Connie Fisher to Star in New Production of Wonderful Town at U.K.'s Lowry, Salford in April by Mark Shenton

Connie Fisher will lead the cast of a new production of the Bernstein, Comden and Green classic Wonderful Town that sees three leading U.K. arts institutions uniting for the first time to pr…

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Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography Awarded to Simon Callow for "My Life in Pieces" by Mark Shenton

The annual Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography has been awarded to Simon Callow for his autobiographical memoir "My Life in Pieces."

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Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park Opens at West End's Wyndham's Theatre Feb. 8 by Mark Shenton

Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park, which has already won two major U.K. theatre prizes for Best New Play after its London premiere at the Royal Court last year, transfers to the West End's Wyndh…

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La Soirée to Play Christmas Season at London's Roundhouse by Mark Shenton

La Soirée, the cabaret, variety and circus entertainment formerly titled La Clique, which has previously played seasons at London's Hippodrome and Roundhouse, is to return to the latt…

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"Lost" Star Matthew Fox and Olivia Williams Are In a Forest, Dark and Deep, Opening March 14 in London by Mark Shenton

Matthew Fox, best known for his role as Dr. Jack Shephard in TV's "Lost," makes his U.K. stage debut opposite Olivia Williams in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's In a Forest, Dark and De…

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Mark Moraghan Joins London Company of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert by Mark Shenton

Mark Moraghan, best known for his TV role of Consultant Owen Davies in BBC1's hospital drama "Holby City," will join the West End cast of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Musical, to play …

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Legally Blonde, Into the Woods, Clybourne Park, After the Dance Among Olivier Award Winners in London by Mark Shenton

The West End production of Legally Blonde was named Best New Musical in this year's Laurence Olivier Awards, presented March 13 at the West End's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, with star Sherida…

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Shakespeare's Globe to Build Indoor Jacobean Theatre; Receives Gift From Publisher Sara Miller McCune by Mark Shenton

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London has received a major lead gift of £1 million from American international publisher Sara Miller McCune for its fundraising campaign to raise a tar…

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National Theatre Season to Feature Musical by Tori Amos and Return of Simon Russell Beale, Alex Jennings by Mark Shenton

National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner has announced plans for the theatre for 2011-12, including a new musical by Tori Amos, to open in the Cottesloe in April 2012 under the dir…

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Polly Penn and Laurence Klavan's Bed and Sofa to Play London's Finborough Theatre by Mark Shenton

Polly Penn and Laurence Klavan's 1996 Off-Broadway musical Bed and Sofa will receive its European premiere at London's Finborough Theatre, beginning performance March 29, prior to an officia…

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London's Cock Tavern Theatre to Mark Tennessee Williams' 100th Birthday With Premieres of Two Previously Unperformed Plays by Mark Shenton

A tiny fringe theatre in Kilburn, North London is to commemorate this year's Tennessee Williams centenary with the world premiere of two previously unperformed plays. The Cock Tavern Theatre…

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Playwright Mark Ravenhill To Direct Jazz Version of Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea; Rebecca Caine Stars by Mark Shenton

Mark Ravenhill, best known for his plays that include Shopping and Fucking and Mother Clap's Molly House, is to make his directing debut with a new jazz version of Monteverdi's 1640s opera T…

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London's Lost Musicals Season to Feature The Band Wagon, Coco and Mexican Hayride by Mark Shenton

London's annual Lost Musicals season - a pre-cursor to New York's Encores! -- which has been in existence for over 20 years now, will this year present semi-staged performances of The Band W…

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London's National Theatre Confirms Dates and Casting for Spring/Early Summer Repertoire by Mark Shenton

The National Theatre have announced dates and further casting for new productions that include The Cherry Orchard, Lodnon Road, One Man Two Guvnors, Emperor and Galilean and A Woman Killed w…

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Alfie Boe, Matt Lucas to Reprise Les Miz Performances in West End Cast; Hadley Fraser Will Be Javert by Mark Shenton

Alfie Boe and Matt Lucas, who made such a big impression starring as Jean Valjean and Thénardier, respectively, in the Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2 last Oc…

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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Mark Shenton

But perhaps Almodovar ultimately resists theatricalisation. A West End version of his 1999 film All About My Mother, at the Old Vic in 2007, similarly floundered as it sought a theatrical la…

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Josie Rourke Will Succeed Michael Grandage as Artistic Director of London's Donmar Warehouse by Mark Shenton

Josie Rourke, currently artistic director of London's Bush Theatre, will succeed Michael Grandage as artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse.

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Naked Boys Singing Will Return to London to Re-branded Charing Cross Theatre by Mark Shenton

Phil Willmott's production of the Off-Broadway revue Naked Boys Singing, originally seen at the King's Head Theatre and subsequently at the Arts, will return for a fourth London run, beginni…

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Stephen Sondheim to Be Honored With Olivier Special Award; Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton to Host by Mark Shenton

Stephen Sondheim will be the recipient of the Olivier Special Award at this year's Laurence Olivier Awards ceremony, to be held March 13 at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

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Trial by preview.... by Mark Shenton

A new musical, based on Pedro Almodovar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, started previewing last Friday on Broadway.

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The Children's Hour, with Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss, Begins West End Run Jan. 22 by Mark Shenton

Keira Knightley returns to the Comedy Theatre, where she made her West End debut in 2008 in The Misanthrope, to star opposite "Mad Men" star Elisabeth Moss in a new production of Lilian Hell…

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Matthew Kelly and Gerard Kearns to Star in Tim Firth's Sign of the Times in London by Mark Shenton

Matthew Kelly and Gerard Kearns will star in Sign of the Times, a new comedy by Tim Firth, who wrote the recent hit stage version of Calendar Girls based on his own screenplay. It will begin…

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Richard Grieve Joins London Company of Priscilla Queen of the Desert by Mark Shenton

Richard Grieve, best known for his TV role as Jonny Foster in ITV1's "Emmerdale," will take over as Tick in the original West End production of the Broadway-bound Priscilla Queen of the Dese…

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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Opens at London's Donmar Warehouse Feb. 21 by Mark Shenton

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which played at Broadway's Circle in the Square for over 1,100 performances from 2005 to 2008 and won the Tony Award for Rachel Sheinkin's book an…

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Is the West End price right for The Children’s Hour?…. by Mark Shenton

A new record was set last night for the regular “top” price for a play in the West End, with the opening of The Children’s Hour at the Comedy Theatre which has, at a stroke…

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