Variety: Cate Blanchett, Sandra Oh to Lead National Theatre's 2026 Season

[MezzA101]

Posted: 1/26/26 at 7:50pm

https://variety.com/2026/theater/news/cate-blanchett-sandra-oh-national-theatre-2026-season-1236640840

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 1/26/26 at 8:07pm

Yeah, I’m gonna need that Persona mashup to come to New York.

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 1/26/26 at 8:46pm

I assume that Manville is being cast in the role of the Marquise de Mertreuil in "Les Liaisons Dangereuses". A wonderful actor but a 70 year old Marquise doesn't make much sense in terms of the roles full possibilities of steely strategy and erotic heat. 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 1/26/26 at 8:58pm

I found Manville incredibly erotic when I saw her in Oedipus.

[Merkin2]

Posted: 1/26/26 at 9:37pm

Nothing really stands out to me except that one week run of Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists.  I don’t realize War Horse lost best play at the Olivier’s.  I’m interested in seeing The Other Place by Alexander Zeldin at The Shed because I loved his play Love that I saw at the armory a few years ago.