Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English film and stage director, producer and screenwriter. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret (1994), Oliver! (1994), Company (1995), and Gypsy (2003). He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013).
For directing the play The Ferryman, Mendes was awarded the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019.
Broadway and Off-Broadway: Fall Arts Preview 2024
metroweekly.comMetro Weekly will be on the aisle to offer adulation, admonishment, or a combination of both.The Roommate — Playwright Neil Simon perfected the scenario of two entirely different personalities sharing one domestic space with his enduring comedy, The Odd Couple.
Jen Writer Silverman updates the story with a feminine twist, this time with two heavy hitters of stage and screen: Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow.
To nobody’s surprise, LuPone plays a Bronx bad ass while Farrow is a sheltered innocent from the Midwest. Limited run through December 14.The Hills of California — Tony-winning scribe Jez Butterworth reunites with Tony- and Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes for a memory play set in the 1970s about the Webb Sisters, who return to their childhood home in Liverpool.
Family is always fodder for sibling sturm und drang. The London import boasts a large cast, many of whom have transferred with the West End production.
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