Phyllida Lloyd News
Why the Re-Release? This is the ultimate feel-good chick flick: all singing, all dancing, all romance. But unlike other such films, this one crossed over to male audiences as well, earning some $144 million in North America and ?69 million... ... Full Article
Marianne Elliott: explorer of the heart
timesonline.co.uk –
2009-05-24
Ten years ago the ascent of Marianne Elliott would have been explained as part of a larger shift. Nowadays many theatres are controlled by women, while no director bosses the box office like Phyllida Lloyd with Mamma Mia! or Julie... ... Full Article
Power duo take up Nobel cause
hollywoodreporter.com –
2009-05-14
CANNES -- Former BBC Films chief David Thompson and "Mamma Mia!" helmer Phyllida Lloyd are developing a movie based on the influence of Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus' radical economic theories on the lives of women. ... Full Article
Marcia Milgrom Dodge has never been one of the usual suspects. She's toiled for decades in the quasi-anonymous vineyards of regional theater, directing an "Anything Goes" here, choreographing a "South Pacific" there. ... Full Article
Peter Grimes: Coliseum, review
telegraph.co.uk –
2009-05-11
Rarely in my career as a critic have I felt as ambivalent as I do about David Alden's staging of Britten's first operatic masterpiece. It undoubtedly packs a ferocious punch and keeps the audience breathlessly excited throughout. ... Full Article
Mary Stuart
backstage.com –
2009-04-19
Though the first few rounds are a trifle sluggish, the Donmar Warehouse production of Friedrich Schiller 's Mary Stuart builds into a thrilling bout between battling royalty. ... Full Article
Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd entered a Regina Mia! mode April 19 as Mary Stuart began her Broadway reign at the Broadhurst. You could even call it a Regina Mia Mia Mia! mode, this being a new and eminently accessible... ... Full Article
Girl Power comes to the opera
telegraph.co.uk –
2009-02-20
PHYLLIDA Lloyd stops the rehearsal. "It's still too Brookside," she says. "It's not about speed, it's about tension." Carmen and Don José - played by two attractive young black singers, Ruby Philogene and Antoni Garfield Henry - take a deep... ... Full Article
Genre films face uphill kudos climb
variety.com –
2008-11-13
Two British films combined to gross $1.5 billion worldwide this summer.A third, released this fall, could take that total over the $2 billion mark. ... Full Article
Hollywood: News & Features
buzz18.com –
2008-09-11
Directed by Phyllida Llloyd, Mamma Mia! is a musical based on songs by Swedish pop group Abba.The film has some very big names like Meryl Streep, Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan. ... Full Article