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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.
StageFaves founder Terri Paddock recently hosted a post-show Q&A at original British musical MISS NIGHTINGALE, with the show's creator Matthew Bugg, creative consultant Joe Harmston and full #StageFaves cast including Conor O'Kane and Tamar Broadbent. Listen to the full podcast here...
2017
They may not have won at the #OlivierAwards last month but the cast of THE GIRLS are still on top form in this new trailer of the West End cast doing what they do best...
2017
Matthew Croke joins the cast of ALADDIN this June in the title role and we couldn't be more excited! Watch this sneak peak behind the scenes video as he meets his co-stars Jade Ewen and Trevor Dion Nicholas for the first time. Are you going to see him strut his stuff onstage at the Prince Edward Theatre?
2017
Any SCHOOL OF ROCK fans will know Jerry and Kevin, the proud gay dads of Tomika, the shy but talented vocalist in the school band. But did you know they have their own viral video series!? "Jerry and Kevin's Musical Interlude" is a weekly snippet starring #StageFaves Joel Montague and Nadeem Crowe who chat in-character and perform funny snippets of your favourite showtunes with the help of a 16-key keyboard. Here are five hilarious recent videos in their series...
2017
The nominations for the 2017 #TonyAwards have finally been announced and although two of the nominees are West End transfers, there's a whole host of exciting new shows that haven't been seen in the UK. You might be wondering what these other super slices of Musical Theatre sound like...well we've done the legwork for you and put together all of the trailers (and blurbs!) for the nominated Musicals in one place!
2017
This week we were delighted to hear that AN AMERICAN IN PARIS has extended until 2018 in the West End. To celebrate, we rounded up some alternative dance moves from our favourite toe-tapping musicals. Bank Holiday weekend is coming right up, and it’s time to work those dancing feet! We’d love you to tweet @StageFaves with any of your #BankHolidayDance moves!
2017
We all love singing along to our favourite #showtunes but how often do you get the chance to have a singalong to your favourite musicals via Facebook Live! Meet your new fave muso Eric Neuenschwander! Eric is a Choral and Theatre Director at Xenia High School in Ohio with a big love of Musical Theatre. He collects hundreds of musical theatre scores and every week he takes requests and jams out to his favourite showtunes...
2017
Last night was the primetime broadcast of the 2017 Olivier Awards on ITV! Fans finally got to see for themselves the glitz and glamour of Sunday's star-studded event and watch their #StageFaves perform songs from nominated shows. There was an awful lot of fan love in particular for Gary Barlow, Amber Riley and Lin-Manuel Miranda, but they were far from being the only stars worthy of praise. Here are our 18 favourite (and some of the funniest) audience tweets while watching the show. (You must scroll down to see young Jena's reaction to Amber!)...
2017
It's no secret that belting out your favourite showtunes is one of life's guilty pleasures when you're alone...but have you ever tried NOT singing along? We spotted this hilarious challenge on YouTube. Tune in...
2017
After a fantastic win for Best New Comedy at the #OlivierAwards on Sunday, OUR LADIES OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR have released a brand new trailer for their West End premiere at the Duke of York's Theatre next month. We can't wait to see the ladies back onstage in London...
2017
What a weekend! Our #StageFaves vlogger Perry O'Bree spent Sunday afternoon at the Royal Albert Hall on the red carpet at the 2017 Olivier Awards! Catch his interviews with the likes of Tim Minchin, Audra McDonald, Tyrone Huntley and the cast of Gary Barlow's THE GIRLS...
2017
For the first time ever, the Olivier Awards are broadcasting a Red Carpet Live show from 4.30pm to 6.00pm. You can watch it here live and on replay... Who are you rooting for?
2017
One day to go! Here's #StageFaves blogger Perry O'Bree to remind you of the key musical nominations in the 2017 Olivier Awards and what to look out for tomorrow...
2017
Andrew Polec, Christina Bennington and the cast of BAT OUT OF HELL are making Jim Steinman's 40-year-old dream come true - and doing so in spectacular fashion as evidenced by new production footage released today ahead of the show's London transfer (and official world premiere) in June...
2017
Only a few days (or are you already counting the hours) to the 2017 Olivier Awards ceremony this Sunday (9 April) at the Royal Albert Hall, but today we want to wind the clock back rather than forward. Do you remember just how much excitement was generated around the openings of the Best New Musical nominees: DREAMGIRLS, THE GIRLS, GROUNDHOG DAY and SCHOOL OF ROCK?
2017
As part of our #FirstNightTakeover series, Perry O'Bree joins the Duchess of Cambridge, Morgan Freeman and other celebrities at the West End opening (on 4 April 2017) of Broadway dance extravaganza 42nd STREET. Who'd he get selfies and interviews with this time?! Video and live-tweeting here...
2017
The American dream fable of Broadway, 42nd STREET, officially opens in the West End tonight in a major new production directed by the show's co-author Mark Bramble and featuring a cast of over 50, led by Sheena Easton (making her West End debut) and Emmerdale's Tom Lister. We've gathered some of our favourite videos from the show's preparations to opening night...
THE BAND is off to a fan-frenzy start - taking £2 million in the first two hours of its touring on-sale today! Check out our video and photos from the Take That musical's secret launch yesterday at Manchester Apollo to see what all the fuss is about. Then #GetSocial for THE BAND & its Let It Shine-winning stars on the show's new #StageFaves page...
2017
A new trailer and cast photographs have been released for Julian Fellowes' musical The Wind in the Willows on the West End.
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!