Archive: December 2010 (91-92 of 92)

Dec 1 2010 11:10 AM ET

Sam Mendes and Kevin Spacey announce dates for 'Richard III'

Categories: Industry News, Stage

Kevin Spacey will star as Richard III in Sam Mendes’ production of the Shakespeare classic. The show will open on June 29 at the Old Vic, where Spacey is the artistic director, and then play at BAM in New York in early 2012. “I am absolutely delighted to be working with Kevin again for the first time since American Beauty,” Mendes said in a statement announcing the play. “Richard III is a play I love, and a role I think Kevin is born to play.”

Dec 1 2010 09:15 AM ET

'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' sells $1 million in tickets

Categories: Stage

Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark sold more than $1 million worth of advance tickets, producers announced yesterday. The long-delayed show, directed by Julie Taymor with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge, finally previewed on November 28, but the performance stalled several times due to technical glitches and wound up running more than three hours. The show begins its official run in January, with more preview performances this month. [Playbill]

More on Turn Off the Dark: Spider-Man producer Michael Cohl on last night’s messy preview: “It went much better than I expected.”

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