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.
BANDSTAND
• U.S. Broadcast Date: June 25 and 28, 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
MACBETH
• U.S. Broadcast Date: Select dates through July 24, 2018
• Theatre: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
• Stage Director: Polly Findlay
• Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Niamh Cusack
• William Shakespeare's classic tragedy.
• More Information: Live from Stratford-Upon-Avon
ROMEO AND JULIET
• U.S. Broadcast Date: July 18, 2018
• Theatre: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
• Stage Director: Erica Whyman
• Cast: TBA
• William Shakespeare's tragedy about star-crossed lovers.
• More Information: Live from Stratford-Upon-Avon
NEWSIES
• U.S. Broadcast Date: July 26 and 28, 2018
• Theatre: Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles
• Stage Director: Jeff Calhoun
• Cast: Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay
• Encore screenings of Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein's musical inspired by the newsboys strike of 1899. Originally filmed in 2016.
• More Information: Fathom Events
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
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
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
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
• U.S. Broadcast Date: TBA
• 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
