Michael Ball may be going green in the West End. The Daily Mail reports that Ball is in early talks to take on the title role in Shrek the Musical, which is expected to take the London stage in 2011.
Shrek the Musical made its debut on Broadway in December 2008, starring Brian d'Arcy James and Sutton Foster as ...
Dance show Tap Dogs will return to London this summer, beginning a limited engagement at the Novello Theatre on June 15. The show, created and choreographed by Olivier Award winner Dein Perry with direction by Nigel Triffitt, will play for 12 weeks through September 5, 2010.
A London favorite during its original run in 1995 and again during a return ...
A musical based on the popular 1983 movie Flashdance has set dates for a West End run. Flashdance The Musical, directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Arlene Phillips, will begin preview’s at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre on September 23 and open on October 14, 2010.
The new tuner features music by Robbie Roth and lyrics by Roth and ...
Fela!, the Broadway musical about Afrobeat music star Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, is heading to London. The show will play at the National Theater later this year, according to The New York Times, with current stars Sahr Ngaujah and Kevin Mambo set to reprise their roles as the title character.
In Fela!, which is directed and choreographed by Tony winner Bill T ...
The West End production of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts will close early, ending its run at the Duchess Theatre on March 27, 2010. The classic drama, directed by and starring Iain Glen (The Blue Room), was originally set to run through May 15.
Ibsen’s 1881 play is considered one of the scribe’s greatest works. The story follows the ...
Two productions of the West End's longest-running musical, Les Miserables, will play London simultaneously to help celebrate the show's 25th anniversary. A new production, backed by Cameron Mackintosh, will play the Barbican Theatre (where the original Trevor Nunn-directed Les Miz debuted in 1985) beginning September 14 and playing through October 2. Meanwhile, the enduring West End production will ...
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Wet Weather Cover, the debut play by British stage actor Oliver Cotton, is set to make its London debut. Michael Brandon, Steve Furst and Pepe Balderrama are set to star in the comedy, directed by Kate Fahy. It begins previews at the Arts Theatre on April 6, 2010.
In Wet Weather Cover, Brad and Stuart are two actors from different ...
The West End production of Billy Elliot will celebrate its fifth birthday on March 31. Just prior to the celebration, the production will also welcome its 22nd title star, Rhys Yeomans, who begins performances on March 24.
To celebrate the landmark birthday, the March 31 performance will end with a special finale, featuring 19 former past, present and future Billy ...
The full cast has been announced for the West End premiere of the hit Australian production of Holding the Man, Tommy Murphy’s adaptation of Timothy Conigrave’s bestselling memoir. Jane Turner, Simon Burke, Oliver Farnsworth and Anna Skellerwill join original Australian cast members Guy Edmonds and Matt Zeremes. The production begins performances at Trafalgar Studios on April 23, directed ...
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Sierra Boggess is the latest leading lady to enter the Andrew Lloyd Webber pantheon. She is starring as Christine Daae in Love Never Dies, the composer’s long-awaited follow-up to The Phantom of the Opera. A Colorado-born New York resident, Boggess, 27, was cast in the new musical while still appearing on Broadway as Ariel in The Little Mermaid. Her ...
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