Blog / West End Calling
Check here for the latest musical news with links to all your #StageFaves performers, shows and theatres. Also look out for our regular #GetSocial features and contributions from our syndicate media partners including MyTheatreMates.com and the Musical Theatre Appreciation Society.
2017
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child announced a new cast yesterday, and #StageFave Thomas Aldridge makes the switch from musicals to plays to take over the role of Ron Weasley from the current Ron, Paul Thornley. Currently in Les Miserables, Thomas will start in the JK Rowling uber-hit at the Palace Theatre on 24 May 2017...
2017
Following a sell-out run at Waterloo East Theatre and rave reviews at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe, Liam O'Rafferty's debut musical PAPER HEARTS transfers to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this spring, before embarking on a tour to Germany in the summer. And we now have the full list of cast and creatives confirmed....
2017
The team behind JUDY!, formerly known as Through the Mill, have confirmed full casting for the show's West End premiere. It's a great reunion for the #StageFaves joining the show's three Judy Garlands at the Arts Theatre...
2017
The team behind JUDY!, formerly known as Through the Mill, have confirmed full casting for the show's West End premiere. It's a great reunion for the #StageFaves joining the show's three Judy Garlands at the Arts Theatre...
2017
The Olivier Awards are going primetime on ITV this year. And that's in addition to other coverage on radio and social media on the night. Which #StageFaves performances are you most looking forward to as part of the show?
As ALADDIN approaches its first birthday in the West End, producers have announced a new leading man, Matthew Croke, who graduates from Wicked ensemble to title role. Jade Ewen and Trevor Dion Nicholas continue, while Nick Cavaliere joins the cast and others step up into new roles...
2017
Today (27 March 2017) was #WorldTheatreDay! Let's shout out for theatre everywhere and for everyone who makes it happen! Here’s our guide to celebrating #WorldTheatreDay and a look at what our #StageFaves were up to in 12 tweets, including an apt goodbye to the boys from (New) Jersey…
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
Don't Stop Till You Get Enough... That's clearly the motto of the producers of THRILLER LIVE, which is getting thrillingly close to become the West End's ninth longest-running show (mark your diaries for 26 March). The latest booking extension means Michael Jackson fans can see the again and again well into 2018. Are you moonwalking on air?
The full cast for the West End run of THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS is announced today. And its stars - Gary Wilmot, Denise Welch, Simon Lipkin and Craig Mather, joining the previously announced Rufus Hound and Neil McDermott - gathered at the London Palladium for a very swish photoshoot (nice ones, Darren Bell!)...
2017
Here’s what London is crying out for: an escape to Paris, the Hollywood Golden Age version. It’s a slew of five-star reviews today for AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, which officially opened last night at the West End's Dominion Theatre after runs in New York and, appropriately, Paris...
2017
#StageFaves Liam Doyle and Laura Tebbutt star in the premiere of AFTER YOU, the first new musical to be staged - and specially written for - renowned London cabaret venue, Live at Zedel at Crazy Coqs, which has a limited run in April...
2017
Our #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O'Bree attending the West End premiere (on 20 March 2017) of the lavish screen-to-stage musical spectacular AN AMERICAN IN PARIS at the Dominion Theatre. Was it 'S Wonderful?
2017
Tonight's the night: opening night for the Broadway transfer of sumptuous screen-to-stage musical AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, that is. Get an eyeful for just how stunning Christopher Wheeldon's reinvention of the Oscar-winning film is with this new production footage just released of the new London production. And check out the gallery on the show's #StageFaves page for newly released production photography too!
2017
The sun is in the sky and it’s officially spring! Yesterday was the Spring Equinox and now we can look forward to the days getting longer and the weather getting better (hopefully!). We took a look at how some of our #StageFaves bid goodbye to winter…
2017
The sun is in the sky and it’s officially spring! Yesterday was the Spring Equinox and now we can look forward to the days getting longer and the weather getting better (hopefully!). We took a look at how some of our #StageFaves bid goodbye to winter…
If the mere mention of A Slice of Saturday Night has you humming the title song and yearning for the Club-a-Go-Go (it does us), pay attention: the writers of that hit musical are back with a brand-new musical comedy which takes aim at evangelical television. We love it already! The title from the blasphemers? HOLY CRAP, of course...
2017
Gareth Gates and Maureen Nolan will reprise their performances in FOOTLOOSE when it returns to London in September as part of its latest UK-wide tour. They'll be joined by a cast of #StageFaves, including Joshua Dowen in the lead as Ren McCormack, the role of the city kid who's just gotta dance, immortalised in the 1984 film by Kevin Bacon. And you can #GetSocial for all of them here...
2017
As AN AMERICAN IN PARIS prepares for its West End premiere tomorrow night (20 March 2017), we take a look at some of the Americans in London who are proving a hit with #StageFaves musical fans. And several of them have connections beyond their country of birth... Who have you seen onstage? Who are we missing to shout about?
2017
As AN AMERICAN IN PARIS prepares for its West End premiere tomorrow night (20 March 2017), we take a look at some of the Americans in London who are proving a hit with #StageFaves musical fans. And several of them have connections beyond their country of birth... Who have you seen onstage? Who are we missing to shout about?