Friday, June 17, 2011
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, his continuation of The Phantom of the Opera story, will shutter at the West End's Adelphi Theatre Aug. 27. It was previously booking through J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AM[SHARE]Sean Palmer and Clare Foster will play Bobby Child and Polly Baker, respectively, in a new London production of the Gershwin musical Crazy for You, beginning performances July 28 prior to an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:28AM[SHARE]Antony Sher will again star in Arthur Miller's Broken Glass at the Tricycle Theatre (he first performed there in 2010) for a run Aug. 10-Sept. 10, prior to transferring to the West End&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:10AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 16, 2011
Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer who shot to fame thanks to the youtube clip of her singing "I Dreamed a Dream" on the British TV talent show "Britain's Got Talent," …
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00PM[SHARE]A new production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Miles and Douglas Henshall, officially opens June 16 following previews that began May 27 for a run throu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AM[SHARE]While theatre is necessarily ephemeral, vanishing into the night the moment the curtain comes down, at least musicals can leave one part of themselves behind: the score can be released both …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AM[SHARE]Ellen Greene, the original stage and screen Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, will star in the new British comedy musical Betwixt!, beginning performances July 26 at the West End's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Amy Pemberton, Oliver Tompsett and Simon Lipkin will join the previously announced Justin Lee Collins and Shayne Ward to star in the London edition of Rock of Ages that begins performances A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:01PM[SHARE]Foxwoods Theatre, New York: "I'm a $65million circus tragedy," sings the Green Goblin in Spider-Man - Turn off the Dark, before correcting himself to say, "It's more…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AM[SHARE]Lend Me a Tenor The Musical, based on the hit Ken Ludwig stage comedy, officially opens at the West End's Gielgud Theatre June 15 following previews that began June 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 14, 2011
A few weeks ago Ken Davenport - industry insider blogger and Broadway producer whose next big show is a revival of Godspell heading to the Circle in the Square in October - wrote a fascinati…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AM[SHARE]Shrek the Musical, originally produced on Broadway in 2008 and now on a U.S. national tour, officially opens at the West End's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane June 14 following previews that b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 13, 2011
At last night's 65th Tony Awards celebrating the best of the year's theatre on Broadway - as well as some of its worst, with constant references to the problem-plagued Spider-man - Turn off …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 11, 2011
Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace, stars of BBC TV's "Strictly Come Dancing," will bring Midnight Tango to the West End's Aldwych Theatre, beginning performances Jan. 20, 20…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 9, 2011
Carley Stenson will take over as college sweetheart Elle Woods in the London edition of Legally Blonde the Musical, beginning performances July 11. Currently playing Margot in the show, Sten…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AM[SHARE]Supermodel Christie Brinkley, who is currently playing Roxie Hart in Broadway’s Chicago, will reprise the role in the West End edition, beginning performances July 11 for a four-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Parade, Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry’s 1998 musical, which won Tony Awards for score (Brown) and book (Uhry), will receive a London fringe revival at Southwark Playhouse’s …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PM[SHARE]Shayne Ward, winner of the U.K. edition of "The X Factor" in 2005 who has since sold over three million records, will star in the London premiere of Rock of Ages alongside the prev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PM[SHARE]Monday, June 6, 2011
Dominic West, best known for his starring role in the U.S. TV series "The Wire," plays the title role in a new production of Simon Gray's Butley that opens at the West End'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AM[SHARE]Legally Blonde the Musical, still playing at the West End's Savoy Theatre, is to head out on a concurrent U.K. tour, beginning performances at Liverpool's Empire Theatre July 8 for a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM[SHARE]The Ladykillers, a new stage version of the iconic 1955 Ealing film comedy that was subsequently remade by the Coen Brothers in 2004 in a version that starred Tom Hanks, is heading to the We…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AM[SHARE]David Grindley's Tony-winning production of RC Sherriff's World War I drama Journey's End is to return to the West End for a summer season, beginning performances at the Duke of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:36AM[SHARE]Friday, June 3, 2011
The National Theatre will host the premiere of new plays by Conor McPherson, Mike Leigh and Mike Bartlett as part of its summer and autumn season between July and November. Also planned are …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 2, 2011
British TV and radio personality Justin Lee Collins will star in the West End premiere of Rock of Ages, beginning performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre Aug. 31, prior to an official openin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:48AM[SHARE]Lend Me a Tenor The Musical, based on the hit Ken Ludwig stage comedy, begins performances at the West End's Gielgud Theatre June 2, prior to an official opening June 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist of My Fair Lady, will be honored with a memorial plaque at the east end of St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, close to the portico made famous as the place where…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:15AM[SHARE]Park Avenue Cat, a Los Angeles comedy by Frank Strausser, will receive its world premiere at London's Arts Theatre, beginning performances July 1 prior to an official opening July 7, for…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:02AM[SHARE]London's Hampstead Theatre will transfer Belongings, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's first full-length play, from its Michael Frayn Space at Hampstead Downstairs to the West End's T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:52AM[SHARE]The Landor Theatre, a pub venue in South London's Clapham, is mounting consecutive new productions of three Broadway classics for the summer and autumn season: Rodgers and Hammerstein…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:41AM[SHARE]My guest last night as part of the These Are A Few of My Favourite Songs season that I'm hosting this week at Jermyn Street Theatre this week was Bill Kenwright " probably the most prolific …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]"Dr. Who" TV star David Tennant and Catherine Tate open June 1 in a new West End production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, following previews that began May 16, for a…
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