Angela Lansbury's dream of a return to her mother's West End roots
Visiting the UK in tribute to her Labour leader grandfather, the Murder, She Wrote star reveals hope of capping her Hollywood career by appearing on the West End stage her mother once performed onOne...
View ArticleClaire Danes receives Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year award in...
Actor Claire Danes was treated to a day of celebrations after receiving the Woman of the Year award from Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals society on Thursday. The honour, which has been...
View ArticleBeauty and the Beast: watch the trailer - video
A 3D re-working of Disney's classic fairy tale, in which poor village girl Belle is sent to work in a castle owned by the mysterious Beast. As Belle and the Beast grow closer she finds that the...
View ArticleAngela Lansbury calls Murder, She Wrote reboot a 'mistake'
NBC recently announced plans to relaunch the show with Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer as its starAngela Lansbury says "it's a mistake" for NBC to call a new series Murder, She Wrote.The network recently...
View ArticleFive ways not to screw up the Murder, She Wrote reboot
Angela Lansbury has called NBC's planned reboot of Murder, She Wrote 'a mistake'. I'm wary, tooI like Murder, She Wrote. A lot. Not enough to run an episode-by-episode blog, but I had worked my way...
View ArticleOh, cruel fate! How could Murder, She Wrote return without Angela Lansbury?
The star of the long-running mystery drama isn't happy that the TV series is being rebooted without her and neither are weName: Angela Lansbury.Age: 88.Continue reading...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie at the Governors awards in pictures
The Governors awards are the first official presentations of the Academy awards seasons, with Jolie picking up the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award, and Steve Martin and Angela Lansbury being given...
View ArticleAngela Lansbury set to end 40-year absence from the London stage
Murder She Wrote actor to reprise role of Madame Arcati in production of Noel Coward's Blithe SpiritAngela Lansbury will make her first appearance on the London stage for almost 40 years in a revival...
View ArticleNew Year honours list recognises more women than men for first time
Penelope Keith and Angela Lansbury to become dames as head of civil service Sir Bob Kerslake heralds 'deep-rooted change'The actors Penelope Keith and Angela Lansbury are both to become dames in a New...
View ArticleAngela Lansbury admits Murder, She Wrote will always haunt her
Actor returns to West End as scatty medium Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, reprising Broadway role that drew Jessica Fletcher fansAngela Lansbury, an actor returning to the London stage with a...
View ArticleAngela Lansbury: film, TV and stage career so far in pictures
Angela Lansbury, best known for her role in Murder, She Wrote, has announced that she is returning to the London stage after 40 years. The perfect opportunity to look back at the highlights of her...
View ArticleAngela Lansbury: return of a star who shines ever brighter | Observer...
After 40 years, the British-born actress who conquered Hollywood and starred in TV's Murder, She Wrote is back on the West End stage. As she approaches her 90s, she's in her theatrical primeIn the play...
View ArticleThis week's new theatre
Blithe Spirit | The Big Meal | Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model | Do I Hear A Waltz? | The Memory Of Water | RimeA theatre great returns to the London stage after almost 40 years, though she is...
View ArticleBlithe Spirit and theatre as seance: the lasting appeal of spiritualism on stage
Channelling voices, raising the dead, audiences eager to believe spiritualism makes great theatre. Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit is a comedy classic haunted by a host of spectres and showmenIn 1911, the...
View ArticleQuiz: Noël Coward or Murder, She Wrote?
Angela Lansbury's return to the West End stage in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit is one of London's hottest tickets but the star is still best known as TV sleuth Jessica Fletcher. Can you guess if these...
View ArticleMarvellous, they wrote: raptures greet Angela Lansbury's West End return
Murder, She Wrote star receives near-universal acclaim for her first theatrical appearance in London since 1975Read Michael Billington's four-star reviewQuiz yourself: Noël Coward or Murder, She...
View ArticleBlithe Spirit review Angela Lansbury's happy medium
Gielgud, LondonThe Broadway veteran plays a magnificently dotty Madame Arcati in this remarkable production of Coward's glacial comedyQuiz: Noël Coward or Murder, She Wrote?She strides on in plaid...
View ArticleAngela Lansbury and James Earl Jones: how we made Driving Miss Daisy
Angela Lansbury: 'I'm too old to play a 72-year-old in the movies. But on stage with makeup, I can'I have two favourite characters in literature: Lennie in Of Mice and Men; and Hoke, the chauffeur, in...
View ArticleWhy theatre can't resist planes, trains and automobiles
Travel may be tough to stage, but whether it's the car in Driving Miss Daisy, the bus in Circles or the barge in Bring Up the Bodies, vehicles are theatre's most potent propsIn contrast to television,...
View ArticleRobin Williams: performer who wanted to move beyond the default formula
Actor driven by inventive energy and sweetness set himself huge professional tests in what proved to be his final yearsWhereas the oldest generation of Hollywood stars has cheerfully challenged average...
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