Review: The Children’s Hour by Mark Shenton

This is commercial theatre not just at its most pricey but also best.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Tom Conti to Star in London Premiere of Smash! at the Menier Chocolate Factory by Mark Shenton

Smash!, the late Jack Rosenthal's autobiographical play based on his experiences in turning his hit TV play "Bar Mitzvah Boy" into a stage musical, will receive its London premiere at the Me…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Kissing Dance to Receive Professional Premiere at London's Jermyn Street by Mark Shenton

The Kissing Dance, Howard Goodall and Charles Hart's musical adaptation of Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer that was originally written for and premiered by the National Youth Music …

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

West End's Dirty Dancing to Shutter at Aldwych Theatre Prior to National Tour by Mark Shenton

Dirty Dancing, the West End stage version of the classic 1987 film of the same name, has announced that it will shutter at the Aldwych Theatre July 9, prior to embarking on a previously anno…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Dominic West to Star in New West End Production of Simon Gray's Butley, Opening in June by Mark Shenton

Dominic West, last seen on the London stage in Life is a Dream at the Donmar Warehouse but best known for his starring role in the U.S. TV series "The Wire," will play the title role in a n…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

West End's Starry Children's Hour Loses a Performance, But Adds a Week to Run by Mark Shenton

The new West End production of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour, which opened officially at the Comedy Theatre Feb. 9, lost a performance Feb. 14, owing to "essential building repairs" …

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Olivier Winner David Bedella to Play Billy Flynn in West End's Chicago by Mark Shenton

David Bedella, who won the 2004 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for originating the roles of Warm up Man and Satan in Jerry Springer - the Opera and subsequently reprised that perf…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Mark Shenton: Distilling 150 years of musical theatre by Mark Shenton

To coincide with The Stage’s musical theatre issue (out on May 28), I am compiling a personal guide to my 50 favourite

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Big Interview: Jason Robert Brown by Mark Shenton

Jason Robert Brown has won the Tony award for best original score for two of the four musicals he has so far

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:00am on May 24, 2015☆⚑

Diary of a theatre addict: Is it all work and no play(s) in South Africa? by Mark Shenton

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SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:07am on May 24, 2015☆⚑

George Stiles and Anthony Drewe's The 3 Little Pigs to Play West End's Palace by Mark Shenton

George Stiles and Anthony Drewe's The 3 Little Pigs, a musical twist on the classic fairytale, will play daytime performances at the West End's Palace Theatre, beginning daytime Aug.…

SOURCE: Playbill at 6:53am on May 22, 2015☆⚑

Mark Shenton: Are all producers mavericks and psychopaths? by Mark Shenton

Lots of people call themselves producers nowadays. There were so many names above the title for the original Broadway incarnation of Dirty

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on May 22, 2015☆⚑

Mark Shenton's theatre picks: May 21 by Mark Shenton

Shakespeare’s Globe starts the British summer unnaturally early in April nowadays (and keeps it going unnaturally late to October), but really it

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on May 21, 2015☆⚑

Simon Russell Beale Begins Performances in World Premiere of Temple at London's Donwar Warehouse Ton by Mark Shenton

Simon Russell Beale begins performances in the world premiere of Steve Waters' Temple at London's Donmar Warehouse May 21 prior to an offiical opening May 27, for a run through July …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on May 21, 2015☆⚑

Michael Ball To Lead Cast of U.K. Mack & Mabel by Mark Shenton

Full casting has been announced for the summer production of Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart's 1974 Broadway musical Mack & Mabel at Chichester Festival Theatre. It is scheduled…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:52am on May 20, 2015☆⚑

What's Hot in London: Jonathan Groff Revisits High School, Bradley's Back Onstage and More by Mark Shenton

The biggest news of the last week was behind-the-scenes, where Rufus Norris — new artistic director of the National Theatre — announced a major shake-up to th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00am on May 19, 2015☆⚑

Mark Shenton: How long should a new show go into previews for? by Mark Shenton

Opera still does things the old fashioned way: the first night is the first night. But in the West End, where that

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on May 19, 2015☆⚑

Bradley Cooper Makes West End Debut in The Elephant Man Tonight by Mark Shenton

Bradley Cooper is making his West End debut in the title role of Bernard Pomerance's The Elephant Man, which he recently appeared in at Broadway's Booth Theatre, at London's Thea…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on May 19, 2015☆⚑

High-Fashion Alexander McQueen Drama, Featuring "Glee" Star Diana Agron, Hits London by Mark Shenton

James Phillips' McQueen, starring Stephen Wight in the title role of Lee McQueen and "Glee" star Dianna Agron as Dahlia, opens at the St James Theatre May 19, followin…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on May 19, 2015☆⚑

Jonathan Groff: 'We have a very different attitude to ambition' by Mark Shenton

Exactly half his lifetime ago, Jonathan Groff first played J Pierrepont Finch, the lead character in the musical How to Succeed in Business

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:00am on May 18, 2015☆⚑

Mark Shenton: Who's the busiest person in Theatreland? by Mark Shenton

I know there are those of us who like to be in perpetual motion " we need to keep running, for fear

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on May 18, 2015☆⚑

Diary of a theatre addict: Another 10-show week by Mark Shenton

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SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 3:57am on May 17, 2015☆⚑

Lee Hall Adapting Alan Warner's "The Sopranos" for the Stage by Mark Shenton

Lee Hall, the Tony-winning writer of the book of the musical Billy Elliot, which has just celebrated its 10th anniversary in the West End, is to adapt Alan Warner's cult novel "…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04am on May 15, 2015☆⚑

Simon Russell Beale and Roger Allam to Star in New Plays at London's Hampstead Theatre by Mark Shenton

Hampstead Theatre has announced the premieres of two plays: Simon Russell Beale is to star as Georgian celebrity Samuel Foote in Ian Kelly's Mr Foote's Other Leg and Roger Allam is t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00am on May 15, 2015☆⚑

Rufus Norris Appoints Deputy Artistic Director and Creates New Work Department by Mark Shenton

Rufus Norris, artistic director of the National Theatre, has appointed Ben Power as deputy artistic director, and also announced the creation of a New Work department that will be headed up …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56am on May 15, 2015☆⚑