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.
ROMEO AND JULIET
• U.S. Broadcast Date: Select dates through September 9, 2018
• Theatre: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
• Stage Director: Erica Whyman
• Cast: Karen Fishwick, Bally Gill
• William Shakespeare's tragedy about star-crossed lovers.
• More Information: Live from Stratford-Upon-Avon
JULIE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: September 6, 2018
• Theatre: National Theatre, London
• Stage Director: Carrie Cracknell
• Cast: Vanessa Kirby, Eric Kofi Abrefa
• Polly Stenham's new adaptation of August Strinberg's play Miss Julie.
• More Information: National Theatre Live
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
• U.S. Broadcast Date: September 12, 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
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: September 20 and 23, 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: Trafalgar Releasing
KING LEAR
• U.S. Broadcast Date: September 27, 2018
• Theatre: Duke of York's Theatre, London
• Stage Director: Jonathan Munby
• Cast: Ian McKellen
• William Shakespeare's tragedy about an aging king who divides his estate between his three daughters.
• More Information: National Theatre Live
PIPELINE
• U.S. Broadcast Date: October 3, 5, and 7, 2018
• Theatre: Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York
• Stage Director: Lileana Blaine-Cru
• Cast: Karen Pittman, Namir Smallwood
• Dominique Morisseau's drama about an inner-city high school teacher whose son gets into an altercation with a teacher at his private boarding school. Originally filmed in 2017.
• More Information: Screenvision Media
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
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
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
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
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
• Channel: PBS
• U.S. Broadcast Date: November 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
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
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
