Jez Butterworth’s ‘Jerusalem’ confirmed for 2021 revival staring Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance returns to Tony and Olivier Award winning role
Jerusalem
Jez Butterworth’s Multi Award Winning Jerusalem Returns To London For Strictly Limited 14 Week Season
Ian Rickson’s Royal Court Theatre production of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem will return to London’s West End for a strictly limited 14 week engagement hot on the heels of a triumphant Broadway run. Mark Rylance will reprise his Olivier and Tony award-wining performance as Johnny “Rooster” Byron, directed by Ian Rickson. Previewing at the Apollo Theatre from 8 October 2011, with press night on 17 October, Jerusalem is booking until 14 January 2012. Designs are by Ultz, with lighting by Mimi Jordan Sherin, sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph and music by Stephen Warbeck. Jerusalem is produced in the West End by Royal Court Theatre Productions and by Sonia Friedman Productions.
MARK RYLANCE in Jerusalem
MARK RYLANCE in Jerusalem
Jerusalem tickets at the Apollo Theatre starring Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance returns to London following his triumphant, Tony Award-winning run as hellraiser Johnny Byron in Jez Butteworth’s acclaimed play Jerusalem, directed by Ian Rickson. Also starring Mackenzie Crook.
Tony Award Winners: War Horse, Book of Mormon sweep Tony Awards; Mark Rylance named Best Actor
At a star-studded ceremony last night, Sunday 12 June 2011, at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, the American Theatre Wing’s 65th annual Tony Awards were announced. British play War Horse triumphed at the awards winning 5 gongs, including Best Play. British actor Mark Rylance won a Best Actor awards for his performance in the Royal Court’s Jerusalem.
London shows hit Broadway
From London to New York: Priscilla, Sister Act, War Horse and Jerusalem to open on Broadway
Broadway Theatre Spring Round-up
Our USA round-up of what’s hot on Broadway and beyond, including Daniel Radcliffe in How To Succeed…, transfers of Priscilla and Sister Act, Elaine Paige in Follies and much more.
OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Actor Winners
OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Actor Winners
OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Set and Design Winners
OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Set and Design Winners
Olivier Winners Announced
Last night at a star-studded ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane, the 34th annual Laurence Olivier Award winners were announced.
Rylance Broadway bound
The West End’s man-of-the-moment Mark Rylance will star in a revival of David Hirson’s comedy drama La Bete, initially in London and then New York.
Hollywood stars up for awards
This year’s Olivier Award nominations were announced today, with Hollywood stars dominating the line up of talent.
London Theatre – 2009 Preview
If theatre mirrors life then you would expect 2009 to be a bad year for the performing arts in London: economic downturns and credit crunches sound like gloomy news for our discretionary entertainment spending. But West End theatre box office figures have kept on going up in recent years, and the huge number of new productions sailing into town during 2009 could mean that Theatreland manages to buck the trend. THE GREAT REVIVAL The RSC, National Theatre, Donmar and Old Vic dominated straight drama in the West End in 2008, and they haven’t finished yet. Big hitters coming to …