Classic films from David Lynch, Martin Scorsese and Neil Jordan, and more are among the new titles anchoring the announced Criterion Collection's July slate. From the legendary late auteur D…
Michael Wartella delivers a performance that shines bright- an award-deserving performance! This is a very special play that entertains and instructs, thrills and horrifies. As the unoffici…
If THE ELEPANT MAN is not a great play it certainly is well written & an entertaining and sturdy verhicle when given a more than solid production starring MICHAEL WARTELLA as "John Merrick" …
The show rests on the shoulders of two outstanding actors. Harry Smith as "Dr Treves" & Michael Wartella who plays "Merrick" to startling results. His performance is both heart-wrenching an…
Michael Wartella as "Merrick" has a difficult physical job but, more importantly, successfully plays a tortured man with a beautiful soul who understands others more than others can begin to…
Standout performances are delivered by Laura Shatkus, Harry Smith & Michael Wartella as "Merrick" who incorporates subtle contortions from head-to-toe & delivers a beautiful performance that…
Pearson will be the first disabled actor to portray Joseph Merrick on screen.
Actors who have played the role onstage include Bradley Cooper, David Bowie, Billy Crudup, Philip Anglim, who originated the role on Broadway, and ...
Bernard Pomerance's Tony-winning play The Elephant Man is coming to the screen in a new film adaptation starring Adam Pearson. The movie, which is scheduled to begin filming in Spring of 202…
From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Today we rewind to 2014, when The Elephant Man was getting ready to return to Broadway at the Booth Theatre, where it played for 83 performances. Directed by Sc…
From BroadwayWorld's Archive: We are yet another day closer to the biggest night on every theatre-lover's calendar- the 69th Annual Tony Awards, which will be co-hosted by Kristin Chenoweth …
From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Two-time Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Patricia Clarkson, and Alessandro Nivola will soon return to Broadway…
Nottingham PlayhouseThis 'theatre poem' by the Australian dramatist Tom Wright lacks drama under Stephen Bailey's direction An electric-guitar wielding narrator, dressed in black leather, de…
Nottingham PlayhouseWith excellent performances, Tom Wright's play about the man who became a Victorian freakshow attraction is an at times uneasy mix of circus and polemic Entrances don't g…
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The highly-anticipated musical extravaganza, The Marvellous Elephant Man the Musical, is thrilled to announce the truly extraordinary cast of its
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In the pitiless Victorian era, a disfigured man strives to find his place, but with a cruel Doctor exploiting him for
The performer"and sometimes director"also appeared in several films and TV shows.
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Kevin Conway, actor and director on stage and screen, has died. He was 77.
Kevin Conway, a veteran actor who embodied the role of George in the first Broadway revival of Of Mice and Men and led The Elephant Man on and off-Broadway, died on January 4 in New York Cit…
In a wide-ranging career, he was also the voice of Mark Twain for a Ken Burns film and of an "Outer Limits" reboot.