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FILE - This undated file image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown shows Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in a promotional photo for Peter Morgan’s play "The Audience," directed by two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Daldry. Mirren will star in “The Audience” on Broadway, with previews in New York starting on Feb. 17, 2015. The show will run through June at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Johan Persson, File)
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As part of its “National Theatre Live/ Performance in HD,” Symphony Space screens a 2013 live London performance of “The Audience,” which stars Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II, meeting over six decades with prime ministers from Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher to Tony Blair and David Cameron. The play, written by Peter Morgan, screenwriter for “The Queen,” in which Mirren won an Oscar also portraying Elizabeth II, and directed by Stephen Daldry, earned three Tony nominations when it later transferred to Broadway. The screening includes a Q&A with Mirren and Daldry. Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater, 2537 Broadway at W. 95th St. Jul. 31, 7 p.m. Tickets are $24, $22 for seniors, and $16 for those 30 and younger at symphonyspace.org.