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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.
2016
What a night for Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. He snapped pics with Joan Collins and Elizabeth Hurley and got to celebrate three times over for a clean sweep of musical gongs for revivals of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and SUNSET BOULEVARD. See pics of all the stars plus Amber Riley, giving it some on behalf of Dreamgirls...
2016
Glenn Close, Tyrone Huntley and Jesus Christ Superstars were the musical winners at the 2016 Evening Standard Theatre Awards, announced tonight at the Old Vic Theatre, where guests also got a sneak-peek of Amber Riley's forthcoming Dreamgirls performance. Watch video highlights...
First performances are always a special occasion, especially when there's a Lord in attendance. Dawn Bush from our friends at the Musical Theatre Appreciation Society was at the very first preview of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical School of Rock and reports back. Can you guess how many standing ovations it got...?
Has theatre etiquette has taken a dramatic turn for the worse? Our friends at the Musical Theatre Appreciation Society have been sharing their experiences with misbehaved theatre audiences and also offering us their magic five top tips for ways to behave once the curtain has risen. Willy Mukendi-Wood reports...
The joys of musical theatre and other art forms are important for the nation's emotional as well as its economic heath. So, for goodness' sake, Prime Minister, keep hands off the arts budget, demands Willy Mukendi-Wood, care of our friends at the Musical Theatre Appreciation Society...
You don't have to tell us here at #StageFaves what an absolutely amazing job understudies do. They're as big as the stars they cover, as far as we're concerned. So we wholeheartedly second the case that Dries Janssens makes here, care of our friends at the Musical Theatre Appreciation Society...
2016
Can you believe it? Tonight (Tuesday 27 September 2016), WICKED marks ten thrillifying years in the West End! The team behind the show have been painting the town green this week, and we're feeling pretty green with envy that we aren't lucky enough to be in tonight's swankified audience to wildly applaud this achievement. But in the spirit of #Wicked10, we are delighted to share these 10 milestone facts about the show with you. Do be sure to check out WICKED's #StageFaves page too. For tonight's gala, in addition to the show's official Twitter feed, we're pulling in all of your fan tweets on the #Wicked10 hashtag for posterity - and later this week, we'll be awarding #StageFaves prizes to our Top 10 #Wicked10 fan tweets!
#Wicked10 was an extraordinary West End occasion. This British cast should be recorded for posterity. Who agrees? Dries Janssens, from our friends at the Musical Theatre Appreciation Society, explains why...
2016
What a way to add some glamour to a Bank Holiday weekend. Summer at the Musicals brought the season to a near-close at the Phoenix Artists Club with 15 dazzling divas belting out songs from a diverse range of shows including Funny Girl, Avenue Q, Flower Drum Song, A Chorus Line and many more. #StageFaves, as media partner for the annual concert, was proud to be there with our photographer...
2016
Our #StageFaves get around. They're not just in London, there's a whole world out there and with summer holiday season upon us, Twitter's been playing host to some terrific shots of some of our favourite performers making waves around the world...
2016
Have you been cheering on Team GB? Quite right. But we reckon the cast and crew of THE LION KING could teach some would-be Olympians a thing or two about athletic prowess - and we're not just talking about former All Black international Nicholas Afoa, currently playing Simba. In an incredible new series of videos, Team Lion King give audiences a glimpse into the rigorous regimes they undergo in order to keep themselves in tip-top shape for the show.
Faves founder Terri Paddock chaired a Q&A with #StageFaves Landi Oshinowo, Nicolas Colicos and Rosanna Hyland after yesterday's matinee performance of I'M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD at Jermyn Street Theatre. Catch up on podcast, photos and video here...
2016
On the 4th of July, we're exploring #StageFaves' American connections: six musicals and six performers born in the US and onstage soon in London. How many more can you name?
2016
We're scanning Twitter every day to see which #StageFaves performers are sparkling with so much wit and wisdom that they deserve our #SFTweetOfTheDay trophy. Here are some recent ones that passed muster with our digital judges...
All the buzz from the West End opening night of Funny Girl, starring Sheridan Smith amongst a company of #StageFaves.
2016
We've rounded up backstage pics of your musical #StageFaves winners at the 2016 #OlivierAwards. Plus, watch the video of winners' reactions on the night.
2016
We've created special merchandise to celebrate the #OlivierAwards success of #StageFaves performers including Imelda Staunton, Lara Pulver, Matt Henry, David Bedella and all the 2016 musical nominees.
2016
UPDATED: Winners' conversion rate now added to this story... There are 13 musical productions in the 2016 Olivier Awards running, all but three of them still running (or, in the case of Bugsy Malone, soon to be returning). Brush up on the tallies and #GetSocial with them all here.
2016
UPDATED: Imelda Staunton wins Best Actress in a Musical for Gypsy. Brush up on all all you need to know about Imelda and other worthy contenders Laura Pitt-Pulford, Natalie Dew, Sophie Thompson and Tracie Bennett.
2016
UPDATED: Matt Henry wins Best Actor in a Musical for Kinky Boots. Brush up on all you need to know about Matt and other worthy nominees David Haig, Jamie Parker, Ian Bartholomew and Kinky Boots' co-star Killian Donnelly.