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Friday, May 22, 2015

George Stiles and Anthony Drewe's The 3 Little Pigs to Play West End's Palace by Mark Shenton

George Stiles and Anthony Drewe's The 3 Little Pigs, a musical twist on the classic fairytale, will play daytime performances at the West End's Palace Theatre, beginning daytime Aug.…

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Mark Shenton: Are all producers mavericks and psychopaths? by Mark Shenton

Lots of people call themselves producers nowadays. There were so many names above the title for the original Broadway incarnation of Dirty

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Mark Shenton's theatre picks: May 21 by Mark Shenton

Shakespeare’s Globe starts the British summer unnaturally early in April nowadays (and keeps it going unnaturally late to October), but really it

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Simon Russell Beale Begins Performances in World Premiere of Temple at London's Donwar Warehouse Ton by Mark Shenton

Simon Russell Beale begins performances in the world premiere of Steve Waters' Temple at London's Donmar Warehouse May 21 prior to an offiical opening May 27, for a run through July …

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Michael Ball To Lead Cast of U.K. Mack & Mabel by Mark Shenton

Full casting has been announced for the summer production of Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart's 1974 Broadway musical Mack & Mabel at Chichester Festival Theatre. It is scheduled…

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

What's Hot in London: Jonathan Groff Revisits High School, Bradley's Back Onstage and More by Mark Shenton

The biggest news of the last week was behind-the-scenes, where Rufus Norris — new artistic director of the National Theatre — announced a major shake-up to th…

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Mark Shenton: How long should a new show go into previews for? by Mark Shenton

Opera still does things the old fashioned way: the first night is the first night. But in the West End, where that

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Bradley Cooper Makes West End Debut in The Elephant Man Tonight by Mark Shenton

Bradley Cooper is making his West End debut in the title role of Bernard Pomerance's The Elephant Man, which he recently appeared in at Broadway's Booth Theatre, at London's Thea…

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High-Fashion Alexander McQueen Drama, Featuring "Glee" Star Diana Agron, Hits London by Mark Shenton

James Phillips' McQueen, starring Stephen Wight in the title role of Lee McQueen and "Glee" star Dianna Agron as Dahlia, opens at the St James Theatre May 19, followin…

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Monday, May 18, 2015

Jonathan Groff: 'We have a very different attitude to ambition' by Mark Shenton

Exactly half his lifetime ago, Jonathan Groff first played J Pierrepont Finch, the lead character in the musical How to Succeed in Business

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Mark Shenton: Who's the busiest person in Theatreland? by Mark Shenton

I know there are those of us who like to be in perpetual motion " we need to keep running, for fear

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Sunday, May 17, 2015
Friday, May 15, 2015

Lee Hall Adapting Alan Warner's "The Sopranos" for the Stage by Mark Shenton

Lee Hall, the Tony-winning writer of the book of the musical Billy Elliot, which has just celebrated its 10th anniversary in the West End, is to adapt Alan Warner's cult novel "…

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Simon Russell Beale and Roger Allam to Star in New Plays at London's Hampstead Theatre by Mark Shenton

Hampstead Theatre has announced the premieres of two plays: Simon Russell Beale is to star as Georgian celebrity Samuel Foote in Ian Kelly's Mr Foote's Other Leg and Roger Allam is t…

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Rufus Norris Appoints Deputy Artistic Director and Creates New Work Department by Mark Shenton

Rufus Norris, artistic director of the National Theatre, has appointed Ben Power as deputy artistic director, and also announced the creation of a New Work department that will be headed up …

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"X Factor" Winner to Join West End Company of Memphis by Mark Shenton

Matt Cardle, winner of the seventh series of the U.K.'s "The X Factor" in 2010, is to join the West End company of Memphis the Musical, beginning performances July 6 at the Sha…

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Motown the Musical Sets West End Dates and Theatre by Mark Shenton

Motown the Musical, the hit Broadway jukebox musical based on the legendary Motown catalogue that features a book by Motown founder Berry Gordy, has found its West End home and set dates. It…

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Mark Shenton: Further proof that you can't confine actors to musicals (or plays) by Mark Shenton

Just the other day I was trumpeting the spectacular crossover made from plays to musicals by Jamie Parker, and no sooner had

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Mark Shenton's theatre picks: May 14 by Mark Shenton

Broadway composing giants Cole Porter, Frank Loesser and Jerry Herman are all being celebrated in shows big and small this week, among

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New Production of High Society Opens at London's Old Vic Tonight by Mark Shenton

A new production of High Society, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Arthur Kopt based on the 1956 film of the same name, opens at London's Old Vic Theatre May 14, follow…

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Mark Shenton: To sleep, perchance to dream… in your theatre seat by Mark Shenton

There’s a priceless moment in Peter Morgan’s The Audience " an entirely imagined recreation of the weekly meetings between the Queen and

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RSC's Production of Death of a Salesman Transfers to the West End, Opening Tonight by Mark Shenton

The Royal Shakespeare Company's revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, which ran at Stratford-upon-Avon's Royal Shakespeare Theatre through May 2, is transferrin…

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Mark Shenton: Where are the musical theatre stars of tomorrow coming from? The answer may surprise you by Mark Shenton

Not since Another Country in the early 1980s " which launched actors as diverse as Kenneth Branagh, Rupert Everett, Daniel Day-Lewis, Colin

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Elaine Paige's 50th Anniversary Concert Screened in U.S. Cinemas, Starting Tonight by Andrew Gans and Mark Shenton

Elaine Paige's sell-out 50th anniversary farewell concert I'm Still Here, which was filmed in October 2014 at the Royal Albert Hall, makes its U.S. debut beginning May 12.

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Monday, May 11, 2015

What's Hot in London: Billy Elliot Turns 10, Carrie Revival Gets Love from Critics and More by Mark Shenton

 Britain elected a new government last week — or at least it re-elected David Cameron as Prime Minister, but gave him a clear majority this time so he was no longer in…

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Casting Announced for Premiere of Wonder.land; Musical Will Play Manchester, London and Paris by Mark Shenton

Casting has been announced for the world-premiere run of Damon Albarn's new musical wonder.land, beginning performances June 29 prior to an official opening July 2 at Manchester'…

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Grand Hotel to Be Revived in August by Mark Shenton

Grand Hotel — the 1989 Tony-winning musical that has a book by Luther Davis based on Vicki Baum's novel of the same name, music and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wrig…

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Miss Saigon Star Among New Cast Members of London's Les Miz by Mark Shenton

Beginning June 15, a new line-up of principals and ensemble members will join some existing cast for the West End production of Les Misérables, now in its 30th year at the Que…

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Mark Shenton: New British musicals need to be nurtured to compete with American imports by Mark Shenton

This week previews begin in the West End for Bend It Like Beckham, a rare sighting of an all-new British-written musical with

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Hay Fever, Starring Felicity Kendal, Opens Tonight in London by Mark Shenton

A new production of Nöel Coward's Hay Fever, starring stage and TV veteran Felicity Kendal as Judith Bliss, matriarch of a highly theatrical family, opens at the West End's …

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Sunday, May 10, 2015

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