853 stories by "Matt Trueman"
Knocked Up producer says he is 'excited to write something with a social conscience' and believes theatre is arena to do it inBridesmaids and Anchorman producer Judd Apatow is writing his fi…
Composer to team up with Sunset Boulevard's Don Black and Christopher Hampton on new musical about 60s sex scandalAndrew Lloyd Webber has revealed that he will collaborate with Don Black and…
Award-winning director of Black Watch and musical Once leaves to focus on freelance projectsThe director behind the National Theatre of Scotland's biggest hit, Black Watch, has announced tha…
Four productions, including the Broadway transfer of One Man, Two Guvnors, recognised in influential yearly reviewAt the end of a year in which Brits walked away with several Tony awards, in…
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical opened at New York's Majestic theatre in January 1988, two years after West End debutThe Phantom of the Opera will become the first show to celebrate its 25th a…
Playwright Nick Payne discusses the themes running through his work with Matt Trueman
Transformers actor to play troubled brother who abducts a mobster in next year's staging of OrphansShia LaBeouf is preparing to make his debut on Broadway.The Transformers star will appear o…
Producer Cameron Mackintosh says that he intends to restage megahit Vietnam war musical 'as soon as I can find a theatre'It has been 25 years since Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil…
Comedian claims to be 'workshopping' stage show poking fun at long-running TV singing contest " starting with Simon Cowell's trousersIt's time to face the musical. Or at least it will be in …
New musical shares lead position with three others in a public vote that drew more than 50,000 submissionsWithin a week of its official opening, the new West End musical The Bodyguard lea…
David Mamet's latest play " and Broadway debut for Debra Winger " announces closure just a day after opening to bad reviews"Always be closing" is the great motto for the salesmen in David Ma…
Pair who combined for Driving Miss Daisy to appear as Shakespeare's sparring sweethearts, directed by Mark RylanceAt the age of 75, Vanessa Redgrave might have thought she'd missed her chanc…
He may have 'a big love' for the UK, but designer Valentino Garavani thinks we need to dress more smartly at the theatreTheatre may have embraced fashion in recent years, with Hugo Boss team…
Award-winning musical about 2006 serial killings in Ipswich to receive production by Canadian Stage Company in 2014Ipswich might be a long way from Ontario, but the distance will shrink in j…
The Sam Wanamaker Theatre, a new indoor Jacobean theatre, will stage plays illuminated by candles in keeping with 17th-century practice, when it opens in London in January 2014"How far that …
Director and team behind Olympic opening ceremony scoop prize, Nick Payne becomes youngest ever playwright to take the award for best play, and Hattie Morahan triumphs over Cate BlanchettThe…
The three-storey building, part of the city's thriving Latin Quarter in the 1920s, is to be restored as an art galleryA century-old cabaret theatre has been discovered in Berlin, under 30 to…
Play to receive a 'dynamic, modern adaptation' when Rupert Goold's theatre troupe take it on tour next yearRupert Goold's Headlong theatre will produce a new version of The Seagull next year…
R&B singer-songwriter plans stage version of successful 'hip-hopera' about one-night stand gone surreally awryDefecating midgets are hardly a Broadway staple, but R&B star R Kelly has raised…
Rocky: Das Musical, produced by Sylvester Stallone and the Klitschko brothers, opens to enthusiastic notices in GermanyRocky: Das Musical, the stage adaptation of the much-loved Sylvester St…
Sadler's Wells theatre steps up security ahead of performances by Israeli dance troupeSadler's Wells has increased security in advance of pro-Palestinian protests planned to coincide with th…
The Last Goodbye, a retelling of Romeo and Juliet directed by Alex Timbers, will feature several of songwriter's worksHallelujah indeed: a Jeff Buckley musical is in development, with a seri…
The Last Goodbye, a retelling of Romeo and Juliet directed by Alex Timbers, will feature several of songwriter's works Continue reading...
The London venue will be relocating to a new site with greater capacity during the redevelopment of its current home at London BridgeBig-hitting London Fringe venue the Southwark Playhouse h…
Posh Spice harboured ambitions to star in West End musicals, according to Viva Forever producer Judy CraymerVictoria Beckham once harboured ambitions of becoming a musical theatre actor, acc…
