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After acclaim last year at Manchester's mighty Hope Mill Theatre, RAGS The Musical has transferred to the Park Theatre. It's a Broadway musical with a long, chequered history and is premiering here in a newly reworked version with a lot of input from Broadway legend Stephen Schwartz. Watch the full post-show discussion with cast and Aria Entertainment producer Katy Lipson.
Fresh from its success at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre, Joseph Stein, Stephen Schwartz and Charles Strouse’s heart-warming and powerful show RAGS The Musical will transfer to London’s Park Theatre from 9 January to 8 February 2020, with Carolyn Maitland, Dave Willetts and Sam Attwater leading the cast as Rebecca, Avram and Bronfman respectively.
2019
Following its UK premiere at Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre this year, Stephen Schwartz’s RAGS The Musical transfers to London's Park Theatre from 9 January to 8 February 2020, with a press night on 14 January. The season includes an exclusive "Evening with Stephen Schwartz" on 12 January.
2018
The UK premiere of ROTHSCHILD & SONS, with music by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, is now in its final week at London's Park Theatre. We caught up with Broadway's Glory Crampton, reprising her role from the show's New York run, and West End favourite Gary Trainor, who play mother and son in the show...
StageFaves founder Terri Paddock this week hosted a post-show Q&A with legendary Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick and the stars of the UK premiere of Rothschild & Sons at the Park Theatre. Listen to the full podcast from an insightful and heartfelt discussion here...
How many Broadway musical writing legends have you met? Add another to your list this month. Join #StageFaves founder Terri Paddock for an exclusive post-show Q&A with Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me) and the company for the European premiere of his show ROTHSCHILD & SONS at the Park Theatre on 30 January 2018...
The UK premiere of ROTHSCHILD AND SONS opens next year at the Park Theatre and if the cast are anything to go by, it's going to be one hell of a show! Stars of the original New York production Robert Cuccioli and Glory Crampton are heading across the pond and will be joined by our favourite West End rocker Gary Trainor this coming January...
2017
The Park Theatre kicks off 2018 with a bang as it announces the UK Premiere of ROTHSCHILD & SONS, charting the Rothschild family’s rise from poverty to a global banking dynasty with new, never-before-heard songs. With the writing team behind FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, it's sure to be a must-see show and joins a particularly interesting line-up of plays...
2017
Jonathan Larson is most famous for writing the groundbreaking 90's musical RENT, but diehard fans will know his autobiographical monologue TICK, TICK...BOOM! which was posthumously turned into a 3-hander and is playing at the Park Theatre this month. Bronagh Lagan, the show's director, shared some thoughts on the show and the company behind this production.
Chris Jenkins returns to the Park Theatre to star as Jon in a new production of the late Jonathan Larson's semi-autobiographical breakthrough musical TICK, TICK... BOOM! Full #StageFaves casting now announced for the three-hander running this May...
2017
To celebrate HAMILTON public booking opening today we've got the the third and final part of our countdown of great new musicals coming to London in 2017! Make 2017 your #YearofTheatre...
2016
Following Rent's revival at the St James Theatre this year, next year we'll get a second dose of Jonathan Larson with Aria Entertainment's revival of his early autobiographical piece, first staged after his death, TICK TICK BOOM!, which runs at the Park Theatre in May...
Stage Traffic Productions in association with the Park Theatre will present the world premiere of the new musical This Little Life Of Mine for a limited season, running 4 to 29 October 2016. The full cast is now announced...
In its new season - which includes high-profile plays and big-name casting including Mark Gatiss and Hollywood's Anne Archer - Off-West End powerhouse the Park Theatre, in Finsbury Park, north London, has announced two new musical premieres, which follow hot on the heels of next month's premiere of Dougal Irvine's The Buskers Opera at the same address.
The producers of The Buskers Opera, a brand new musical by Dougal Irvine and Park Theatre have announced final casting and the first-ever ‘relaxed’ performance at Park Theatre, to take place on Thursday 2 June 2016, and have launched a new crowdfunding scheme to deliver this and charity ticketing.
This time last week I was coming down from the buzz of BEAM:2016. Today, as I was re-reading my notes and other people’s write-ups for this blog, I received news on casting for The Toxic Avenger, starring Mark Anderson (who I saw performing at Beam) and produced by Aria Entertainment’s Katy Lipson (one of the producers who had their portfolios showcased at Beam). So that seems pretty apt.