Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's 1955 Broadway musical Pipe Dream, based on John Steinbeck's novels "Cannery Row" and "Sweet Thursday," is to receive its L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Crucible Studio, Sheffield: This Christmas, Daniel Evans, artistic director at Sheffield Theatres, will direct Lionel Bart's legendary 1960 British musical Oliver! on the main house Cru…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AM[SHARE]The world premiere of a new musical version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, featuring a score by Tony Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, take…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 24, 2013
The West End revival of A Chorus Line, currently running at the London Palladium, is to shutter Aug. 31 after a six month run. It was originally booking through Jan. 2 2014.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:54AM[SHARE]Friday, June 21, 2013
Top Hat, the three-time Olivier Award-winning stage version of the 1935 film of the same name, is to shutter at the West End's Aldwych Theatre Oct. 26, with plans for an extensive U.K. t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:31AM[SHARE]Minerva Theatre, Chichester: Sometimes a poster image says it all: David Cameron and Nick Clegg stand waving at the door to Number 10, with thought bubbles coming from their heads that conta…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 20, 2013
Propeller, the U.K.'s international touring all-male Shakespeare theatre company led by artistic director Edward Hall, is to revive its productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream&nbs…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AM[SHARE]The 2014 Laurence Olivier Awards will be held for the third consecutive year at Covent Garden's Royal Opera House, with a date set for April 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's Miss Saigon, which premiered at the West End's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1989, will return to the West End in May 2014 to mark its 25th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00PM[SHARE]Stage Door, a new digital radio station for fans of musical theatre, will be launched in the U.K., with presenters that will include such West End stars as Ramin Karimloo, Louise Dearman, Ke…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:21AM[SHARE]Noel Coward Theatre, London: In Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets, which became a long-running West End hit in 2000, a small rural Irish town is thrown into the spotlight as the locati…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 18, 2013
London's Lyric Theatre has announced its new season that will run from Sept. 6 under the umbrella title Secret Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:19AM[SHARE]London's Southwark Playhouse will offer the U.K. premiere of Beau Willimon's 2008 play Farragut North, beginning performances Sept. 11 prior to an official opening Sept. 13, for a ru…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:11AM[SHARE]London's Gate Theatre will present a season of three award-winning plays from the U.S. under the umbrella title These American Lives, comprising George Brant's Grounded, Ethan Lipton…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:07AM[SHARE]The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation has announced another round of funding to support projects that provide young people with opportunities to engage in the arts. New recipients include the R…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:47AM[SHARE]Michael Grandage's new West End production of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, starring Daniel Radcliffe in the title role, opens June 18 at the West End's Noel Coward…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 16, 2013
Patti LuPone, two-time Tony Award-winning star for the original Broadway production of Evita and the 2008 revival of Gypsy, returns to London June 16, beginning a seven-performance run at Le…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 15, 2013
The Queen's Birthday Honors, published June 15 "to recognise the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK," include a knighthood to theatre producer and o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:08AM[SHARE]Friday, June 14, 2013
British soul singer Beverley Knight and stage and television actor Tristan Gemmill will take over the principal roles of Rachel Marron and Rachel's bodyguard Frank Farmer, respectively, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AM[SHARE]Lucy Kirkwood's Chimerica, currently running at London's Almeida Theatre through July 6, will transfer to the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre, beginning performances Aug. 6 prio…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AM[SHARE]The Golden Voice, a new British musical by singer-songwriter Nick Fogarty that was due to begin performances June 12 prior to an official opening June 19 at the Arts Theatre, has delayed its…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:42AM[SHARE]The West End production of Jersey Boys, which recently celebrated its fifth London birthday at the Prince Edward Theatre — where it opened March 26, 2008 — will transfer to the P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:31AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 13, 2013
Further plans for July to November at the U.K.'s National Theatre include a new production of Marlowe's Edward II, beginning performances Aug. 28 in the Olivier Theatre, prior to an …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AM[SHARE]The U.K.'s National Theatre has announced dates, cast and the full creative team for the world premiere of The Light Princess, a new musical with music and lyrics by Tori Amos and book a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AM[SHARE]Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen's 2004 musical [title of show], which was produced on Broadway in 2008, will receive its U.K. premiere at London's Landor Theatre, beginning performances A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM[SHARE]Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen's 2004 musical [title of show], which was produced on Broadway in 2008, will receive its U.K. premiere at London's Landor Theatre, beginning performances A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM[SHARE]The Old Vic, London: "Well, I may have done better, but God knows I've done worse," comments the Princess Kosmonopolis as she surveys the much younger, smoothly bare-chested m…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AM[SHARE]As he swaps James Bond for Roald Dahl, directing the West End's biggest new musical of the year, Sam Mendes talks exclusively to Mark Shenton about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Full casting has been announced for the European premiere of a new chamber version of Maury Yeston and Peter Stone's Titanic, beginning performances July 26 prior to an official opening …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:51AM[SHARE]Olivier, National Theatre, London: This poignant and powerful 1954 play speaks to us as if it belongs to today, for the struggles it portrays - of idealism, seeking refuge in religion, loss …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AM[SHARE]Sam Mendes has admitted that while he was “interested”, he has not applied to succeed Nicholas Hytner as artistic director of the National Theatre. Mendes is to return to the Nat…
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