The following is a list of live stage productions announced to be shown in movie theatres and on television. If you would like to submit any updates, please email dgewirtzman@playbill.com.
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
• U.S. Broadcast Date: Select dates October 2018
• Theatre: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
• Stage Director: Fiona Laird
• Cast: David Troughton
• William Shakespeare's comedy about Sir John Falstaff's attempts to seduce the wives of two wealthy men.
• More Information: Live from Stratford-Upon-Avon
FRANKENSTEIN
• U.S. Broadcast Date: October 22 and 29, 2018
• Theatre: National Theatre, London
• Stage Director: Danny Boyle
• Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller
• An encore screening of Nick Dear's adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel. Originally filmed in 2011. Note: The October 22 screening stars Cumberbatch as the Creature and Miller as Victor Frankenstein. The October 29 screening stars Miller as the Creature and Cumberbatch as Victor Frankenstein.
• More Information: Fathom Events
FUNNY GIRL
• U.S. Broadcast Date: October 24, 2018
• Theatre: Palace Theatre, Manchester
• Stage Director: Michael Mayer
• Cast: Sheridan Smith
• Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Isobel Lennart's musical about the life and career of Fanny Brice, with a revised book by Harvey Fierstein. Originally filmed in 2017.
• More Information: Trafalgar Releasing
ALLELUJAH!
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 1, 2018
• Theatre: Bridge Theatre, London
• Stage Director: Nicholas Hytner
• Cast: Samuel Barnett, Deborah Findlay
• Alan Bennett's new play about a documentary film crew that uncovers the stories of the elderly residents of a hospital.
• More Information: National Theatre Live
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 2, 2018
• Theatre: Dominion Theatre, London
• Stage Director: Christopher Wheeldon
• Cast: Leanne Cope, Robert Fairchild
• A stage adaptation of the 1951 film musical of the same name, featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Originally filmed in 2017.
• More Information: Great Performances
RED
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 7, 2018
• Theatre: Wyndham's Theatre, London
• Stage Director: Michael Grandage
• Cast: Alfred Molina, Alfred Enoch
• John Logan's play about artist Mark Rothko.
• More Information: Trafalgar Releasing
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 7, 11, and 14, 2018
• Theatre: Apollo Theatre, London
• Stage Director: Jonathan Butterell
• Cast: John McCrea, Josie Walker
• Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae's musical about a 16-year-old drag queen.
• More Information: More2Screen
BANDSTAND
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 15 and 19, 2018
• Theatre: Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York
• Stage Director: Andy Blankenbuehler
• Cast: Corey Cott, Laura Osnes
• Rob Taylor and Richard Oberacker's Broadway musical about a group of World War II veterans who join together to form a band.
• More Information: Fathom Events
THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE III
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 20, 2018
• Theatre: Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham
• Stage Director: Adam Penford
• Cast: Mark Gatiss, Adrian Scarborough
• Alan Bennett's play about the power struggle surrounding the increasingly erratic of Great Britain's King George III.
• More Information: National Theatre Live
THE KING AND I
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 29 and December 4, 2018
• Theatre: The London Palladium, London
• Stage Director: Bartlett Sher
• Cast: Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe
• Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical about schoolteacher Anna Leonowens and the King of Siam.
• More Information: Trafalgar Releasing
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
• U.S. Broadcast Date: December 6, 2018
• Theatre: National Theatre, London
• Stage Director: Simon Godwin
• Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Sophie Okonedo
• William Shakespeare's play about the relationship between Roman general Mark Antony and Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
• More Information: National Theatre Live
ALLEGIANCE
• US Broadcast Date: December 11, 2018
• Theatre: Longacre Theatre, New York
• Stage Director: Stafford Arima
• Cast: George Takei, Lea Salonga, Telly Leung
• Jay Kuo, Lorenzo Thione and Marc Acito's musical about a Japanese American family relocated to an internment camp during WWII.
• More Information: Fathom Events
THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD II
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 15, 2019
• Theatre: Almeida Theatre, London
• Stage Director: Joe Hill-Gibbons
• Cast: Simon Russell Beale
• William Shakespeare's history play about King Richard II's loss of the throne to Henry Bolingbroke.
• More Information: National Theatre Live
I'M NOT RUNNING
• U.S. Broadcast Date: January 31, 2019
• Theatre: National Theatre, London
• Stage Director: Neil Armfield
• Cast: Siân Brooke
• David Hare's new play about a doctor who leads a local health campaign, who crosses paths with an old boyfriend who is a loyalist in Labour Party politics.
• More Information: National Theatre Live
