Sunday, October 18, 2015
Michael Flatley may have dubbed himself Lord of the Dance, but really the title belongs, on the British stage at least, to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM[SHARE]Jack O'Connell, the rising young British film actor who co-starred with Angelina Jolie in "Unbroken", is to appear in the world premiere of Richard Bean's The Nap at Sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 17, 2015
Full casting has been announced for the new production of A Christmas Carol that, as previously announced, will star Jim Broadbent, beginning performances Nov. 30 prior to an official openin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, October 16, 2015
The Oct. 15 live international screening of Hamlet, starring Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role, was seen by more than 225,000 people around the world, making it the larges…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:45PM[SHARE]The brand-new London production of American Idiot, the musical based on Green Day's eponymous album that is currently running at the Arts Theatre through Nov. 22, is to embark on a n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AM[SHARE]The previously announced new production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has announced casting for both its premiere at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds and then a different cast for its subs…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AM[SHARE]Lolita Chakrabarti's Red Velvet, originally seen at London's Tricycle in two separate runs and subsequently at New York's St Ann's Warehouse, is finally to receive a West End…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:30AM[SHARE]Full casting has been announced for the new London production of Funny Girl, that will begin an already sold-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory Nov. 20 prior to an official opening …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:49AM[SHARE]The U.K. premiere of Xanadu, the 2007 Tony-nominated Broadway musical version of the cult 1980 film about a woman who makes dreams come true, begins Oct. 16 at Southwark Playhouse prior …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:29AM[SHARE]If you give it, you have to take it. There’s an invaluable bit of advice I once heard about being an online
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]It goes without saying that the biggest musical on Broadway right now is Hamilton, and it is already proving to be most revolutionary indigenous musical to arrive there since Rent in the mid…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 15, 2015
Two-time Tony winner Matthew Bourne is to be honored at this year's U.K. Theatre Awards, being presented Oct. 18 at London's Guildhall, where he will be presented with The Stage …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:01AM[SHARE]Close to You—Bacharach Reimagined, a retitled version of What's It All About? that recently had its London debut at the Menier Chocolate Factory, opens officially at the West E…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:09AM[SHARE]I’ve got a slightly curtailed week ahead, as I’m off on holiday " yes, holiday, and not a theatre in sight, only
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]The recent sold-out London production of Hamlet, starring Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role, is broadcast to cinemas around the world Oct. 15 as part of the National T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 14, 2015
I began a busy week in New York and then was in England, Wales and Scotland - only Ireland eluded me.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:47AM[SHARE]When you think of Tooting, the south London suburb at the bottom reaches of the Northern Line, you don’t instantly think of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AM[SHARE]Confession: The X-Factor has entirely passed me by (so did The Great British Bake-Off). My excuse: I’m never at home to actually
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Lin-Manuel Miranda's first Broadway musical, In the Heights, originally seen in London at Southwark Playhouse in 2014, opens officially at London's King's Cross Theatre Oct. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23AM[SHARE]Last week, Les Miserables celebrated its 30th anniversary in the West End " an all-time record for a musical. Last week, The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Monday, October 12, 2015
London's Royal Court Theatre, which is celebrating its 60th birthday as home for new writing, has announced an anniversary season that will include six world premieres, including a new f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00AM[SHARE]Being a critic " actually, being a person " requires a lot of humility. You simply can’t know everything about the world
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 11, 2015
Mark Rylance is one of Theatreland's few bankable stars: a theatre actor who is capable of selling tickets on the strength of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:43AM[SHARE]Friday, October 9, 2015
The return of Lin-Manuel Miranda's first Broadway musical, In the Heights, originally seen in London at Southwark Playhouse in 2014, has announced that it is extending booking throug…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AM[SHARE]Tracie Bennett, Tony-nominated for the Leading Actress in a Play award for playing Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow on Broadway in 2012, is to reprise her role in the West End transfer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00AM[SHARE]This week I saw my third Sweeney Todd of the year (and one of those three productions I saw twice, so actually
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]London's Crazy Coqs cabaret room, located within Brasserie Zedel restaurant off Piccadilly Circus, is to host runs by Tony winner Frances Ruffelle, New York's Christine Pedi and vete…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 8, 2015
If you haven't manage to get to London to see Imelda Staunton's definitive performance as Momma Rose in Gypsy, fear not: history isn't just being made here, it is now also being …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM[SHARE]Nine years ago, when Les Miserables celebrated its 21st birthday and the next day duly took over from Cats as the longest-running
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:25AM[SHARE]London is a bit quieter this week on the openings front, with only the Young Vic and Tricycle offering major openings, plus
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]The 30th anniversary performance of the West End's longest-running musical, Les Miserables, is marked by a charity gala Oct. 8, in aid of Save the Children Syria Children's Appea…
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