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2017
James Corden's "Crosswalk Musical" segment continues with a British classic...MARY POPPINS and this one actually took place in London. James was joined by Sir Ben Kingsley for this hilarious segment which takes famous musical theatre shows and condenses them into sections that last the time it takes to cross a road...
2017
The fourth instalment of James Corden's "Crosswalk Musical" segment is a tale as old as time...yup, it's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! This time, stars of the new film Josh Gad, Dan Stevens and Luke Evans joined the "Crosswalk Musical" cast to take tis famous musical theatre show and condense it into sections that last the time it takes to cross an American road. There were dodgeballs (why!?), trust exercises and a LOT of traffic...
The third instalment of James Corden's "Crosswalk Musical" segment is another long-running West End classic THE LION KING. "Crosswalk Musicals" take a famous musical theatre show and condense it into sections that last the time it takes to cross an American road. This time, James brought movie stars Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen along for the ride and we think it might be the funniest one yet...
He already brought us GREASE but now it's time for a West End staple. As part of his "Crosswalk Musicals" segment, James Corden takes a classic show and condenses it into sections that last the time it takes to cross an American road. His second foray into this hilarious Musical style is the Andrew Lloyd Webber fave PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Get ready to laugh, cry and gasp...in 30 second segments...
2017
James Corden may be a big American TV host these days but his heart still clearly beats in time with the musicals of the West End. On and off for the last two years, James has created a series of Crosswalk Musicals, taking a classic show and condensing it into sections that last the time it takes to cross an American road. He started this series back in 2015 with the all-time classic, GREASE...
Musical Theatre Review's Angela Thomas helps Joe McElderry announce his new studio album and UK wide concert tour, including some #StageFaves special guest appearances!
Paul Taylor-Mills will join Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group as advisory producer. Whilst continuing to work independently on his own productions, Paul will also begin working on selected Really Useful Group titles, and supporting the programming and incubation of new work at the St James Theatre.
The world premiere of Exposure The Musical – Life Through A Lens will run at London’s St James Theatre, for a limited season, from 16 July until 27 August 2016, with press night on Thursday 28 July 2016. The book for this new musical was written by Mike Dyer, with Quentin Russell as script consultant and dramaturgy by Phil Willmott, who is also directing this World Premiere.