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Bat Boy: The Musical, seen Off-Broadway in 2001 and subsequently at the West End's Shaftesbury Theatre in 2004, is receiving its first London revival, officially opening at Southwark…
The Railway Children, a Laurence Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of E. Nesbit's novel of the same name that previously played at Waterloo Station for two seasons, has returned…
Playhouse Theatre, London: When this musical version of the Almodovar classic first premiered on Broadway in 2010 for a short-lived run of less than three months under the auspices of Lincol…
It’s nearly the middle of January already, so it’s just as well that it’s too late to start making some new year resolutions. Whereas some people might commit to seeing mor…
Beyond Bollywood is to receive its U.K. premiere at the London Palladium, beginning performances May 8 prior to an official opening May 11, for a run of 60 performances only that is booking …
I've just returned to London from a month in New York, but already I can’t wait to go back. This is shaping up to be one of the most interesting seasons for new shows in…
The West End premiere of a revised version of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane's 2010 Broadway musical version of the 1988 film of the same name b…
Casting has been announced for the West End 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 to …
Critics are routinely accused of closing shows, but an overwhelmingly negative response from them usually only confirms the truth: that a show is not very good. But is the opposite true " ca…
Bat Boy: The Musical, seen Off-Broadway in 2001 and subsequently at the West End's Shaftesbury Theatre in 2004, is receiving its first London revival, beginning performances Jan. 9 p…
I recently provided my London theatre picks for 2015, which also included some of the shows that London is sending Broadway this year, including The Audience (soon also to be reprised in the…
Broadway keeps breaking its own records. According to the Broadway League (the US equivalent to the Society of London Theatre), 2014 exceeded the previous year in both revenue and attendance…
Full casting has been announced for the world premiere of Zinnie Harris' How to Hold Your Breath, beginning performances Feb. 4 prior to an official opening Feb. 10 at London…
Full casting has been announced for the world premiere of Zinnie Harris' Hold Your Breath, beginning performances Feb. 4 prior to an official opening Feb. 10 at London's Roy…
Two-time Tony winner Jonathan Pryce is to star as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice that opens the 2015 season at Shakespeare's Globe, beginning performances April 23 prior to an off…
Last weekend alone seven shows closed on Broadway:Â as playbill.com’s editor-in-chief Adam Hetrick wrote last week, “January turnover on Broadway is common, with producers cutt…
Cats has extended its season at the London Palladium and is now booking through April 25, with Kerry Ellis joining the company Feb. 9 to take over as Grizabella from Nicole Scherzinger. It w…
So that was 2014 " we’ve drawn up our various lists of the best of last year and The Stage 100 of the most influential people in theatreland, but now it is time to look…
An autumn rich in musicals in the West End may yet bring better ones, but it'll be difficult to find a more eye-poppingly lavish show anywhere than Wicked. And a musical about the castings o…
Straight after coming home from seeing War Horse, the now annual National Theatre production based on a children's book and designed for family audiences, I went online to book tickets to se…
The first half, alas, passes by in a lot of sluggish exposition and character development as we are introduced to the pirate band, before the second half takes more imaginative flight when t…
All the hits are here -- Man in the Mirror, Billie Jean, Bad, Don't Stop Till You Get Enough, Can You Feel It etc -- and more (yes, Heal the World is in there, too).
Edward Hall's production has more room to breathe on the West End stage, with the action spilling happily beyond it into the stalls via a ramp that bisects the front rows. There is also some…
Jerry Herman's 1979 Broadway flop The Grand Tour receives its European premiere, beginning performances Jan. 1, 2015, at London's Finborough Theatre prior to an official opening Jan.…
Jerry Herman's 1979 Broadway musical The Grand Tour receives its European premiere, beginning performances Jan. 1, 2015, at London's Finborough Theatre prior to an official opening J…
