A new Broadway season has begun, and there are currently nine productions of plays set to open this fall. Could we see any of them contend at next year’s Tony Awards? Below, find the plot of each play as well as the awards histories of its author, cast and creative team, plus the opening and (where applicable) closing dates.
“The Roommate” (opens September 12; closes December 15)
In this new play by Jen Silverman, Sharon has never had a roommate before. But after her divorce she needs a housemate to pay the bills. That’s when Robyn arrives. The story follows an unexpected, life-changing friendship that’s both funny and deeply moving between two very different middle-aged women as they navigate the complexities of identity, morality and the dream of reinvention.
The production stars Golden Globe winner Mia Farrow and three-time Tony winner Patti LuPone. It is directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O’Brien.
“The Roommate” (opens September 12; closes December 15)
In this new play by Jen Silverman, Sharon has never had a roommate before. But after her divorce she needs a housemate to pay the bills. That’s when Robyn arrives. The story follows an unexpected, life-changing friendship that’s both funny and deeply moving between two very different middle-aged women as they navigate the complexities of identity, morality and the dream of reinvention.
The production stars Golden Globe winner Mia Farrow and three-time Tony winner Patti LuPone. It is directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O’Brien.
- 9/5/2024
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
The late 1950s and the entirety of the 1960s was the golden age for big, brawny, studio-produced action-adventure epics. Films like "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "The Guns of Navarone," and "The Train" plopped big movie stars in the midst of finely crafted yarns about unflappable heroes pooling their expertise to pull off seemingly impossible tasks. Most of these were next-phase World War II movies that eschewed the reverential tone of the films made in the immediate wake of the conflict's end; they were less about the Axis enemy, and more about the ingenuity of men in high-pressure situations. When done well, they were hailed by critics and ticket-buyers alike.
And with due respect to the many entertaining entries in this subgenre, none of them can match the armrest-shredding suspense and rousing camaraderie of John Sturges "The Great Escape."
Working from a screenplay credited to W.R. Burnett and the...
And with due respect to the many entertaining entries in this subgenre, none of them can match the armrest-shredding suspense and rousing camaraderie of John Sturges "The Great Escape."
Working from a screenplay credited to W.R. Burnett and the...
- 2/24/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
During a three-hour discussion on a recent episode of “The Empire Film Podcast,” Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino revealed the existence of their makeshift quarantine movie club over the last 9 months. As Wright explained, “It’s nice. We’ve kept in touch in a sort of way that cinephiles do. It’s been one of the very few blessings of this [pandemic], the chance to disappear down a rabbit hole with the hours indoors that we have.” Tarantino added, “Edgar is more social than I am. It’s a big deal that I’ve been talking to him these past 9 months.”
A bulk of the film club was curated by none other than Martin Scorsese, who sent Wright a recommendation list of nearly 50 British films that Scorsese considers personal favorites. In the five months Wright spent in lockdown before resuming production on “Last Night in Soho” — and before he received the...
A bulk of the film club was curated by none other than Martin Scorsese, who sent Wright a recommendation list of nearly 50 British films that Scorsese considers personal favorites. In the five months Wright spent in lockdown before resuming production on “Last Night in Soho” — and before he received the...
- 2/8/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
As Disney quietly disappears huge swathes of film history into its vaults, I'm going to spend 2020 celebrating Twentieth Century Fox and the Fox Film Corporation's films, what one might call their output if only someone were putting it out.***"One of the truly outstanding incompetents" may have been Orson Welles's hilarious verdict on Franco-Irish director and madman John Guillermin, and looking at something like King Kong (1976) or God help us King Kong Lives (1986) one can't help but sense some justice in this, but in his earlier career, the energetic Guillermin showed some promise. His films throughout the fifties were solid and stolid in the way of too much British cinema of the time, but Rapture (1965) is a crazily stylish tour-de-force of excessive, out-of-control camera lurches and assaults which even Welles might have admired.The previous year Guillermin had made Guns at Batasi, a 99% British feature, but produced by...
- 10/14/2020
- MUBI
Veteran actor hailed for his roles in Pool of London, Guns at Batasi and Thunderball
The long career of the actor Earl Cameron, who has died aged 102, mirrored changes in both British cinema and society. His debut, playing a West Indian merchant seaman, was in the ostensibly modest film noir Pool of London (1951). In retrospect it can be seen as a milestone in its depiction of a relationship between a black worker and a young white woman – the first time the subject had been sensitively handled in a British film.
The long career of the actor Earl Cameron, who has died aged 102, mirrored changes in both British cinema and society. His debut, playing a West Indian merchant seaman, was in the ostensibly modest film noir Pool of London (1951). In retrospect it can be seen as a milestone in its depiction of a relationship between a black worker and a young white woman – the first time the subject had been sensitively handled in a British film.
- 7/5/2020
- by Brian Baxter
- The Guardian - Film News
Earl Cameron, one of the first Black actors to be cast in major roles in British films, has died at the age of 102.
His agent confirmed to TheWrap that Cameron died in his sleep on Friday.
“Our family have been overwhelmed by the outpourings of love and respect we have received at the news of our father’s passing,” his children said in a statement obtained by The Guardian. “As an artist and as an actor he refused to take roles that demeaned or stereotyped the character of people of colour. He was truly a man who stood by his moral principles and was inspirational.”
He was born in Bermuda in 1917, having come to the U.K. in 1939 after serving in the British Merchant Navy During World War II. When he arrived in the U.K., he began acting in stage productions before landing his first film role in 1951’s “Pool of London,...
His agent confirmed to TheWrap that Cameron died in his sleep on Friday.
“Our family have been overwhelmed by the outpourings of love and respect we have received at the news of our father’s passing,” his children said in a statement obtained by The Guardian. “As an artist and as an actor he refused to take roles that demeaned or stereotyped the character of people of colour. He was truly a man who stood by his moral principles and was inspirational.”
He was born in Bermuda in 1917, having come to the U.K. in 1939 after serving in the British Merchant Navy During World War II. When he arrived in the U.K., he began acting in stage productions before landing his first film role in 1951’s “Pool of London,...
- 7/4/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Earl Cameron, who was among the first Black actors to break into significant roles in British film, died on Friday at age 102. His agent confirmed his death and said he “passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and family” in Kenilworth in Warwickshire.
Born in Bermuda in 1917, Cameron came to the U.K. in 1939 after a stint with the British Merchant Navy. By 1941, he had his first role, appearing in the stage production of Chu Chin Chow.
“When I arrived in London, I had no qualifications for anything. It was a period when it was almost impossible for a black person to get any kind of job,” Cameron told the Royal Gazette in a 2018 interview.
Cameron continued to work in theater, and finally debuted on film in the 1951 crime drama Pool of London. It is beleived to be the first British film to portray an interracial relationship.
He...
Born in Bermuda in 1917, Cameron came to the U.K. in 1939 after a stint with the British Merchant Navy. By 1941, he had his first role, appearing in the stage production of Chu Chin Chow.
“When I arrived in London, I had no qualifications for anything. It was a period when it was almost impossible for a black person to get any kind of job,” Cameron told the Royal Gazette in a 2018 interview.
Cameron continued to work in theater, and finally debuted on film in the 1951 crime drama Pool of London. It is beleived to be the first British film to portray an interracial relationship.
He...
- 7/4/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Earl Cameron, one of the first major Black actors in British cinema, died on Friday at his home in England, his representative confirmed to Variety. He was 102.
Cameron was born in Pembroke, Bermuda, on Aug. 8, 1917, and joined the British Merchant Navy before pursuing a career in theater and film.
“Pool of London,” directed by Basil Dearden in 1951, was Cameron’s first film role. He played a sailor named Johnny Lambert who has a relationship with a white woman, played by Susan Shaw. The noir crime film is best known for portraying the first interracial romance in a British film.
Dearden and Cameron teamed up again in 1959 on the crime drama “Sapphire,” which examined racism in London toward immigrants from the West Indies. The film was progressive for its time and won the BAFTA Award for best film.
“Unless it was specified that this was a part for a Black actor,...
Cameron was born in Pembroke, Bermuda, on Aug. 8, 1917, and joined the British Merchant Navy before pursuing a career in theater and film.
“Pool of London,” directed by Basil Dearden in 1951, was Cameron’s first film role. He played a sailor named Johnny Lambert who has a relationship with a white woman, played by Susan Shaw. The noir crime film is best known for portraying the first interracial romance in a British film.
Dearden and Cameron teamed up again in 1959 on the crime drama “Sapphire,” which examined racism in London toward immigrants from the West Indies. The film was progressive for its time and won the BAFTA Award for best film.
“Unless it was specified that this was a part for a Black actor,...
- 7/4/2020
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Leading British cinematographer who worked on some of the classic Ealing films and Hollywood blockbusters such as Raiders of the Lost Ark
Douglas Slocombe, who has died aged 103, was one of Britain’s greatest cameramen – an award-winning cinematographer noted for his high contrast shooting and a key figure in British and American film from the heyday of Ealing Studios in the 1940s and 50s onwards.
Slocombe, who was entirely self-taught, had a career spanning more than 40 years and 80 films. He was nominated for Oscars for Travels With My Aunt (1972), Julia (1977) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Bafta recognised him with awards for The Servant (1963), The Great Gatsby (1974) and Julia, nominations for Guns at Batasi (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968) and Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), and a lifetime achievement award in 1993.
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Douglas Slocombe, who has died aged 103, was one of Britain’s greatest cameramen – an award-winning cinematographer noted for his high contrast shooting and a key figure in British and American film from the heyday of Ealing Studios in the 1940s and 50s onwards.
Slocombe, who was entirely self-taught, had a career spanning more than 40 years and 80 films. He was nominated for Oscars for Travels With My Aunt (1972), Julia (1977) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Bafta recognised him with awards for The Servant (1963), The Great Gatsby (1974) and Julia, nominations for Guns at Batasi (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968) and Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), and a lifetime achievement award in 1993.
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- 2/23/2016
- by Sheila Whitaker
- The Guardian - Film News
His career was a prolific as it was longstanding, and sadly Richard Attenborough passed away on Sunday, August 24th, just five days shy of his 91st birthday.
For sixty years the handsome British actor made films that captivated audiences of all ages, whether with Steve McQueen in “The Great Escape,” or with Jeff Goldblum in “Jurassic Park.”
Furthermore, Richard won a BAFTA for his work in “The Guns at Batasi,” and he took home Golden Globe trophies for “The Sand Pebbles” and “Dr. Doolittle.”
Still others may remember Attenborough best for his role in 1994’s “Miracle on 34th Street,” a remake of the 1947 holiday classic.
And as a director, Richard put his creative thumbprint on such beloved projects as “Shadowlands,” “Chaplin” and “Gandhi.” He will be sorely missed.
For sixty years the handsome British actor made films that captivated audiences of all ages, whether with Steve McQueen in “The Great Escape,” or with Jeff Goldblum in “Jurassic Park.”
Furthermore, Richard won a BAFTA for his work in “The Guns at Batasi,” and he took home Golden Globe trophies for “The Sand Pebbles” and “Dr. Doolittle.”
Still others may remember Attenborough best for his role in 1994’s “Miracle on 34th Street,” a remake of the 1947 holiday classic.
And as a director, Richard put his creative thumbprint on such beloved projects as “Shadowlands,” “Chaplin” and “Gandhi.” He will be sorely missed.
- 8/25/2014
- GossipCenter
Honored and adored, British actor and director Richard Attenborough died Sunday, leaving a void in the world of entertainment. Over the course of his 60-year-plus career that took him both behind (as a director and producer, of Gandhi, Shadowlands and Chaplin) and in front (as an actor) of the camera, Attenborough notched a considerable number of indelible roles. Here are some of the finer examples of his acting. The Great Escape (1963) Attenborough made a number of films with Steve McQueen, but probably none better remembered than this WWII adventure classic, largely responsible for the "motley crew of outcasts band together...
- 8/25/2014
- PEOPLE.com
Director and actor Richard Attenborough has died at the age of 90. An acclaimed performer who seamlessly segued from working in front of the camera to behind it, Attenborough earned two Oscars for his illuminating biopic Gandhi, for Best Picture and Best Director at the 1983 ceremony.
That victory came after a long and fruitful career in cinema for Attenborough, which began with an uncredited role as a deserting sailor in 1942 pic In Which We Serve. The British actor’s breakthrough role came five years later, in John Boulting’s adaptation of the Graham Greene novel Brighton Rock. From there, Attenborough’s star continued to climb. He would go on to work prolifically in British cinema, appearing in many comedies including Private’s Progress and I’m All Right Jack. Attenborough also succeeded on the stage, leading the West End production of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap for a time.
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That victory came after a long and fruitful career in cinema for Attenborough, which began with an uncredited role as a deserting sailor in 1942 pic In Which We Serve. The British actor’s breakthrough role came five years later, in John Boulting’s adaptation of the Graham Greene novel Brighton Rock. From there, Attenborough’s star continued to climb. He would go on to work prolifically in British cinema, appearing in many comedies including Private’s Progress and I’m All Right Jack. Attenborough also succeeded on the stage, leading the West End production of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap for a time.
The actor...
- 8/25/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Richard Attenborough's death at the age of 90 has led to a flurry of tributes from stars from around the world. Known affectionately as "Dickie," the multiple-award-winning British actor, director and producer worked in the film business for over half a century and in that time touched the lives of many in Hollywood, Britain and around the world with his talent, his warmth and his generosity. Attenborough the actor won a BAFTA Award in 1964, unusually for two different films — Guns at Batasi and Seance on a Wet Afternoon. Attenborough also won two Golden
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- 8/25/2014
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lord Richard Attenborough was an Oscar winner. In fact he had two Oscars for both producing and directing 1982’s elegant epic biopic, Gandhi. But considering the breadth of his career not only in those capacities, but particularly as an actor, it is astounding to me that the Gandhi wins represented his only nominations in a six-decade career that memorably started with the British World War II classic In Which We Serve in 1942. As an actor, Attenborough deserved far better than he got from the Academy.
It’s almost criminal, for instance, that he was overlooked in 1964 for his creepy performance in Seance on a Wet Afternoon as Billy, the weak, complicit husband who gets involved in a kidnapping so his wife, played by the great Kim Stanley, could become famous as a psychic.
Stanley got a richly deserved Best Actress nomination that year but Attenborough, who also produced the film,...
It’s almost criminal, for instance, that he was overlooked in 1964 for his creepy performance in Seance on a Wet Afternoon as Billy, the weak, complicit husband who gets involved in a kidnapping so his wife, played by the great Kim Stanley, could become famous as a psychic.
Stanley got a richly deserved Best Actress nomination that year but Attenborough, who also produced the film,...
- 8/24/2014
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline
We've lost another. We're sad to report that the great Richard Attenborough has passed away in England today at the age of 90. While most may recognize him from Jurassic Park or Ghandi, Attenborough has an extensive and illustrious career that spans multiple decades. He won two Oscars, for Best Director and Best Picture, in 1983 for Ghandi, the biopic that introduced us to Ben Kingsley. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1976, won BAFTA's Best British Film for his C.S. Lewis biopic Shadowlands in 1993, and was BAFTA's Best British Actor in 1965 for both Guns at Batasi and Seance on a Wet Afternoon. A true big screen legend. A few social media reactions (plus a great photo found on Twitter) regarding Lord Attenborough's passing: Rip Richard Attenborough. Very sad. I hope in the future we can use a strand of his DNA to clone him & have a whole park of wonderful...
- 8/24/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The BBC have confirmed this evening that actor, director and producer Richard Attenborough has died at the age of 90 after a lengthy illness. His son told the broadcaster that he passed away at lunchtime on Sunday.
Lord Attenborough was one of Britain’s most beloved performers, and his film career began in 1942. He appeared in a variety of releases, including The Great Escape, Guns at Batasi, The Flight of the Phoenix, and many, many more. The actor would perhaps become best known to many for playing John Hammond in Jurassic Park.
Attenborough would reprise that role in the sequel and also starred in the remake of Miracle on 34th Street.
His work behind the camera would prove to be just as important as what he did in front of it. Attenborough’s many directing credits include epic period films like Young Winston and A Bridge Too Far. The filmmaker won...
Lord Attenborough was one of Britain’s most beloved performers, and his film career began in 1942. He appeared in a variety of releases, including The Great Escape, Guns at Batasi, The Flight of the Phoenix, and many, many more. The actor would perhaps become best known to many for playing John Hammond in Jurassic Park.
Attenborough would reprise that role in the sequel and also starred in the remake of Miracle on 34th Street.
His work behind the camera would prove to be just as important as what he did in front of it. Attenborough’s many directing credits include epic period films like Young Winston and A Bridge Too Far. The filmmaker won...
- 8/24/2014
- by Josh Wilding
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sir Richard Attenborough, whose 20-year crusade to bring the life of Mahatma Gandhi to the screen culminated in eight Academy Awards for Gandhi, including a best director Oscar for him, has died, his son tells BBC News. A producer, director and actor, Attenborough won a BAFTA Award for his acting in 1964 (he was double nominated for Séance on a Wet Afternoon and Guns at Batasi). He won two Golden Globes for his acting in The Sand Pebbles (1966) and Dr. Dolittle (1967), and one for direction, Oh! What A Lovely War (1969). "Richard Attenborough was one of the
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- 8/24/2014
- by Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actor Bernard Horsfall, whose 50-year career of film and television roles included the 1969 James Bond thriller On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, small roles in Braveheart and Gandhi, and four guest appearances on Doctor Who, died on Tuesday, reports Radio Times. He was 82. Horsfall made his film debut in the 1957 Cold War drama High Flight, going on to play military men and similar tough-guy roles in movies like The Steel Bayonet, Guns At Batasi, and Shout At The Devil. In On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, he appeared as Campbell, who helped George Lazenby’s Bond on ...
- 1/30/2013
- avclub.com
They shall beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks;
One nation shall not raise the sword against another,
neither shall they learn war any more.
Isaiah 2:4
War is a nation’s ultimate commitment of blood and treasure. As such, the stories a people tells about its wars – and don’t tell – and the ways it remembers its wars – or chooses to forget them – tells us much about the kind of people they consider themselves to be at different times in their history, as well as the kind of people they really were…and are.
For most of the 20th century, the war film was a Hollywood staple. From one era to the next, war movies documented the nation’s conflicts, reflected the national consciousness on particular combats as well as on thinking going far beyond any one, particular war. They’ve been propagandistic and revisionist,...
and their spears into pruning hooks;
One nation shall not raise the sword against another,
neither shall they learn war any more.
Isaiah 2:4
War is a nation’s ultimate commitment of blood and treasure. As such, the stories a people tells about its wars – and don’t tell – and the ways it remembers its wars – or chooses to forget them – tells us much about the kind of people they consider themselves to be at different times in their history, as well as the kind of people they really were…and are.
For most of the 20th century, the war film was a Hollywood staple. From one era to the next, war movies documented the nation’s conflicts, reflected the national consciousness on particular combats as well as on thinking going far beyond any one, particular war. They’ve been propagandistic and revisionist,...
- 5/22/2011
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
Sellers Wracked With Worry During Ekland Marriage
Legendary comedian/actor Peter Sellers was plagued by insecurities over his marriage to Britt Ekland - and was terrified the blonde beauty would dump him for someone else.
The late star's fears are revealed in a previously unseen letter he wrote to his wife in March 1964, three weeks after their whirlwind wedding.
The note, written while Ekland was abroad filming a movie, is part of a private memorabilia collection which is set to go to auction in Wiltshire, England next month.
Sellers confesses his worries that Ekland would have an affair while she was away, admitting he couldn't understand why such a beautiful woman would want to be with an ordinary man like him.
He writes, "I have a dreadful fear that you might leave me. I love you so desperately, that I find it very difficult to understand why you married me. You who are the most lovely thing in the whole world. What do you see in me? I'm not handsome. I'm not tall. I'm not special in any way. Without a doubt I am a raving idiot and I ought to have my head examined."
Ekland was filming Guns at Batasi with John Leyton and the pair had kissed at a previous screen test - and Sellers was terrified his wife might leave him for the handsome actor.
He adds, "I thought of something an actor once said to me, that he always had to become involved with the woman he worked with otherwise it didn't look real. The thought of this made me break out in a cold sweat and want to be sick."
The couple went on to have a daughter, Victoria, but divorced in 1968 after four years of marriage.
Sellers died in 1980 aged 54 after suffering a heart attack.
The late star's fears are revealed in a previously unseen letter he wrote to his wife in March 1964, three weeks after their whirlwind wedding.
The note, written while Ekland was abroad filming a movie, is part of a private memorabilia collection which is set to go to auction in Wiltshire, England next month.
Sellers confesses his worries that Ekland would have an affair while she was away, admitting he couldn't understand why such a beautiful woman would want to be with an ordinary man like him.
He writes, "I have a dreadful fear that you might leave me. I love you so desperately, that I find it very difficult to understand why you married me. You who are the most lovely thing in the whole world. What do you see in me? I'm not handsome. I'm not tall. I'm not special in any way. Without a doubt I am a raving idiot and I ought to have my head examined."
Ekland was filming Guns at Batasi with John Leyton and the pair had kissed at a previous screen test - and Sellers was terrified his wife might leave him for the handsome actor.
He adds, "I thought of something an actor once said to me, that he always had to become involved with the woman he worked with otherwise it didn't look real. The thought of this made me break out in a cold sweat and want to be sick."
The couple went on to have a daughter, Victoria, but divorced in 1968 after four years of marriage.
Sellers died in 1980 aged 54 after suffering a heart attack.
- 7/31/2009
- WENN
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