This Month in Theatre! (December 2021)
Welcome to a festive edition of the StageAgent Showstopper! Let’s see what’s going on in the world of theatre this December.
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The 2019 Tony Awards Are Here!
Once again, it’s been a busy year on Broadway. What are your picks for the 2019 Tony Awards? Take a look at our special awards blog to remind yourself of the brilliant shows that have wowed New York’s theatre audiences. Check out a few of the StageAgent predictions, and add your own!
Awards Season 2019: Olivier Award Nominations and the Big Hits!
It’s that time of year again! The 2019 awards season has well and truly begun in London’s theatreland and there are several big-hitters leading the way. The WhatsOnStage (WOS) Awards were held on Sunday March 3, celebrating the best musicals and plays on and off London’s West End. Importantly, these awards often tend to signal the favorites to take home an Olivier Award on April 7. So, with the WOS winners and the Olivier Award nominees announced, let’s take a look at what’s hot in the UK!
Pinter on Pinter: A Celebration of the English playwright, Harold Pinter
If you have been thinking about catching a show in London’s West End over the last few months you have have noticed that there is one famous name that is dominating the playbills. It’s not a well-known actor or director but, instead, a playwright. Harold Pinter to be exact. The Harold Pinter Theatre has been taken over by the Jamie Lloyd Company from September 2018 to March 2019 with the aim of performing all of Pinter’s one-act plays in repertoire, twenty in total.
Shakespeare’s History Plays: Unraveling the Kings
While many English or Theatre teachers (myself included) embrace William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Macbeth, or A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I actually really enjoy the history plays. Richard III is one of my favorite plays to teach because of the intriguing villain, dynamic poetry, and fascinating characters. However, in order for my students to make sense of it, I realized I had to make sense of the English history Shakespeare was using to write Richard III. In that endeavor, I tumbled down a rabbit hole and into a quagmire of complex English history mired in international and civil wars.
