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London Palladium: Twelve years on from when Cats completed a 21-year run at the New London Theatre, setting a record for the longest running West End musical up to then, it is now back for a…
Damian Lewis is to return to the West End to star in a new production of David Mamet's 1975 play American Buffalo that will begin performances at Wyndham's Theatre April 16, 2015, pr…
A (not so) little theatrical firestorm ignited this week when Janet Suzman declared, "Theatre is a white invention, a European invention, and white people go to it”. Suzman, a South Af…
There’s no let up in theatrical activity as we approach Christmas, with a series of repeats, reprises and returns around town, including the first London revival of Cats since the orig…
Nicole Scherzinger is making her West End stage debut as Grizabella in the return of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats, opening officially at the London Palladium Dec. 11 (following pre…
London's Olivier Awards are seeking members of the public to join their panel of professional and public judges for the 2016 Olivier Awards.
T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral, first performed in 1935, is to receive an 80th anniversary revival in a production that will play at London's Temple Church, beginning a run of …
If you were a guest in someone's house, you wouldn't just get up and leave without saying goodbye, or making extravagant excuses for your early exit. The rules of etiquette apply. If, on the…
Gods and Monsters, written and directed by Russell Labey, will begin performances Feb. 5, 2015, prior to an official opening Feb. 10 at London's Southwark Playhouse, for a run through Ma…
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield : There's no more joyous sound in musical theatre than that of laughter, and it comes in great tumultuous waves in Anything Goes. That's partly thanks t…
Theatre is an inherently social activity, and a place where we come together to share a communal experience. But it is not just the auditoria we share, but also the box offices where we coll…
The Play That Goes Wrong, a play featuring a cast of unknown actors that began its life on the London fringe in Dec. 2012 at Islington's Old Red Lion before transferring to the West End&…
James Dreyfus and Maureen Lipman are to star in a new production of the Broadway classic Harvey, beginning performances at Birmingham Repertory Theatre Feb. 6, 2015, for a run through Feb. 2…
Let It Be, which played a return summer season to the West End's Garrick Theatre earlier this year, is set to play there again, beginning performances Feb. 28, 2015 for a run through Sep…
A strange feeling of deja vu regularly hangs over Broadway. Of 36 shows currently playing there, no fewer than 15 are new productions of plays or musicals that have had previous runs on or O…
Nicole Scherzinger makes her West End stage debut as Grizabella in the return of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats, beginning performances Dec. 6 at the London Palladium prior to an off…
The London company of The Book of Mormon will see Nic Rouleau, Broadway's current Elder Price, and Brian Sears, currently Elder Cunningham standby on Broadway, take over those roles at t…
A new cast is to take over in the West End production of Shakespeare in Love, currently running at the Noel Coward Theatre. They will begin performances Jan. 12, 2015, with the production &a…
The Tony-nominated actress Harriet Walter will appear in the premiere of Clara Brennan's BOA, which will begin performances at London's 98-seater Trafalgar Studios 2 on Feb. …
In the theatre, as in life, it is always best to avoid jumping to conclusions before you see the evidence. It’s obviously all too easy to arrive at the theatre freighted with expectati…
Linda Gray makes her U.K. pantomime debut, playing the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at London's New Wimbledon Theatre, beginning Dec. 5 prior to an official opening Dec. 9, for a run th…
Performances begin Dec. 6 for London's first major revival of Cy Coleman, David Zippel and Larry Gelbart's 1990 Broadway musical City of Angels. Opening is scheduled for Dec. 16 for …
Curve, Leicester: How do you solve a problem like The Sound of Music? It has one of the most beloved scores in musical theatre history, globally popularised by the scenically enchanting film…
The West End production of Thriller Live, currently in its sixth year at the West End's Lyric Theatre, is to add new songs to its playlist, re-stage its opening and introduce new vid…
As we roll into December, it’s a big week for Christmas show openings, both in London and around the country. Treasure Island " Olivier, the National, London The National launches its …
