Renovations are under way! We are open for business, but you may notice that we have fewer showtimes temporarily, with two theaters closed. We can’t wait for the unveiling later this spring!

World Stage on Screen

The best of international theater and fine arts programming brought to the silver screen.

NT Live: Follies Oct. 21, 2021 New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished.…
NT Live: Skylight Nov. 17, 2021 Bill Nighy (Love Actually, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman, Drive) feature in David Hare’s…
NT Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Dec. 7, 2021 Captured live from the National Theatre in London, this critically acclaimed production directed by Marianne Elliot (Angels in America, War…
NT Live: No Man's Land Jan. 12, 2022 Following their hit run on Broadway, legendary actors Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart returned to the West End…
NT Live: A View from the Bridge Feb. 9, 2022 Filmed live onstage from London’s West End, Arthur Miller’s dark and passionate play A View from the Bridge returns exclusively…
NT Live: King Lear Mar. 8, 2022 This contemporary retelling of King Lear features the incomparable Sir Ian McKellen, in what he’s said is his last Shakespearean…
Anything Goes Mar. 30, 2022 Filmed live at the Barbican in London, this major new 5-star production of the classic musical comedy features an all-star…
NT Live: The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage Apr. 12, 2022 Set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy, this gripping adaptation revisits Philip Pullman’s fantastical world in which…
NT Live: Frankenstein May 3, 2022 Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness,…
NT Live: Henry V June 9, 2022 Kit Harington (Game of Thrones, The Eternals) plays the title role in Shakespeare’s thrilling study of nationalism, war, and the…
NT Live: Prima Facie July 21, 2022 Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes her West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play. Tessa is…
NT Live: Jack Absolute Flies Again Nov. 10, 2022 A rollicking new comedy by Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) and Oliver Chris (Twelfth Night). After an aerial dog…
NT Live: The Seagull Dec. 8, 2022 Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) makes her West End debut in this 21st century retelling of Anton Chekhov’s tale of…
NT Live: Much Ado About Nothing Jan. 12, 2023 Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd) and John Heffernan (Dracula) lead the cast in Shakespeare’s romcom of sun, sea, and mistaken…
NT Live: Straight Line Crazy May 11, 2023 Screening at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm on Thursday, 5/11 Ralph Fiennes (Schindler’s List, The Menu) leads the cast in David Hare’s (Skylight) blazing account of the most powerful man…
NT Live: Othello June 15, 2023 Screening at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm on Thursday 6/15 An extraordinary new production of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy directed by Clint Dyer, with a cast that includes Giles Terera…
NT Live: GOOD July 13, 2023 Screening at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm on Thursday 7/13 David Tennant (Doctor Who) makes a much-anticipated return to the West End in a blistering reimagining of one of Britain’s…
NT Live: Best of Enemies Aug. 17, 2023 Screening at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm on Thursday 8/17 David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama.…

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