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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.

04 Jun
2020

Jason Robert Brown's ever-popular song cycle The Last Five Years gets a new 'virtual lockdown production' this month, starring Lauren Samuels and Danny Becker. Pre-sale begins today (4 June 2020), with tickets on general sale from midday tomorrow...

We were worried after Andrew Lloyd Webber signed off, but The Shows Must Go On free musical theatre lockdown viewing will continue on YouTube. Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music is next up. Watch the trailer, plus Lloyd Webber's reflection on the series, here...

18 May
2020

After ten weeks, 72 virtual shows and over £30,000 raised for musical theatre performers during lockdown, the hugely successful #LeaveALightOn online concert series will come to a close next Friday 26 May 2020 with Beverley Knight.

12 Oct
2019

Two of the theatres on my doorsteps in south London are Southwark Playhouse and the Union Theatre. So when I planned my visits to two musicals I've been working on Featured Show campaigns for StageFaves, I couldn't resist taking my theatre-loving, octogenarian neighbour Dudley as my plus-one. Two memorable nights out for me and Dudley!

09 Aug
2019

Why should you be getting excited about Tony Hawks' new musical Midlife Cowboy? Well, the show's cast, including Hawks, have leapt onto Twitter to answer exactly that question. Take a look at what they have to say, then book your tickets!

22 Apr
2019

"To find a production as good as this one with singer/actors of this calibre is a joy." Audiences and critics have taken to Twitter to praise the UK premiere of Queen of the Mist at Brockley's Jack Studio Theatre. Take a look at some of our favourite tweets, then book your tickets for the show that runs until 27 April 2019!

On Sunday, the 2019 Olivier Awards ceremony brought together the great and the good of the British Theatre world in one place. As usual, both the ceremony and the red carpet brought us ALL the feels, and some tweeters could only truly explain how they were feeling in gif form...

For our first-ever, out-of-town #FirstNightTakeover, Perry O'Bree jumped on a coach from London to Cirencester in the heart of the Cotswolds to help inaugurate the brand-new Barn Theatre on the opening night of its first offering, a 12-strong, actor-musician version of THE SECRET GARDEN. In addition to the cast, Perry caught a few other familiar West End #StageFaves making the trip, including Liam Tamne, Verity Rushworth and the theatre's own artistic director, former actor Iwan Lewis...

01 Mar
2018

There were backstage tidbits galore this February at HAMILTON and the official Twitter team were busy all month sharing cool content for fans to gobble up faster than a pack of valentines chocolates! There were boxes of wedding rings, unhappy Kings and...Spice Girl mannequins..?

21 Feb
2018

20 February 2018 marked the day Disney's THE LION KING celebrated the astonishing achievement of welcoming 15 million guests to the show. That's right...15 MILLION!!! To celebrate this awesome feat, they held a pop-up exhibition at London's Waterloo Station. We're sure it made the endless train delays that little bit more bearable!

17 Feb
2018

It's the middle of February and love is in the air! Wednesday was valentines day and thousands of lovebirds flew to theatres around the country to enjoy a musical together! There was also a lot of tweeting...like, a LOT a lot of tweeting...so we put together our top tweets from Valentines Day 2018. Some are funny, some are cool, some are...original, to say the least.

It was a great week for geeks as fantastic new musical EUGENIUS! had its gala night at The Other Palace! Come and find your inner superhero with our 10 top “Eunique” tweets! #GoEugenius!

07 Dec
2017

We just couldn't wait. We sent a little spy in the stalls for the first preview of the West End premiere of Broadway blockbuster HAMILTON. Catch up on his tweet thoughts and pics here. Have you got your tickets yet? How long do you have to wait?

04 Dec
2017

When we tweeted a quick pic of #StageFaves on the red carpet at last night's Evening Standard Awards, little did we expect to help break an international entertainment news story. But when Lin-Manuel Miranda retweeted it, showing he and his clearly heavily pregnant wife, that's just what happened...

08 Nov
2017

We LOVE #JerryAndKevin, the gay dads from SCHOOL OF ROCK who bring us hilarious (and gloriously tuneful) snippets of songs every week to brighten up our Twitter feed! We've rounded up some of the recent videos that made us giggle the most so that you can get in on the fun too!

This year, West End Bares raised a stonking £50,000 for the Make A Difference Trust, breaking last year's record! West End StageFaves were out in full force with celeb hosts like Graham Norton and Mark Gatiss and treated the audience to a night of dance, debauchery and spelbinding naughtiness. We've rounded up our favourite sexy snaps from "Ruby Strippers" along with a video of all the highlights...

27 Sep
2017

This month FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE jived into in London transforming the brand new purpose-built MARBLE ARCH THEATRE into a steamy 1940’s jazz joint. While the all-singing all-dancing Five Guys bring the soul back to London, we’re bringing you 10 top cast tweets! Come join the party…

26 Sep
2017

After a super succesful first #FavesWorkshop earlier in the year, we decided to treat another bunch of fab musical theatre performers to our special twitter workshop. The beautiful bunch of StageFaves learnt all about Twitter, from lists and moments to optimising their profiles and the tweets themselves! There was laughter, learning, banter, baked goods and...Belle, the cutest pupper in the world.

22 Aug
2017

It’s less than a month until HAMILTON rehearsals start and we can’t contain our excitement! Even better, there are so many other great #StageFaves shows to catch over the next few months as well. Take a sneak peek at what’s coming up with our top ten rehearsal tweets…

04 Aug
2017

Our #SummerMusicalMoment interview series continues with Joelle Dyson! We chatted to the DREAMGIRLS star about her summer work schedule (it's a busy one), her next big holiday (even though it's a while away!) and her dream summer escape...