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We'll be singing the "Lullaby of Broadway" at the top of our voices in the West End next year when this big-budget blockbuster revival of comedy classic 42nd STREET, directed by the show's author, hits the 2,100-seat Theatre Royal Drury Lane...
There are a few reunions to look out for in the cast of Robert J Sherman's BUMBLESCRATCH, premiering at the West End's Adelphi Theatre on Sunday 4 September. Elf's mother and son are back together, and Michael Xavier is joined by two other Sunset Boulevard alumni. Any others you can spot?...
Charlotte Wakefield will join the cast of the UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from October 2016. Wakefield will be playing the role of Truly Scrumptious in the much-loved Sherman Brothers musical, following in the footsteps of fellow #StageFaves including Emma Williams and Carrie Hope Fletcher...
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...
Show Boat won't be the only Broadway classic shuttering in the West End this month. Chichester Festival transfer GUYS AND DOLLS has posted closing notices at the Phoenix Theatre for 21 August 2016, at the end of Hollywood's Rebel Wilson acclaimed stint as Miss Adelaide...
Singer and actress Sarah Harding will make her stage debut this autumn in Bill Kenwright’s new production of GHOST THE MUSICAL on tour, starring opposite Andy Moss...
He broke records as the longest-running West End star as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys. Now Ryan Molloy helps premiere a new British rock musicals about stars whose careers are cut short... at the age of 27. Cassie Compton, Greg Oliver and Jack Donnelly join him in 27, directed by Arlene Phillips at the Cockpit Theatre in September...
2016
Our #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O'Bree attending the world premiere of EXPOSURE THE MUSICAL - Life Through a Lens at the St James Theatre. This new photo-mad musical, supported by Getty Images, is written by Mike Dyer with a cast including Michael Greco, Natalie Anderson, Niamh Perry and, in the starring role as a young photographer on a dangerous commission to shoot the seven deadly sins, David Albury...
2016
The stars of 38 shows across Theatreland - including 20 #StageFaves musicals - joined in the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's campaign to declare to the world that #LondonIsOpen - to business, to creativity, to talent, following last month's EU Referendum. See all the musical cast photos here...
2016
From love rat to plague rat? One of London's original musical theatre geezers, Darren Day, returns to the West End stage to star alongside #StageFaves stalwarts Michael Xavier and Jessica Martin in the concert premiere of Robert J Sherman's BUMBLESCRATCH at the Adelphi Theatre for one night only. Watch as Darren Day gets to grip with the material in his first day of rehearsals at the piano...
2016
We'd heard rumours for months but now it's official: David Bowie's musical LAZARUS, based on his final album Blackstar, will receive its posthumous London premiere this autumn. It transfers to London, following its sell-out Off-Broadway success, bringing along for the ride its American stars including Michael C Hall (a.k.a TV's favourite serial killer Dexter)...
2016
It's time for another #StageFaves takeover! After his success at West End Live, we sent Perry O'Bree to the opening night of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre for the first in our new series of First Night Takeovers...
Casting for the new production of Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s musical Children of Eden has been confirmed...
RADIO TIMES - which was due to follow the critically acclaimed Titanic as the second offering in director Thom Southerland and producer Danielle Tarento’s season of musicals at Charing Cross Theatre – has been postponed...
2016
While The Secret Garden took home the trophy, the sheer scale of the Titanic's cruiseliner cake astounded all at WEST END BAKE OFF this weekend. Here the cast shares its recipe for (near) success, inspired by lyrics from the show....
The world premiere production of Crime and Punishment: A Rock Musical will run at The Scoop in London from 31 August until 25 September 2016...
2016
The #StageFaves team had a blast at WEST END BAKE OFF on Saturday. Not only did we gorge ourselves on myriad sweet treats, we also won an Olivier Award for best-ever musical theatre social media directory and got to see the incomparable Christopher Biggins in full-on auction action. And we captured both incidents via Facebook Live. Watch here...
2016
The team from the upcoming West End production of The Secret Garden won the second annual WEST END BAKE OFF on Saturday 16 July 2016, with a blooming marvellous cake. More than £4,500 was raised for Acting for Others...
2016
If you haven't yet seen Thom Southerland's production of Broadway musical TITANIC, you'll definitely want to after watching this video footage of the stunning #StageFaves cast in action at the Charing Cross Theatre. The limited season has just extended by one extra week to 13 August 2016...
The original West End production, care of the Royal Shakespeare Company, may have been relatively short-lived (four months in 1991) but its cast included Frances Ruffelle and Ruthie Henshall. Twenty-five years, who will star when CHILDREN OF EDEN, is reclaimed as the second production in the new Union Theatre? Let us know your casting suggestions....