Fathom Events, National Theatre Live & BY Experience Bring Two Titles to Over 550 U.S. Cinemas
Fathom Events, National Theatre Live (NT Live) and BY Experience announce the exhibition of two thrilling performances captured live on stage, in select U.S. cinemas. Due to unprecedented demand, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller’s stunning performances as Victor Frankenstein and the Creature return to cinema screens nationwide on Monday, October 27 (Cumberbatch as Creature) and Wednesday, October 29 (Miller as Creature) at 7:00 p.m. local time in “NT Live: Frankenstein.” Theater fans are then invited to return to cinemas to see James Franco and Chris O’Dowd in the hit Broadway play “Of Mice and Men.” Fresh off its record-breaking run on Broadway and captured by National Theatre Live, this captivating performance will be broadcast to cinema screens nationwide on Thursday, November 6 at 7:00 p.m. local time.
For a list of participating theater locations for “NT Live: Frankenstein” click here.
For a list of participating theater locations for “NT Live: Of Mice and Men” click here.
Fathom Events, National Theatre Live & BY Experience Bring Two Titles to Over 550 U.S. Cinemas
FRANKENSTEIN – Two Nights Only, October 27 & 29
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller
OF MICE AND MEN – November 6 Only
Starring James Franco and Chris O’Dowd
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Starring Gillian Anderson
Also Broadcasting Tomorrow, September 16
Tickets On Sale Now
DENVER – September 15, 2014 – Fathom Events, National Theatre Live (NT Live) and BY Experience announce the exhibition of two thrilling performances captured live on stage, in select U.S. cinemas. Due to unprecedented demand, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller’s stunning performances as Victor Frankenstein and the Creature return to cinema screens nationwide on Monday, October 27 (Cumberbatch as Creature) and Wednesday, October 29 (Miller as Creature) at 7:00 p.m. local time in “NT Live: Frankenstein.” Theater fans are then invited to return to cinemas to see James Franco and Chris O’Dowd in the hit Broadway play “Of Mice and Men.” Fresh off its record-breaking run on Broadway and captured by National Theatre Live, this captivating performance will be broadcast to cinema screens nationwide on Thursday, November 6 at 7:00 p.m. local time.
In addition to these titles, Fathom Events will also broadcast Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster and Vanessa Kirby in the Young Vic / Joshua Andrews co-production of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” in select U.S. cinemas tomorrow Tuesday, September 16 at 7:00 p.m. local time.
Tickets for “NT Live: Frankenstein” and “NT Live: Of Mice and Men,” are available at participating theater box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. The events will be presented in more than 550 select movie theaters around the country through Fathom’s Digital Broadcast Network. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, visit www.FathomEvents.com (theaters and participants are subject to change).
Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting), “NT Live: Frankenstein” has become an international sensation, seen by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world. In this new adaptation, Olivier Award winners Benedict Cumberbatch (12 Years A Slave, “Sherlock”) and Jonny Lee Miller (“Elementary” on CBS, Trainspotting) alternate in the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. National Theatre Live filmed Frankenstein twice so audiences could experience Cumberbatch and Miller in each role.
The critically-acclaimed Broadway revival of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro (August: Osage County), stars Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner James Franco (127 Hours), BAFTA and Tony Award nominee Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids), Leighton Meester (“Gossip Girl”) and Tony and Olivier Award winner Jim Norton, and was nominated for two 2014 Tony Awards and shattered the house record at the Longacre Theatre multiple times during its limited 19 week engagement. Of Mice and Men tells the story of an unlikely pair of friends drifting from job to job across the farms and fields of California, holding fast to their dream of one day having an acre of land they can call their own.
“These stunning stage performances give local communities the chance to gather together for an experience in movie theaters like no other,” Fathom Events executive vice president Shelly Maxwell said.
About Fathom Events
Fathom Events is owned by a newly formed entity called AC JV, LLC. Fathom is the recognized leader in the alternative entertainment industry, offering a variety of one-of-a-kind entertainment events in movie theaters nationwide that include live, high-definition performances of the Metropolitan Opera, the performing arts, major sporting events, music concerts, comedy series, Broadway shows, original programming featuring entertainment’s biggest stars, socially relevant documentaries with audience Q&A and much more. Additionally, Fathom events take audiences behind-the-scenes and offer unique extras – creating the ultimate entertainment experience for fans of all ages. Co-owned by the three largest movie theater circuits in the United States, AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC), Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK) and Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), Fathom’s live digital broadcast network (“DBN”) is the largest cinema broadcast network in North America, bringing live events to more than 750 locations in 171 Designated Market Areas® (including all of the top 50). For more information, visit www.fathomevents.com.
About National Theatre Live (NT Live)
Now celebrating its 6th year broadcasting live performances to cinema screens internationally, National Theatre Live has now been experienced by over 3 million people worldwide. The first season began in June 2009 with the acclaimed production of Phédre starring Helen Mirren. Recent broadcasts have included the Young Vic / Joshua Andrews co-production of Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster and Vanessa Kirby in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, the award-winning original West End production of War Horse, NT’s 50th anniversary celebration Live from the National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear in Shakespeare’s Othello, and from outside the National Theatre, Tom Hiddleston in the Donmar Warehouse production of Coriolanus, Shakespeare’s Macbeth with Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston from the Manchester International Festival, and the record-breaking and award winning West End production of The Audience starring Helen Mirren as The Queen. Other broadcasts include Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan, Golden Globe Award winner Bill Nighy and Matthew Beard in David Hare’s Skylight on Thursday, October 23, 2014; John conceived and directed by Lloyd Newson on Tuesday, December 9, 2014; Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island in a new adaptation by Bryony Lavery and directed by Polly Findlay on Thursday, January 22, 2015. For more information, visit www.NTLive.com.
About BY Experience
BY EXPERIENCE kicked off the digital revolution of live events to movie theaters and other locations globally with David Bowie’s 2003 Reality album launch and since then, over 20 million tickets have been sold worldwide for cinema events BY Experience has distributed globally. Credits: Worldwide HD Distribution Representative, The Met: Live in HD series (2006 to present); International (ex-UK) Distribution Representative, the U.K.’s National Theatre Live series (2009 to present); North American Distributor, Bolshoi Ballet (2014); Executive Producer for Cinema Big Apple Circus: Metamorphosis (November 2014), Leonardo Live (February 2012) and the series Exhibition: Great Art on Screen (2013), the public radio shows Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me! Live (2013), This American Life – Live! with Ira Glass (2008, 2009, 2012) and A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (February and October 2010), the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest (June 2011), Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I’m With You (August 2011); The Big Four: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax (June 2010), St. Olaf Christmas Festival (2007 and 2011), the New York Times speaker’s series TimesTalks LIVE (2009), David Gilmour: Remember That Night — Live from the Royal Albert Hall (September 2007), Distributor to Cinema Westlife: The Farewell Concert (June 2012), the classic music celebration BBC Last Night of the Proms (2009 – 2012), BBC Electric Proms: Robbie Williams (October 2009). BY Experience distributes to over 60 countries, to 2,000 movie screens. For more information, visit: www.byexperience.net.
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