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Julie Atherton is to star as Janet in Shock Treatment, the stage version of Richard O'Brien's film sequel to The Rocky Horror Show, beginning performances at London's King's …
A series of concert performances of the classic 1966 Broadway musical Sweet Charity will bed presented at London's Cadogan Hall near Sloane Square in Chelsea, beginning performances Aug.…
Veteran actor John McEnery, who was part of the original RSC cast of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby that transferred to Broadway in 1981, is to play the title role of King Lear…
IÂ love going back to see things I’ve seen (and enjoyed) before: there’s obviously a risk that it won’t live up to
Admit it. You, too, have dreamt of what you might do if you won the lottery. You might even have made some
Duncan James, a pop star who is part of the multi-million selling band Blue and has previously starred in the West End as Warner Huntington III in Legally Blonde, is to lead the cast of …
Hetty Feather, nominated for an Olivier Award this year in the Best Entertainment and Family category, is scheduled to return to the West End for a summer season, beginning performances Aug.…
Hetty Feather, the play that was nominated for an Olivier Award last week in the Best Entertainment and Family category, is scheduled to return to the West End for a summer season, beginning…
Love Me Tender a re-titled version of the 2005 Broadway musical All Shook Up that was inspired by and features the music of Elvis Presley, is to receive its British premiere in a product…
Love Me Tender a re-titled version of the 2005 Broadway musical All Shook Up that was inspired by and features the music of Elvis Presley, is to receive its British premiere in a product…
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Something funny has happened on the way to the forum: we’ve lately lost no fewer than four of our leading men of
A video clip has been made available from the world premiere of Bend It Like Beckham, a new British musical version of the 2002 film of the same name that begins performances May 15 prior t…
Closer to Heaven, the 2001 musical that featured an original club score by the Pet Shop Boys and a book by playwright Jonathan Harvey, is to receive its first London revival. It will begin p…
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At a conference last week, jointly organised by Musical Theatre Matters and Mercury Musical Development, director Rupert Goold was on the opening
Rebecca LaChance, who recently made her Broadway debut in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical as a featured ensemble member while understudying Jessie Mueller in the title role, is to play Ma…
Jonathan Groff, who is currently appearing at New York's Public Theatre in Hamilton, has been announced to star as J. Pierrepont Finch in the previously announced London concert staging …
Lenny Henry is to host this year's Olivier Awards, which are being held April 12 at London's Royal Opera House.
There are many different kinds of flops, but in the commercial theatre, at least, there’s only one true definition of what constitutes
London's Almeida Theatre is planning to stage a season of ancient Greek plays from May to November, with new versions of Oresteia, Bakkai and Medea that will variously feature Lia Wiliam…
Regional theatre demonstrates its muscle several times over this week, with shows first seen regionally coming to London. Theatres across the UK
"Ugly Betty" star Michael Urie, who played Marc St. James in the recent ABC series, is to reprise his award-winning Off-Broadway performance in Jonathan Tolins' Buyer a…
The 40th boy to play the title role of Billy Elliot in the West End joins the company March 11 at London's Victoria Palace Theatre, ahead of the show marking its 10th anniversary in Lond…
The New York red carpet has been rolled out not once but twice over the last few days for visiting British theatrical
