Alan Cumming

How much doom and gloom can one man take? For most actors, it would be enough of a mental burden to take on the role of Macbeth, the warrior king whose ambition leads to self-destruction. But for Alan Cumming, that’s only the start of it. In a new ...  

Scottish actor Alan Cumming is making his way to the launch of the 'yes' campaign for Scottish independence in Edinburgh and has posted a picture on his Twitter feed of the journey: In the car on my way to the launch of the YES campaign! Vivat ...  

He’s one of the busiest actors at work today, preparing for curtain up on his one-man version Macbeth, but Alan Cumming is to take time out ... will be held at the Tron Theatre on Sun 10 Jun. To mark the CATS’ tenth anniversary, a new award called ...  

Twenty-seven years ago, Alan Cumming made his professional theater debut, appearing as Malcolm in a Glaswegian Macbeth . This summer, he'll return to the tragedy, reprising his turn as the disinherited Malcolm at the Lincoln Center Festival. In addition to Malcolm, Cumming will also play Ma...  

But Cumming, as a disturbed patient compelled to repeat Macbeth, will voice every role. "It's a spooky old play," says John Tiffany, associate director of the National Theatre of Scotland, which will co-produce the show. Speaking by phone during ...  

The National Theater of Scotland reimagines the play and presents Alan Cumming (above) at Lincoln Center in New York City. From July 5-14 but don't think about it too long 'cause this will be sold out in a New York...  

Back from Hollywood with his one-man Macbeth, Alan Cumming talks goats, poodles and murder. By Anna Burnside ALAN Cumming has stepped back in time. Back in Glasgow to perform a one-man Macbeth, he walks past the old RSAMD building on his way to work.  

A-list Hollywood star Alan Cumming and Wet Wet Wet's Graeme Clark are the latest celebrities to back a campaign to tackle homophobic attitudes in the NHS. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's (NHSGGC) zero tolerance initiative aims to highlight that it treats ...  

Alan Cumming's first day of stage rehearsals for his one-man version of William Shakespeare's Macbeth got off to a shaky start - the actor cut himself on a prop. The X2 star is preparing for the show's debut at The National Theatre of Scotland next month ...  

We really can’t make this stuff up!! The recently married Alan Cumming was rehearsing for his new one man stage play Macbeth 2: Rise Of The Machines when there was suddenly double, double, toil and trouble! Nightcrawler Alan vaguely explains the situation via Twitter: "First MACbeth injury! Cut my finger on a toy robot I was using to [...]  

HOLLYWOOD star Alan Cumming had a dig at Scots eating habits in a Twitter tease yesterday. The 47-year-old is back in his homeland to rehearse for a one-man performance of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. He tweeted a picture of an advert which caught his eye ...  

ALAN CUMMING's first day of stage rehearsals for his one-man version of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE's MACBETH got off to a shaky start - the actor cut himself on a prop. The X2 star is preparing for the show's debut at The National Theatre of Scotland next month ...  

The bisexual star chastizes his peers by name for advising gay actors to stay in the closetAlan Cumming has some choice words for a few of his fellow gay actors. Open about his sexuality for years now, the Good Wife and Cabaret star has admonished a couple of his peers by name for encouraging young gay actors to not come out."I was horrified when Richard Chamberlain and Rupert Everett said gay actors should stay in the closet. They were saying...  

ALAN CUMMING's first day of stage rehearsals for his one-man version of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE's MACBETH got off to a shaky start - the actor cut himself on a prop.  

Alan Cumming's first day of stage rehearsals for his one-man version of William Shakespeare's MACBETH got off to a shaky start - the actor cut himself on a prop.  

ALAN CUMMING's first day of stage rehearsals for his one-man version of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE's MACBETH got off to a shaky start - the actor cut himself on a prop.  

He also headed over to the party launch of the inaugural Liverpool Art Show at Camp and Furnace where he chatted to one of the organisers, photographer Matt Ford. Matt tells Insider: “Sky originally got in touch with Lucy from dot-art about another event ...  

On Thursday, Queerty hit the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Any Day Now, the gay-adoption drama starring Alan Cumming and Raising Hope‘s Garret Dillahunt. And Cumming, never one to mince words, had some strong ones for those who oppose gay parenting. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment Read more articles at Queerty or GayCities  

“You know, most of the abuse against children comes from straight parents—from straight men, actually. And its a terrible misstatement that gay men are somehow going to be more abusive to their children. It’s absolutely not true in any way. And yet still there’s kind of this myth in society. And I find that part [...]  

Gay actor Alan Cumming is to be honoured at New York's Live Out Loud Charity Gala. The X-Men star will be presented with the Star Award, which is awarded to those who have helped empower lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. The Scottish actor, who ...  

To Claridge’s, where champagne maker Veuve Clicquot held a party for Scottish actor Alan Cumming, pictured above left. Joining him were former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and TV presenter Graham Norton, whose striped shirt, next to Cumming’s Tartan suit, must have caused some eye-strain. Asked this morning on Twitter whether he enjoyed the drinks, Cumming said: “I sipped till I slipped”.  

According to our sources, actor Alan Cumming does not have a problem with authority. Editors at Headmaster magazine, the art publication for the “sophisticated man-lover,” assigned Cumming to to go around documenting public restrooms as a homoerotic homage to filmmaker Peter Greenaway’s 1985 documentary, 26 Bathrooms. Cumming turned his assignment in a week early—on Christmas Eve, no [...]  

Alan Cumming was famous (and out) for quite a while now, but it's been a while since he's been front and center. "Any Day Now," playing this week at the Tribeca Film Festival, is a subtle, simple showcase. It's the story of a mismatched gay couple in the ...  

“It's gratifying to see audiences respond so overwhelmingly to these world premiere films,” Nancy Schafer, executive director of the Tribeca Film Festival, said. “Both films strike uplifting and hopeful notes, and we look forward to them continuing ...  

On Saturday, March 17th, New Yorkers were treated to a one night only performance by Tony Award winner and Emmy nominee Alan Cumming. The intimate musical evening, hosted at XL Nightclub amp Cabaret, benefited the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission IGLHRC.Check out highlights from the concert below  

The Sydney Theatre Company's acclaimed production of Uncle Vanya, starring Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett; Ireland's Druid Theatre Company; and Tony winner Alan Cumming in a one-man Macbeth have been announced for the 2012 Lincoln Center Festival.  

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Alan Cumming, Emmy-nominated star of The Good Wife on CBS, will be honored at Live Out Loud’s Eleventh Annual Young Trailblazers Benefit Gala this year. Cumming will be presented with the Star Award, given to individuals who have helped Live Out Loud empower LGBT youth. Cumming has used his prominence as a multitalented actor to benefit numerous LGBT and AIDS-related causes, hosted Live Out Loud’s 9th Annual Gala in 2010 and appeared in a Live...  

Tony Award winner Alan Cumming will be honored at Live Out Loud's 11th annual Young Trailblazers Gala, to be held at The TimesCenter on Monday, April 30 beginning at 6pm. Tony winner B.D. Wong will host. Cumming will be presented with the Star Award, given ...  

He's been an "X-Men" mutant (as Nightcrawler), a James Bond cohort (in "GoldenEye"), the Emcee of "Cabaret" on Broadway and (currently) a badass lawyer on "The Good Wife." But all those creative outlets aren't enough for Alan Cumming; as of April 5, 2012 ...  

At Twofour we've hit a rich seam with shows like "Richard Wilson's Best Drives" and "Caroline Quentin's Cornwall" and we're sure working with a great name like Alan Cumming will result in an equally revealing and engaging portrait of Britain.”  

The Morini Strad, Willy Holtzman's drama about late violinist Erica Morini, starring Tony Award nominee Mary Beth Peil, Michael Laurence and violinist Hanah Stuart, officially opened Off-Broadway April 3 at 59E59 Theaters.  

Alan Cumming's first day of stage rehearsals for his one-man version of William Shakespeare's Macbeth got off to a shaky start - the actor cut himself on a prop. The X2 star is preparing for the show's debut at The National Theatre of Scotland next month ...  

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Alan Cumming initially wanted to turn down his role in The Good Wife - because he struggled to understand the complicated script. The Scottish actor wasn't interested in playing spin doctor Eli Gold in the hit legal drama and only considered joining the ...  

Gay actor ALAN CUMMING is to be honoured at New York's Live Out Loud Charity Gala.  

The X-Men star will be presented with the Star Award, which is awarded to those who have helped empower lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.  

Gay actor Alan Cumming is to be honoured at New York's Live Out Loud Charity Gala.  

Alan Cumming has said that his manager forced him to take on the role of Eli Gold in The Good Wife. The actor told Metro that he was talked into the job after being unimpressed by the scripts. "They initially only asked me to do one or two episodes of the ...  

"If you're going to make a film in 3-D, Surrealism is what to make it about," filmmaker Philippe Mora told The Observer by phone. And so that is pretty much exactly what Mr. Mora is doing. He is working on a movie right now called The Surrealist ...  

Sporting plaid pants and a snug long-sleeved shirt, Alan Cumming serenaded a sea of stars Wednesday night for the Lunchbox Fund's cocktail-attire (looking at you, Cumming!) auction benefiting hungry South African students. Salman Rushdie, Philip ...  

The Morini Strad, Willy Holtzman's drama about late violinist Erica Morini, starring Tony Award nominee Mary Beth Peil, Michael Laurence and violinist Hanah Stuart, officially opened Off-Broadway April 3 at 59E59 Theaters. Read the Playbill.com story.  

A one-man MACBETH will be performed by Alan Cumming, July 5–14, at the Lincoln Center Festival. Tony Award–winning actor Alan Cumming returns to Lincoln Center Festival with a virtuoso performance in a bold reimagining of Shakespeare’s ...  

Scottish comedian, actor, author and singer Alan Cumming talks to Metro about starring as political strategist Eli Gold in award-winning TV series The Good Wife and the differences between US and British politics. Did you do a lot of research into spin ...  

On Tuesday, April 3rd, Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director ... original music and sound design by Lindsay Jones, and projection design by Jan Hartley.The limited engagement plays through ...  

NEW YORK — Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cate Blanchett and Alan Cumming will be among the stars in this summer's Lincoln Center Festival. The festival announced Wednesday that the offerings will include Baryshnikov in the new play "In Paris" and ...  

Lincoln Center has announced the lineup for this year's Lincoln Center Festival, to run in various venues July 5-August 5. There will be a total of 72 performances by artists and ensembles from seven countries. Also on tap is Émilie, a one-woman opera by ...  

Alan Cumming, Emmy-nominated star of The Good Wife on CBS, was honored at Live Out Loud’s Eleventh Annual Young Trailblazers Benefit Gala this year and BroadwayWorld.com was there! Cumming was presented with the Star Award, given to ...  

Alan Cumming admits that he had to be talked into starring on The Good Wife.  

CBS NewsCate Blanchett and Mikhail Baryshnikov to star in this summer's Lincoln Center ...Greenfield Daily ReporterBlanchett, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Alan Cumming will be among the stars in this summer's Lincoln Center Festival. The festival announced Wednesday a total of 72 performances by artists and ensembles from seven countries that will run from July 5 ...VIDEO NEWS FLASH: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cate Blanchett, Alan Cumming Set for...  

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cate Blanchett and Alan Cumming will be among the stars in this summer's Lincoln Center Festival.The festival announced Wednesday that the offerings will include Baryshnikov in the ...  

ALAN CUMMING initially wanted to turn down his role in THE GOOD WIFE - because he struggled to understand the complicated script.  

Frank Scheck Travis Fine's drama co-stars Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt as a couple fighting prejudice while attempting to adopt a Down syndrome-afflicted teenager. read more  

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cate Blanchett and Alan Cumming will be among the stars in this summer's Lincoln Center Festival.  

Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt Talk about their touching film.