Saturday, May 18, 2013
Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves - former winners of the Eurovision Song Contest - is to do the honours as this year's special act at West End Eurovision, which takes place at the …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 03:59AM In his biography of Rossini,
Richard Osborne says of La Donna del lago that it’s
“ill-suited to larger houses, however grand the piece can be made to seem
scenically.”…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 02:58AMFriday, May 17, 2013
Thriller Live!, the tribute show to late pop singer Michael Jackson, has become the longest running show at the Lyric Theatre since it opened in 1888.
The show, which takes over the record …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:16AMOscar-winning actor Tom Hanks is reportedly in talks to reprise his role in hit Broadway play Lucky Guy in the West End.
The play, written by the late Nora Ephron (whose screenwriting credi…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:16AMLoveday Ingram's production of These Shining Lives:: L519298889, the inaugural production at the newly built Park Theatre, opened this week (15 May 2013).Melanie Marnich's play, set in the 1…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:16AMAffable, relaxed and knowledgeable, Daniel Slater may
seem easy-going but his mind races when he waxes lirico
about opera. Those synapses crackle with creative enthusiasm – which is ju…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:16AMBroadway is in the grip of awards frenzy, with
this Sunday night's Drama Desk bonanza in the Town Hall - sponsored by
Whatsonstage.com's new parent company, TheaterMania - followed in three …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:14AMFormer Times theatre critic Benedict Nightingale is among the judges of this year's Bruntwood Prize for playwriting, entries for which close on 3 June. Here, he tells Whatsonstage.com what h…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:12AMA report published earlier this week by Arts & Business revealed that, though private sector support for arts and culture in England increased in 2012, support for regional organisations dec…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 05:11AMFrom previous Perrier award-winner Will Adamsdale comes this middle class musical about all the important things in life; composting, learning Spanish, floundering relationships and, most o…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 05:11AMLast night (16 May 2013) we took nearly 100 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers to see Maria Friedman's acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, which has transferred from th…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 04:10AMCarrie Cracknell's critically acclaimed Young Vic production of A Doll's House, using an adaptation by Simon Stephens, will transfer to the Duke of York's Theatre for a strictly limited 12 w…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 04:10AMLet It Be, the concert show based on the music of The Beatles, has extended its run at the Savoy Theatre until 18 January 2014.
The show, which recently announced it will open on Broadway i…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 03:09AMThursday, May 16, 2013
Tonight we're taking nearly 200 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers to see Maria Friedman's acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, which has transferred from the Menier Cho…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:54AMProduction images have been released for the West End transfer of Alan Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking which opens at the Wyndham's Theatre on Monday (20 May 2013).
Felicity Kendal
Kara…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:51AMDaniel Boyd & Sara Kestelman. Photo: Jane Hobson
This import from New York, by way of the Ustinov Studio at Bath’s Theatre Royal, is a bit of a treat. The writing of Amy Herzog and a…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:48AMRegent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced full casting for the rest of its summer season, with Michael Xavier and Charlotte Wakefield leading the cast of The Sound of Music and Jane Asher…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 04:46AMMaureen Lipman and artistic director Jez Bond were among those celebrating the opening of These Shining Lives, the inaugural production at the newly built Park Theatre, last night (15 May 20…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 03:45AMAlec Newman. Photo: Annabel Vere
The new theatre's much better than the new play, but the whole enterprise looks promising. Jez Bond's splendid new neighbourhood theatre looks like a metro …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 02:44AMWednesday, May 15, 2013
A plethora of exciting female comedians are joining forces on Saturday (18 May 2013) for a big night of comedy at the Union Chapel to raise money for homeless women. Here, sketch group The B…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:10AMThe Southbank Centre has unveiled its summer season, entitled Festival of Neighbourhood, which runs for four months until 8 September 2013.
Celebrating the "idea of neighbourhood and what i…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:10AMLee Mead, Matt Willis, David Thaxton, Stephen Rahman-Hughes along with Glenn Carter star in the theatrical concert THE WEST END MEN directed by Mitch Sebastian in a limited season at the Vau…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:10AMPassengers at St Pancras got a shock earlier this week when nearly 1000 people sang "Do You Hear the People Sing?" from hit show Les Miserables, the film of which was recently released on DV…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:07AMTheatre Royal Drury Lane owner Andrew Lloyd Webber has unveiled his £4million restoration of the historic venue, which includes a £600,000 copy of The Three Graces sculpture.
Th…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 04:04AMRichard Jones' production of Ibsen's Public Enemy opened at the Young Vic this week (13 May 2013).
The play follows a doctor's discovery of his town's toxic water supply and the drama that …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 03:03AMPark Theatre, situated near Finsbury Park station, officially opens tonight with the press performance of These Shining Lives. Here, its founding artistic director Jez Bond explains more abo…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 03:03AMWhat a truly wonderful surprise. London has a beautiful new neighbourhood theatre, the Park in Finsbury Park, and it hasn't -- so far -- cost the taxpayer a penny. It's the culmination of a …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 02:02AMTuesday, May 14, 2013
Sara Kestelman is starring in Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles, which opens at the Print Room in Notting Hill tonight (14 May 2013).
Transferring from the Ustinov Studio at Bath Theatre Royal, the …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:43AMThe National Youth Theatre (NYT) will stage a West End rep season at the Ambassadors Theatre later this year, featuring plays by James Graham, Michael Lesslie and Lolita Chakrabarti.The seas…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:43AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company's current production of Titus Andronicus has given some culinary inspiration to company chef Nick Funnell, who has created a bespoke pie to be served in their R…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:41AMThe full cast has been announced for Annie Baker's new play Circle Mirror Transformation, which runs from 5 July to 3 August 2013 at the Rose Lipman Building in Haggerston, as part of the Ro…
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