Tuesday, April 10, 2012
A new production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night opens officially at the West End's Apollo Theatre April 10 following previews that began April 2, and a pri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 8, 2012
Australian-born Tim Rogers, who has appeared in the West End in the lead role of the Man in the return of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind, is to star in the title roles of He…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:09AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 7, 2012
The West End run of Legally Blonde the Musical shutters April 7 at the Savoy Theatre after a run of over three years.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 6, 2012
Sheridan Smith has withdrawn from Bridget Jones' Diary, a new West End-bound tuner based on the film of the same name, that was due to open at the Savoy Theatre early in the fall, with a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:18AM[SHARE]It's an interesting fact that Andrew Lloyd Webber got a Broadway production before he ever got a West End one for one of his earliest shows Jesus Christ Superstar, and he does now also hold …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 5, 2012
Tonight's return of Evita to Broadway means that once again Lloyd Webber has three shows running concurrently here, along with the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar that opened a couple of w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 4, 2012
In New York, the musical has long been king. But given just how many of them are routinely playing, there's a lot of competition for audiences and a show usually needs to have an extra newsw…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play, Tony-nominated for Best Play in 2010 for its Broadway run under the auspices of Lincoln Center Theater, is to receive its U.K. premier…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AM[SHARE]Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play, Tony-nominated for Best Play in 2010 for its Broadway run under the auspices of Lincoln Center Theater, is to receive its U.K. premier…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AM[SHARE]Hampstead's tiny New End Theatre may be no more " but a show born there over a decade ago opened on Broadway last night, with even the same star on board (though a new title). It's been an a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AM[SHARE]Monday, April 2, 2012
The cast has been announced for the world stage premiere of Chariots of Fire, adapted for the stage by Mike Bartlett from Colin Welland's Oscar-winning screenplay for the 1981 Enigma Pro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PM[SHARE]The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation will award a grant of £125,000, to be paid over the next five years, to help launch the Theatres Protection Fund of the U.K.'s Theatres Trust.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:22AM[SHARE]Broadway, even more than the West End, is driven by star power " and no wonder. The costs of producing here so high that you need to build in some kind of guarantee to attract audiences, and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AM[SHARE]Friday, March 30, 2012
The cast has been announced for the West End revival of Laura Wade's Posh, originally produced by the Royal Court Theatre, which begins performances at the Duke of York's Theatre May…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:24AM[SHARE]Let It Be, a theatrical concert showcasing the songs of The Beatles, is to begin performances at the West End's Prince of Wales Theatre Sept. 14, prior to an official opening Sept. 24, f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AM[SHARE]Is there a more green place than Broadway when it comes to recycling, repacking and re-using old materials? I arrived in New York last night for my regular spring catch-up on the new season …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 29, 2012
London's National Theatre has confirmed its spring and summer schedule, which will include Simon Russell Beale starring in the title role of Timon of Athens; Rory Kinnear, Helen McCrory …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AM[SHARE]Yet again the rules around first nights are breaking down irretrievably. On Tuesday, the new musical I Dreamed a Dream opened officially at Newcastle Theatre Royal, having begun previews jus…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:43AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Potted Potter, the unauthorized London theatre production based on the popular "Harry Potter" literary series, may cast its spell Off-Broadway, according to the New York Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PM[SHARE]Theatre Royal Brighton Productions, a new production company based at the eponymous seaside theatre on Britain's south coast, will launch with a new production of Arthur Wing Pinero'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:58AM[SHARE]London's Menier Chocolate Factory has announced its forthcoming slate of three productions to run May 2012-February 2013, which will include new productions of Harvey Fierstein's Tor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:41AM[SHARE]Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne: On the famous 2009 audition clip from Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle says she'd like to be as successful as Elaine Paige.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AM[SHARE]The West End production of Matilda the Musical will lose two of its current quartet of young actresses sharing the title role, for which they have been jointly nominated for this …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:17AM[SHARE]In the famous clip from Britain's Got Talent that heralded the arrival in the world of Susan Boyle " or at least what turned into a global recognition of her arrival, after 47 years languish…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:56AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 27, 2012
London's Almeida Theatre has announced the full cast for the world premiere of Matthew Dunster's Children's Children, which begins performances May 17 prior to an official openin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:38AM[SHARE]9 to 5: The Musical, the 2009 Broadway musical version of the 1980 film of the same name, is to receive its U.K. stage premiere, beginning a run at Manchester's Opera House Oct. 12 for a…
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It was nearly 15 years ago that I first saw The Lion King on a Broadway stage, during previews for the show at the New Amsterdam Theatre. And as a giant elephant and rhino paraded dow…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]The King's Speech, originally written as a play before it was adapted as the Oscar-winning 2010 feature film, opens officially at the West End's Wyndham's Theatre March 27 (follo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]I Dreamed a Dream, a new musical that charts the true life story of U.K. reality TV star and international Youtube sensation Susan Boyle, opens officially at Newcastle's Theatre Royal Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, March 26, 2012
This summer's Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park productions of Ragtime and A Midsummer Night's Dream will both feature companies of 26 actors, 20 of whom will appear in both shows.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33AM[SHARE]There's a lot of talk about the ever-approaching spectre of the Olympics, and whether or not audiences will actually materialise for the theatre as well as the sports events that will satura…
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