NT Live hits Fathom screens

'One Guy, Two Guvnors'London's National Theater has pacted with alternative content distributor NCM Fathom to grow the achieve of NT Live, the U.K. theater's number of cinema broadcasts of legit performances. About 200 more venues within the U.S. will screen the choices of NT Live, broadening the program's American achieve to metropolitan areas including Las vegas, Orlando and Detroit. Programming will even continue being seen in the carrying out arts centers and native screens where NT Live formerly had about 90 Stateside berths. The 2011-12 NT Live slate begins with "One Guy, Two Guvnors" March. 20, following by "Your KitchenInch (November. 3), "Collaborators" (12 ,. 1) and "The Comedy of Errors" (March 1). All shows are created onstage through the National. The extra "One Guy" tests could give a U.S. profile boost for that play itself, a powerful-selling hit working in london that's poised to create the proceed to Gotham. Live performances have progressively been moving towards the bigscreen, spurred simply the Metropolitan Opera's cinemacasts. Most initiatives are combined with troupes that, such as the Met, have a superior profile among arts avids. The Royal Opera House, La Scala and also the Bolshoi Ballet also are probably the orgs whose works are disseminated to bigscreens. Presented by NT Live, BY Experience and Fathom, the NT Live tests is going to be distrubted via NCM's Digital Broadcast Network in theater chains including AMC, Cinemark and Regal, amongst others. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com