Blog / From: My Theatre Mates

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.

01 Feb
2018

Casting has been confirmed for the first-ever UK and Ireland tour of Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s Titanic The Musical. The cast will feature 11 actors returning from Titanic The Musical’s performances including Claire Machin, Niall Sheehy and Devon-Elise Johnson and a host of other #StageFaves.

25 Jan
2018

No need to wait until winter 2018 to ‘keep dancing’, Olivier Award-winning DrewMcOnie’s spectacular production of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical is heading to the Piccadilly in March and here’s the latest casting news.

22 Jan
2018

What do Britney Spears and Natalie Portman have in common? Both Hollywood stars got early career breaks in the Off-Broadway musical spoof RUTHLESS, which savagely rips off the likes of Gyspy and is - after 25 years! - finally getting its London premiere at the Arts Theatre this March...

MATILDA THE MUSICAL is heading out on its first UK & Ireland tour. Watch the adorable girls tackling the title role as the tour launches with Craige Els, who reprises his West End role as Miss Trunchbull. Plus more casting news...

19 Jan
2018

Something truly wonderful is coming our way. Tony Award winner Ruthie Ann Miles is now confirmed to join fellow Broadway stars Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe in the Lincoln Center transfer of THE KING & I. The Rodgers & Hammerstein classic opening at the West End's London Palladium in June and has just extended booking due to demand...

15 Jan
2018

Producers have announced an extension for the West End transfer of original British musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. The award-winning production, first seen in Sheffield in spring 2017, opened at London’s Apollo Theatre in November and had been due to run until 21 April –...

Where will you be on Sunday 8 April? If you're like us, you'll be at the Royal Albert Hall, either in person or in spirit, for the biggest awards night of all. Yep, key dates for the 2018 Olivier Awards have been confirmed...

13 Jan
2018

Tim Firth's Take That-inspired musical THE BAND, co-produced by Take That, has added six more months to its UK and Ireland touring schedule, now booking through to March 2019. Is it coming near you? When, oh when, is it going to announce a London transfer? Squeeeeeeeaaaalllll....

12 Jan
2018

We challenge you to read this news without humming... "Fame! I'm gonna live forever"... "Baby, remember MY name... Remember. Remember". And, if you're too young to remember the tune, for goodness sake, educate yourself by booking tickets now for the 30th-anniversary production of screen-to-stage hit FAME THE MUSICAL, which launches an extensive tour from Manchester in July.

12 Jan
2018

Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr is the first of the big-name casting for CHICAGO's West End return. The Jerry Maguire star will razzle-dazzle as lawyer Billy Flynn - who'll play his murderess clients Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly? Any bets on a few more Hollywood headline-grabbers...

10 Jan
2018

By the press statements released, sounds like something went awry in negotiations... Blame the agent? Whatever the reason that Jimmy Nail is no longer appearing in the UK premiere of THE LAST SHIP, we think it's pretty cool that Joe McGann and Richard Fleeshman are onboard. Have you seen who else is in the cast for Sting's debut musical, opening in Newcastle in March?

16 Dec
2017

Laura Baldwin is making herself at home at The Other Palace. After she finishes in Big Fish, she'll stay on to star opposite American Liam Forde, making his London stage debut, in the premiere of EUGENIUS! Who else will join them in this new musical produced by actor Warwick Davis?

15 Dec
2017

It's been more than five years since CHICAGO finished its record-breaking run in the West End. Producers promised then they'd bring it back - and they're true to their word. Murderesses Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly and their razzle-dazzle attorney Billy Flynn return to London in March. Who should play these iconic characters?

03 Dec
2017

We once again salute all the #StageFaves performers and show shortlisted in this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards, but it was Dreamgirls star Amber Riley and the world premiere of Jim Steinman's BAT OUT OF HELL that took home the musical gongs at tonight's star-studded performance at the West End's Theatre Royal Drury Lane...

30 Nov
2017

“Divorced, Beheaded, Died: Divorced, Beheaded, Survived." Can you name all of Henry VIII's six wives? Find out who's playing who and how they're singing their way out of the history books and onto the West End stage in the London premiere of Edinburgh Fringe hit SIX, coming to the Arts Theatre...

17 Nov
2017

Tina has found her Ike - and a whole bunch more. Further casting is announced today in the forthcoming world premiere of TINA The Tina Turner Musical, which opens at the West End's Aldwych Theatre in March...

17 Nov
2017

Cliff Richard got the Christmas number one single in 1988 with Mistletoe and Wine, but did you know that the song actually came from a musical? Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic short story, THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL is revived at the Tabard Theatre this Christmas to spread its festive cheer once again, with a whole new set of #StageFaves in the cast.

17 Nov
2017

It's had a record-breaking run in the US and now, as tipped, Bartlett Sher's acclaimed revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein classic THE KING & I is coming to the West End's London Palladium, complete with original stars Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam...

15 Nov
2017

How many #StageFaves can you fit into the run of a Christmas cabaret? 21 and counting it turns out, as The Barricade Boys have announce the incredible line-up of guest stars for their festive show - THE BARRICADE BOYS - CHRISTMAS CABARET.

11 Nov
2017

Will Young, Jonny Labey and Zizi Strallen aren't the only ballroom beauties cast in Baz Luhrmann's screen-to-stage adaptation of his 1992 cult film hit. Find all the #StageFaves announced so far for Drew McOnie's West End transfer...