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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Alan Finch To Join Cameron Mackintosh Ltd to Become Co-Managing Director in Fall 2016 by Mark Shenton

Alan Finch, who as previously announced is to step down from his current post as Executive Director at Chichester Festival Theatre after the 2016 season, is to join Cameron Mackintosh Ltd as…

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Cameron Mackintosh Buys Rights to a Massive Catalog of Broadway Musical Classics by Mark Shenton

Music Theatre International (MTI), already the largest company in its field of licensing performance rights to musicals in its extensive catalogue in America, has announced a big internation…

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Cameron Mackintosh Buys Rights to a Massive Catalog of Broadway Musical Classics, Expands Globally by Mark Shenton

Music Theatre International (MTI), already the largest company in its field of licensing performance rights to musicals in its extensive catalogue in America, has announced a big internation…

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Music Theatre International Expands Globally by Mark Shenton

Music Theatre International (MTI), already the largest company in its field of licensing performance rights to musicals in its extensive catalogue in America, has announced a big internation…

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Music Theatre International Makes Plans for Global Expansion, Bringing Broadway to Untapped Markets by Mark Shenton and Adam Hetrick

Music Theatre International (MTI), already the largest company in the field of licensing performance rights to musicals in its extensive catalogue in America, has announced a big internation…

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Mark Shenton: London's 20 best theatres in 2015, part 2 by Mark Shenton

Following on from the first part of my list of favourite London theatres, which counted down from 20 to 11, here’s my

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Gypsy, Starring Imelda Staunton as Rose, Opens in London Tonight by Mark Shenton

Chichester Festival Theatre's revival of the musical Gypsy transfers to the West End's Savoy Theatre, opening officially April 15 (following previews that began March 28). It is curr…

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

John Simm to Star in Three Days in the Country at National Theatre; Dates Announced for Other New Pr by Mark Shenton

Further details have been added to the previously announced slate of opening productions for the beginning of Rufus Norris's debut season at the helm of the National Theatre.

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Summer Strallen and Others Announced for Gershwin Musical A Damsel in Distress by Mark Shenton

Casting has been announced for Damsel in Distress, a stage version of the 1937 film of the same name with songs by Ira and George Gershwin that will begin performances at Chichester Festival…

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Donmar Warehouse Casts Its Vote, and Plans a Long-Term Play Project by Mark Shenton

The full cast has now been announced for the Donmar Warehouse's world premiere of James Graham's The Vote, described as a play for theatre and television, that will begin performance…

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Mark Shenton: London's 20 best theatres in 2015, part 1 by Mark Shenton

The Young Vic received a run of 11 nominations at this year’s Olivier Awards " the most for any single venue, with

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Monday, April 13, 2015

Mark Shenton: The Olivier Award for outstanding achievement in music needs a rethink by Mark Shenton

Last week, I tried to predict 14 of the major Olivier categories " and although I declined to make a firm choice

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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Angela Lansbury Wins First Olivier Award; Sunny Afternoon Named Best New Musical & Wins 3 More Award by Mark Shenton

Dame Angela Lansbury won her first-ever Olivier Award for her return to the London stage in Blithe Spirit after an absence of nearly 40 years when she starred in Blithe Spirit at the Wes…

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Jon Jon Briones: 'I didn't even know who Cameron Mackintosh was' by Mark Shenton

"I can write my life story with Miss Saigon as its foundation," says Jon Jon Briones, the 49-year-old actor for whom that

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Olivier Awards Presented Today! Broadway's Memphis and Beautiful Compete for Top Honors by Mark Shenton

The London imports of Broadway's Memphis The Musical and Beautiful - The Carole King Musical lead the nominations for this year's Olivier Awards, receiving nine and eight nods re…

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Olivier Awards To Be Presented Today! Broadway's Memphis and Beautiful Compete for Top Honors by Mark Shenton

The London imports of Broadway's Memphis The Musical and Beautiful - The Carole King Musical lead the nominations for this year's Olivier Awards, receiving nine and eight nods re…

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Saturday, April 11, 2015

West End Run of Made in Dagenham Ends Today at Adelphi Theatre by Mark Shenton

Made in Dagenham, an original musical version of the 2010 film of the same name that has been running at the West End's Adelphi Theatre since October prior to an official opening Nov. 5,…

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Last Chance Tonight To See 4 West End Hits by Mark Shenton

In addition to the early closure of Made in Dagenham, the West End will also see the scheduled departures April 11 of the transfers of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge from the You…

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Friday, April 10, 2015

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens to Be Revived for West End Charity Benefit on May 31 by Mark Shenton

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, a 1989 Off-Broadway AIDS-themed song cycle originally titled The Quilt, is to be revived at the West End's Criterion Theatre for a on…

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Mark Shenton: Where's the Olivier's excellence award? by Mark Shenton

This Sunday, Theatreland " or at least its most visible contributors " is being honoured in the Olivier Awards, the UK theatre

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Mark Shenton's theatre picks: April 9 by Mark Shenton

It’s the week of the Oliviers. I’ve had my say on the omissions and oversights in the nominations (as has Richard Jordan)

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Olivier Awards: our experts' predictions by Mark Shenton

Nobody will ever forget the time that Miss Saigon lost to Return to the Forbidden Planet for best new musical in 1989,

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Well-Liked Stratford Death of a Salesman Is Transferring to the West End by Mark Shenton

The Royal Shakespeare Company's current revival of Death of a Salesman, running at Stratford-upon-Avon's Royal Shakespeare Theatre through May 2, is to transfer directly to t…

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Mark Shenton: In Julie Wilson, we've lost another cabaret great by Mark Shenton

Cabaret, I sometimes feel, is the field that separates the truly great performers from the merely good ones. Anyone with some talent

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Full Casting Announced for London Premiere of Carrie by Mark Shenton

Full casting has been announced for the London premiere of Carrie, beginning performances May 1 prior to an official opening May 6 at Southwark Playhouse, for a run through May 30.

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Rebecca Gilman's Luna Gale to Receive U.K Premiere at London's Hampstead Theatre by Mark Shenton

Rebecca Gilman's play Luna Gale, which received its world prmiere at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in 2014 under the direction of Robert Falls, is to receive its UK premiere in a new pro…

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London's Park Theatre to Premiere Play About the Jimmy Savile Scandal by Mark Shenton

London's Park Theatre is to present the world premiere of An Audience with Jimmy Savile, the first play to examine the scandal of a popular U.K television personality who was discovered …

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Mark Shenton: Recognising the parts the Olivier Awards don't reach by Mark Shenton

In New York right now, they’re going into a pre-Tony Award frenzy: no fewer than 13 new shows are opening between April

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