Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Willemijn Verkaik, the only actress to have played Elphaba in Wicked in multiple languages, including appearances on Broadway, the West End, in Germany and the Netherlands, appears in concer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Since previews began Aug. 5, the London press has written about little else than Benedict Cumberbatch's London stage return in the title role in Hamlet, with three major outlets - Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 24, 2015
The West End was long characterised as an old boy network on the management front. Even as recently as 25 years ago,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AM[SHARE]I've been to P-town, New York, DC and WIlliamstown in the last fortnight - and I finally catch up in my latest diary today!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:56AM[SHARE]Sometimes (actually, quite often) I’m not just a critic " I'm an unabashed (and unashamed) fan. But I’m not, I hope, indiscriminate:
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]James Phillips' McQueen, originally due to begin performances for its transfer from the St. James Theatre to the Theatre Royal, Haymarket Aug. 13, begins previews Aug. 24, prior…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 23, 2015
A couple of weeks ago, Kenny Wax had his biggest week in the West End to date, opening three shows in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 21, 2015
I’ve already written about the rollercoaster success of Hamilton on Broadway that’s now both a phenomenon and phenomenal and some say means
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry star in the West End premiere of Broadway's Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots, beginning performances Aug. 21 prior to an official opening Sept. 15 at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 20, 2015
It's easy to find yourself living inside a theatrical bubble, outside of which little else exists. A London critical colleague of mine Natasha Tripney filed a column for TheStage from th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PM[SHARE]Nicholas Hytner, former artistic director of the National Theatre, and his former executive director Nick Starr, are staying on the South Bank, but going a bit further down river: the home o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AM[SHARE]I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’ve already seen Hamlet, the Benedict Cumberbatch ‘event’ that has dominated the theatrical
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 19, 2015
The previously announced European premiere of Harvey Fierstein's 2014 Broadway play Casa Valentina, which earned four Tony nominations, including a nod for Best Play, has announced its f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AM[SHARE]The current London production of Hamlet, starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role that began performances at the Barbican Theatre Aug. 5, prior to an official opening Aug. 25, for a r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM[SHARE]After a full week in Provincetown last week, I came back to New York, New York just in time on Saturday evening
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Sheridan Smith will star in the first major London production of Funny Girl since its original 1966 West End run this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AM[SHARE]It all started with the National Theatre reclaiming first Carousel and then Oklahoma!. The first two of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s glorious collaborations
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 17, 2015
The abrupt cancellation of Homegrown, a new production that explores issues raised by the phenomenon of young Britons travelling abroad to join Islamic State, has provoked concerns and quest…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AM[SHARE]Joely Richardson, Robert Sheehan and Norwegian actor Kåre Conradi are to lead the previously announced company of more than 20 actors for the U.K. production of The Wars o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AM[SHARE]Tickets for the first major London production of Funny Girl since its original 1966 West End run after transferring from Broadway have sold out within hours of going on public sale Aug. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM[SHARE]James Phillips' McQueen has delayed the previously announced start of previews in its transfer to the West End's Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Originally due to begin Aug. 13,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AM[SHARE]The previously announced London premiere of Michael John LaChiusa's See What I Wanna See is to star Jonathan Butterell, who choreographed the original Off-Broadway production at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:09AM[SHARE]You can take the boy out of Broadway, but you can’t take Broadway out of the boy, to paraphrase the famous saying.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 15, 2015
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, stars n the world stage premiere of the musical…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 14, 2015
Tony nominee Stephen Fry will join Emma Bunton (a.k.a. Baby Spice of the Spice Girls) and "The Great British Bake Off" host Mel Giedroy in the upcoming special London performance o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PM[SHARE]The new U.K. revival of Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart's 1974 Broadway musical Mack & Mabel, starring Michael Ball and Rebeccca LaChance in the title roles, is considering a Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:09AM[SHARE]Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace, who have danced together for 20 years including stints on TV's "Strictly Come Dancing" and West End shows
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:03AM[SHARE]The original cast recording of the West End's Bend It Like Beckham is now available to buy on digital platforms, with a CD release to follow Sept. 11. Booking has also now been extended …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:51AM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for major new productions at London's Young Vic Theatre. These include John Heffernan and Anna Maxwell Martin starring in Macbeth in the title role and as Lady…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:43AM[SHARE]A cast of more than 60 performs a marathon reading of the complete "The Iliad" as part of the Almeida Theatre's Greeks Festival, beginning at the British Museum and culminating…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:22AM[SHARE]The West End opening of Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre, beginning performances Aug. 21, will mark the debut of the first paperless and mobile ticketing operation in London, offered via T…
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