Conceived
by Andrew Wale and Perrin Manzer Allen (Anonymous Society), it features
four female singers and two male actors, accompanied by a string quartet
and synthesised music. It is not, the writers stress, a "back catalogue"
musical, but an "expressionist piece of pure theatre."
It will run from 5th to 23rd July (previews from 1st) at the Lyric
Hammersmith.
Elmina Returns to London
Kwame Kwei-Armah’s Elmina's Kitchen, which began life at
the National Theatre and is currently on a national tour, is to transfer
into the West End when the tour ends. It will be at the Garrick Theatre
from 26th April (previews from 20th).
The production also stars Donna Croll and Don Warrington.
History Boys
Film Disagreement
Nicholas Hytner and Alan Bennett are insisting that the full National
Theatre cast should be in the proposed film of Bennett's The History
Boys, or the film will not be made. It is understood that, as when
the film of Hytner's production of Bennett's The Madness of George
III was made (with the title changed for the sake of the American
audience who, the producers felt, would not understand that it meant
King George III), the producers want to use what they consider to be
more "bankable" Hollywood stars.
Extending
The following have extended their booking periods:
- Mamma Mia! to 1st April, 2006
- Acorn Antiques to 21st May, 2005
- The Woman in Black to 2nd September 2006
- On the Town had added three extra performances, one on 27th
and two on 28th May
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