Thursday, January 24, 2013
We Will Rock You, which continues in its 10th year at the West End's Dominion Theatre, is to launch a 10th anniversary arena tour, that will launch in Finland Feb. 26, then play dates in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:28PM[SHARE]Oscar winner Kevin Spacey, who has been artistic director of London's Old Vic since 2003, has revealed his plans to step down from the venue in 2015, but is seeking to put in place a &po…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PM[SHARE]Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth is to embark on a short U.K. tour in March, kicking off at the West End's London Coliseum (usually the home of the English National Opera) March 11, then vi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:28AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Iain Glen is to join the previously announced Tamsin Greig and John Sessions to star in William Boyd's debut play Longing, based on two short stories by Anton Chekhov, that begins perfor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:51AM[SHARE]David Tennant will return to the Royal Shakespeare Company, of which he is now also a board member, to play the title role in Richard II in October 2013, as part of the inaugural season unde…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:37AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Lyric Hammersmith, London: Franz Kafka's dark, disturbing novella, first published in 1915, has regularly provided fertile ground for theatrical adapters, among them Steven Berkoff, wit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AM[SHARE]Friday, January 18, 2013
Jule Styne and EY Harburg's 1968 Broadway flop Darling of the Day is to receive its U.K. premiere at London's Union Theatre, beginning performances March 20 prior to an official open…
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Caissie Levy, who previously appeared in the West End in Hair (transferred from Broadway) and the original London production of Ghost (that she subsequently reprised on Broadway), is …
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Alan Bennett's Untold Stories, currently running at the National Theatre with Alex Jennings playing the playwright and author, is to transfer to the West End's Duchess Theatre, begin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:55AM[SHARE]The Supreme Fabulettes, an all-male female close harmony vocal group, will play a West End season of eight performances at London's Leicester Square Theatre, beginning Feb. 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:10AM[SHARE]Monday, January 14, 2013
Samantha Womack and her actor husband Mark Womack will appear onstage together for the first time in the world premiere of Scot Williams' Hope at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AM[SHARE]Wicked will receive its Irish premiere at Dublin's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, beginning performances Nov. 27 for an eight-week run through Jan. 18, 2014.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AM[SHARE]London's Menier Chocolate Factory will revive David Auburn's Proof, beginning performances March 13 prior to an official opening March 20 for a run through April 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:14AM[SHARE]Friday, January 11, 2013
The full cast has been announced for the world premiere of John Logan's Peter and Alice, beginning performances March 9 prior to an official opening March 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AM[SHARE]Broadway's Christopher Fitzgerald is to play the title role in a new U.K. production of Barnum, Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble's 1980 Broadway musical based on the life…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:55AM[SHARE]Full casting has been announced for a new production of Rodney Ackland's Before the Party that begins performances at London's Almeida Theatre March 21, prior to an official opening …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:34AM[SHARE]Further casting has been announced for the West End world premiere of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which begins performances May 18 prior to an official opening June 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 10, 2013
Leslie Jordan, who previously brought his one-man show Leslie Jordan - My Trip Down the Pink Carpet to the West End's Apollo Theatre, is returning to London with his follow-up show Fruit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AM[SHARE]A new version of Chess, the West End and Broadway musical featuring music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Tim Rice, is to receive its world stage premiere at London&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM[SHARE]Lorna Luft will reprise her solo autobiographical show, Songs My Mother Taught Me, at London's Crazy Coqs cabaret room at the new Brasserie Zedel restaurant, off Piccadilly, beginni…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:56AM[SHARE]Lionel Bart's Quasimodo is to finally receive its world premiere at London's King's Head, 50 years after it was written. Robert Chevara will direct the production, which wil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:18AM[SHARE]The full cast has been announced for the new U.K. tour of Cole Porter's High Society, beginning performances Jan. 24 at Venue Cymru, Llandudno.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:43AM[SHARE]A concert revival of Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's 1991 Broadway musical The Secret Garden will be staged at the King's Head, beginning performances Feb. 10 prior to an official ope…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33AM[SHARE]Monday, January 7, 2013
New casting for the West End's Top Hat will see Broadway's Kristen Beth Williams and the West End's Alex Gaumond and Clive Hayward join the previously announced Gavin Lee in prin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AM[SHARE]The recent West End production of Neil Simon's 1972 vaudeville comedy The Sunshine Boys, starring Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths, will not arrive on Broadway this season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:15AM[SHARE]Tamsin Greig and John Sessions will star in William Boyd's debut play Longing, based on two short stories by Anton Chekhov, that begins performances Feb 28, prior to an official opening …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:06AM[SHARE]Friday, January 4, 2013
The full cast has been announced for the new production of A Chorus Line that begins performances at the London Palladium Feb. 5 prior to an official opening Feb. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:18AM[SHARE]The full cast has been announced for Jamie Lloyd's new West End production of Macbeth, which will inaugurate the Trafalgar Transformed season of work by the director in the reconfi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:10AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 3, 2013
The world stage premiere of Chariots of Fire, adapted for the stage by Mike Bartlett from Colin Welland's Oscar-winning screenplay to the 1981 Enigma Productions film of the same name, i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 30, 2012
The greatest and most widely seen show of the year was, of course, the Olympics Opening Ceremony, directed by Danny Boyle. It was run a close second " on a far smaller budget " by...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 29, 2012
Amongst those being honored in the 2013 Queen's New Year Honors List, published today, are actors Adrian Lester and Ewan McGregor, choreographer Arlene Phillips and critic Michael Billin…
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