There's been a lot of gleeful analysis over the last couple of days of news that the latest shows by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice are to close early due to poor ticket sales.
Marti Webb makes an emotional return in one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s greatest works. Thirty-four years ago, a young fresh-faced woman took to the London stage to perform ‘The Girl’ in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s…
On Sunday night, the stars of London’s West End donned their glad rags for the annual WhatsOnStage awards at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
It's all change at Jersey Boys as the long running West End and Broadway juke box musical that showcases the music of Frankie Valley and the Four Seasons moves from the Prince Edward Theatre to the Piccadilly Theatre up…
It's been anounced that Bill Nighy is returning to the West End and the role of Tom Sergeant in David Hare's three hander, Skylight, at The Wyndham's Theatre from June 6th.
The smash-hit Broadway musical Kinky Boots looks like it will definitely be transferring to the West End stage next year.
It has been announced that Tom Bateman and Lucy Briggs-Owen will be stepping into the lead roles of Will and Viola for the upcoming West End play version of Shakespeare in Love.
Alex Jennings is set to star as Willy Wonka in the acclaimed West End production of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in May.
Award-winning actor Martyn Ellis is set to join the London cast of Wicked from 17 February 2014. Ellis will play the role of ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ as he takes over from Sam Kelly who has withdrawn from the…
It’s just been announced that Jeremy Herrin’s production of ANOTHER COUNTRY will play at the Trafalgar Studios from March 26th – June 21st.
Natascha McElhone leads the cast in the world stage premiere of Trevor Nunn’s production of Fatal Attraction, due to open at the Theare Royal Haymarket on 25 March 2014.
Has the curse of The Shaftesbury Theatre struck again? The rather majestic theatre at the unfashionable Covent Garden end of Shaftesbury Avenue has a long inglorious history of musicals not quite running as long as the…
It has been announced that the final unknown casting choice for Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Miss Saigon due to open at the Prince Edward Theatre on the 3 May 2014 is none other than Korean mega-star Kwang-Ho…
Cameron Mackintosh, widely considered to be the most successful theatrical producer of all-time, has become the first British producer ever to be inducted into Broadway’s prestigious Theatre Hall of Fame at a ceremony…
The thriller returns to the West End with a BANG! in Stranger on a Train at the Gielgud Theatre. Once upon a time, theatrical thrillers were everywhere you looked in London’s West End, but in recent years they have…
How exciting, a big, new, stage musical of BACK TO THE FUTURE has been announced. No news of a theatre yet but when that movie’s iconic Delorean car does find somewhere to park in West End it'll join a whole plethora of…
With Christmas a dim memory and the New Year well underway, London’s theatreland is looking forward to spring. The area’s many fine theatres are packed to the rafters as usual, and the people who buy theatre tickets…
If you collect experiences of seeing big stars, live in theatre you’ll be as delighted as I am at the prospect of catching Dame Angela Lansbury (satr of TV’s Murder She Wrote, classic Hollywood and vintage Broadway) as…
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