Sinéad Cusack

The Bridge Project at BAM: Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009

Now at BAM, a new version of Chekhov's play by Tom Stoppard. It should be quite a show.Beginning in January of 2009, some of the finest talents of New York and London theater converge at BAM to kick off an extraordinary venture—The Bridge Project—an unprecedented three-year, transatlantic partnership uniting BAM, The Old Vic, and Neal Street Productions. Academy Award winner (American Beauty) Sam Mendes,...

Theater: Thee-a-tuh or Thee-ter? Try Both

New York Times (Free subscription) | 12/28/2008

A new international company created by the actor Kevin Spacey, the director Sam Mendes and Joseph V. Melillo of the Brooklyn Academy of Music takes on a repertory schedule of classics.

A Room With A View - 8:30pm

ABC TV (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008

Alone and independent, Lucy Honeychurch recalls her experience ten years earlier, when chaperoned by her cousin Charlotte, she arrives at Pensione Bertolini looking for Italian adventure. CAST: Elaine Cassidy, Sophie Thompson

In brief: Andrea Corr makes her debut in West End play

The First Post (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008

Andrea Corr (pictured), of the Irish rock band the Corrs, is to make her London stage debut at the Old Vic starring alongside Niamh Cusack in Brian Friel's Olivier award-winning…

Kevin Spacey opens Old Vic season with new US play

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008

London's Old Vic Theatre will start its 2009 season with a new American play directed by its artistic director, Kevin Spacey.

• Corr sister to make London stage debut - The Independent
• News: Spacey Directs Complicit & Corr Dances at Old Vic - Whatsonstage.com
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Arts, Briefly: Opening Dates for Bridge Project

New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008

The Bridge Project has set opening dates for its inaugural productions at the academy.

Spacey joins the Rebecca Hall fan club

The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/31/2008

In the past two years Rebecca Hall has appeared in a host of successful films. And earlier this year she fulfilled a lifetime ambition by starring in a Woody Allen production.

Hawke, Hall and Cusack to star in The Cherry Orchard

The Stage (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008

Ethan Hawke, Rebecca Hall and Sinead Cusack are to join the cast of three-way transatlantic partnership The Bridge Project, led by Sam Mendes, Kevin Spacey and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

A Room With a View

Camy's Loft (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008

Captain's Log, Stardate 05.28.2008 I finally got a chance to watch the new BBC version of A Room With a View , and this is another instance of a movie’s ending totally ruining a rather good flick for me. SPOILER ALERT: Okay, I don't remember this in the book, but did Lucy's husband die in the end of the book? If he didn't, why did the screenwriter ruin a perfectly good romantic movie with the reminisces...

Brit Actors Nominated For Tony Awards

Bodog Beat UK (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

The 62nd Tony Awards will be happening on June 15th. Anyone who's anyone knows that this means the stars of the US stage get together and give each other a pat on the back for treading the boards. It's all about the biggest Broadway shows and Whoopi Goldberg will be ...

Tony Awards nonimations: The full list

The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

Nominations for the 2008 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards

Complete list of nominees for the 2008 Tony Awards

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

A complete list of nominations for the 62nd annual Tony Awards:

Festival secure after film star's appeal

EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008

A THEATRE festival which organisers feared might not have enough cash to carry on has secured its future after an appeal from Hollywood star Bill Nighy.

Gossip: Rebecca Hall & Sinead Cusack Build Bridge Project'??

Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008

Sinead Cusack and Rebecca Hall are lined up to join Simon Russell Beale in Sam Mendes' 2009 pairing of The Cherry Orchard and A Winter's Tale, according to the Daily Mail. The productions will be the first offerings from the Bridge Project (S...

Cusack and Hall Join Cherry Orchard and Winter's Tale at BAM

PlayBill (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008

Cusack and Hall Join Cherry Orchard and Winter's Tale at BAMAdditional casting has been confirmed for the Sam Mendes-helmed productions of The Cherry Orchard and A Winter's Tale at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.Presented as part of the Bridge Project – which unites BAM and London's Old Vic Theatre – both productions will star the previously announced Simon Russell Beale (as Leontes in A Winter's Tale...