Special Events

National Theatre Live 2018/19 Season

The UK’s National Theatre’s bold initiative to bring world-class theatrical experiences from the British stage to over 2,000 theatres around the world in stunning High Definition continues its tenth season this Fall. Enjoy thrilling performances captured live from London and major theatres across Britain. We hope you’ll join us for a stunning Fall/Winter Season.

October 25: Frankenstein Encore
by Nick Dear based on the novel by Mary Shelley
Directed by Danny Boyle
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch as the Monster with Johnny Lee Miller

November 1: Allelujah! – NEW ADDITION!
by Alan Bennett
Directed by Nicholas Hytner

November 20: The Madness of George III
by Alan Bennett
Live from Nottingham Playhouse
Directed by Adam Penford
Starring: Mark Gatiss and Adrian Scarborough

December 6: Antony & Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Simon Godwin
Starring: Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo

January 31: I’m Not Running
by David Hare
Directed by Neil Armfield
Starring: Siân Brooke

The Met Live in HD 2018-19 Season

2018
October 20: Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila – NEW PRODUCTION
October 27: Puccini, La Fanciulla del West
November 10: Muhly, Marnie – NEW PRODUCTION
December 15: Verdi, La Traviata – NEW PRODUCTION
2019
January 12: Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur – NEW PRODUCTION
February 2: Bizet, Carmen
March 2: Donizetti, La Fille du Régiment
March 30: Wagner, Die Walküre – 12PM Start
May 11: Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmélites – 12PM Start

The Bolshoi Ballet 2018-19 Season

November 11: La Sylphide – LIVE from Moscow
December 2: Don Quixote
December 23: The Nutcracker – LIVE from Moscow
January 20: La Bayadère – LIVE from Moscow
March 10: The Sleeping Beauty
April 7: The Golden Age
May 19: Carmen Suite/ Petrushka – LIVE from Moscow

Exhibition on Screen: Season 6

Degas: Passion for Perfection
November 14 & 18
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN journeys from the streets of Paris to the heart of a superb exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, whose extensive collection of Degas’ works is the most representative in Britain.

Young Picasso
February 13 & 17
Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time – and right up until his death in 1973 he was the most prolific of artists. This film looks at the early years of Picasso; the upbringing and the learning that led to his extraordinary achievements.

Rembrandt (Encore)
April 10 & 14
For many, Rembrandt is the greatest artist that ever lived and this deeply moving film seeks to explore the truth about the man behind the legend. This major show hosted by London’s National Gallery and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum was an event like no other.

Van Gogh in Japan
June 5 & 9
One cannot understand Van Gogh without understanding how Japanese art arrived in Paris in the middle of the 19th century and the profound impact it had on artists like Monet, Degas and, above all, Van Gogh.

Met Live: Samson et Dalila

Saturday, October 20, 12:55 PM

NEW PRODUCTION!

When mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and tenor Roberto Alagna joined forces for a new production of Carmen at the Met, the results were electrifying. Now this star duo reunites for another sensual French opera when they open the season in the title roles of Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic Samson et Dalila. Darko Tresnjak, who won a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 2014 for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, makes his Met debut directing a vivid, seductive staging, featuring a monumental setting for the last-act Temple of Dagon, where the hero crushes his Philistine enemies. Sir Mark Elder conducts the first new Met production of the work in 20 years.

Exhibition on Screen Encore: Vincent Van Gogh - A New Way of Seeing

Sunday, October 21, 1PM

Directed by: David Bickerstaff.

Perhaps more than any other artist, Van Gogh’s life has long captured the imagination of storytellers. Delving deep into his fascinating and sometimes deeply troubled world comes this definitive, award-winning documentary. Enjoying complete and unprecedented access to the treasures of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, this brilliant film about one of the world’s favorite artists, marks both a major re-showing of the gallery’s collection and a celebration of the 125th anniversary of Van Gogh’s death. Experience the wonder of seeing these masterpieces on the big screen while specially invited guests, including world renown curators and art historians, offer their interpretations and explanations of his work. With exclusive new research revealing incredible recent discoveries, the Van Gogh Museum has helped craft a cinema experience like no other.

NTLive Encore: Frankenstein

There’s no better way to celebrate Halloween than with this classic encore performance.

Thursday, October 25, 6PM

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch (as the monster) & Johnny Lee Miller (as Dr. Frankenstein)
Directed by: Danny Boyle

The production was a sell-out hit at the National Theatre in 2011, and the broadcast has since become an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world. Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic Gothic tale.

Studio 54

Saturday, October 27, 9 PM
Encore (film only): Sunday, October 28, 1 PM

Rated: R
Director: Matt Trynauer
Original Score: Lorne Balfe
For 33 months, from 1978 to 1980, the nightclub Studio 54 was the place to be seen in Manhattan. A haven of hedonism, tolerance, glitz and glamor, Studio was very hard to gain entrance to and impossible to ignore, with news of who was there filling the gossip columns daily. Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, two college friends from Brooklyn, succeeded in creating the ultimate escapist fantasy in the heart of the theater district. Rubell was the bon vivant who wanted to be everybody’s friend and was photographed with every celebrity du jour who entered the club and Schrager was the behind-the-scenes creative mastermind who shunned the limelight.

After the film on Saturday 10/27:
Join us for an audience Q&A with designer and former Studio 54 party animal Barry Cord, and designer Richard Lambertson, former assistant to Steve Rubell, moderated by Jonathan Bee.

After the Q&A there will be an after-party, next door at “Studio 52 (Main)” – where you can party like its 1979 until 12pm. Open to all.

Met Live: La Fanciulla del West

Saturday, October 27, 12:55 PM

Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the Wild West, alongside star tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the role of the outlaw Dick Johnson. Baritone Željko Lučić is the vigilante sheriff Jack Rance, and Marco Armiliato conducts.

NT Live: Allelujah!

Thursday, November 1, 6PM

Directed by Nicholas Hytner

Filmed live at London’s Bridge Theatre during its limited run, don’t miss Alan Bennett’s ‘rousing chorus line for the NHS’ (Observer)

The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town on the edge of the Pennines, is threatened with closure as part of an efficiency drive. A documentary crew, eager to capture its fight for survival, follows the daily struggle to find beds on the Dusty Springfield Geriatric Ward, and the triumphs of the old people’s choir.

Alan Bennett’s celebrated plays include The History Boys, The Lady in the Van and The Madness of George III, all of which have been adapted successfully for film.

Met Live: Marnie

NEW! A Met Premiere Production!

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Isabel Leonard stars in the title role opposite Christopher Maltman as her blackmailing husband Mark Rutland, Iestyn Davies as his brother Terry, Janis Kelly as Mrs. Rutland, and acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves as Marnie’s mother. Robert Spano makes his company debut conducting.

Bolshoi Ballet: La Sylphide

Sunday, November 11, 12:55 PM

Season Opener!

La Sylphide is one of the world’s oldest surviving ballets, and a treasure in the Danish Bournonville style. Restaged for the Bolshoi by Bournonville expert Johan Kobborg, this production is the ultimate romantic masterpiece.

Exhibition on Screen: DEGAS: A Passion for Perfection

Wednesday, November 14, 6 PM
Sunday, November 18, 1 PM

Exhibition on Screen journeys from the streets of Paris to the heart of a superb exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, whose extensive collection of Degas’ works is the most representative in Britain. With exclusive access to view rare and diverse works, this film tells a fascinating story of Degas’ pursuit of perfection through experimentation with new techniques and lessons learned from studying the past masters.

Sometimes frustrated by his own failings, Degas was consumed by obsessive principles and failing eyesight but his determination to capture everyday life was evident in every mark he made. Never fully satisfied, many of Degas’ drawings and sculptures were kept in private during his lifetime but, now through close examination, they can be seen as some of the most beautifully detailed and expressive works in the modern era. Using written accounts by friends and commentators, and the narration of letters written by Degas himself, this film reveals a more complex truth behind one of the most influential French artists of the late 19th-century and serves as an exploration of the complex workings of Degas’ artistic mind.

NT Live: The Madness of George III

by Alan Bennett
Live from Nottingham Playhouse
Directed by: Adam Penford.
Cast: Olivier Award-winners Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Wolf Hall, NT Live Coriolanus) in the title role, and Adrian Scarborough (Gavin and Stacey, Upstairs Downstairs, After the Dance).

Tuesday, November 20, 6 PM

It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behavior is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. With the King’s mind unraveling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the Crown and expose the fine line between a King and a man.

The King and I

Live from The London Palladium!

Thursday, November 29, 6 PM
Sunday, December 16, 1 PM

You won’t want to miss multi-award winning, and critically acclaimed, Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King And I recorded live from The London Palladium.

Reprising her Tony Award-winning role, ‘Broadway musical’s undisputed Queen’ (The Sunday Times) Kelli O’Hara (Anna) takes to the stage alongside Tony and Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The King) in a “powerhouse” (The Times) performance. Also returning to her Tony Award-winning role as Lady Thiang is Ruthie Ann Miles.

Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children.

With one of the finest scores ever written including; Whistle a Happy Tune, Getting to Know You, and Shall We Dance, and featuring a company of over 50 world-class performers, The King and I is a testament to the lavish heritage of gloriously romantic musical theatre – it is the greatest musical from the golden age of musicals.

“Five stars for a sumptuous King and I.Book Now! It’s a hit” – The London Times

“We left the London Palladium on a bright cloud of music – joyous!” – Daily Mail

“Looks and sounds ravishing. Complete rapture” – The Telegraph