Monday, December 5, 2016
Henry Krieger gives a philosophical but grateful shrug. “As life sometimes reveals, the unseen hand is always at work.” He’s referring to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThom Southerland, who has previously directed Maury Yeston's Titanic in London and Canada, to stage Yeston's 2011 Off-Broadway musical
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:42AMThom Southerland will direct.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:42AMGetting new musicals to public ears is a tough job, at least in the UK, where audiences are not ‘tuned’ into hearing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMSunday, December 4, 2016
How thrilling it is that Broadway, a place largely turned into a destination to make money not art, is still capable of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00PMSaturday, December 3, 2016
Andrew Lloyd Webber makes diversity in theatre a sticking point, Brexit threatens the arts, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, December 2, 2016
Nathan Lane's 2004 Broadway version to be given U.K premiere
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMBringing beloved properties from one genre to another, particularly films to musicals, is a fraught process. On the one hand, title recognition
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMNo, Dreamgirls is not the stage version of the Oscar-winning film but an original 1981 Broadway stage musical that was turned into
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThursday, December 1, 2016
Originally written as a solo autobiographical show by actor and playwright Chazz Palminteri in 1989 and then made into a film directed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00PMThe world centres of contemporary musical theatre are Broadway and the West End, and sometimes it’s difficult to think beyond this self-perpetuating
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMNew report explores the under-representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people in live theatre in Britain.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:23AMNew report explores the under-representation of black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) people in live theatre in Britain.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:23AMIt’s not unusual for people to follow into the professions of their parents: it happens in all walks of life, and actors
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThere are 24 more days to go until Christmas. That’s 24 days of shopping for gifts and 24 days of opening the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, November 30, 2016
We like to think we are constantly innovating and changing the map of human existence. And theatre people like to believe they are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMMonday, November 28, 2016
This is a delightful antidote to panto. While the Palladium is presenting a star-studded Cinderella this Christmas, this 2011 rewrite of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMIn a recent interview in the Theatre Lives series, Michael Grandage said, “Opening previews will be opening nights before too much longer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMSaturday, November 26, 2016
Back on the London stage for the first time since his Oscar win for Bridge of Spies and a starring role in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:44AMAmber Riley stops Dreamgirls in London, Alfie Boe will star in Carousel, Imelda Staunton says Gypsy will come to Broadway, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, November 25, 2016
Semi-staged production follows the Broadway-bound Sunset Boulevard.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:58AMSome Broadway musicals take the slow road to London: Dreamgirls, currently previewing at the Savoy Theatre, opened in Broadway in 1981, taking
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThursday, November 24, 2016
Good theatre producers need to know how to juggle plenty of balls simultaneously. They also need to know the nuts and bolts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMI know full well that my work is not immune to controversy. But I am usually aware when I am likely to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, November 23, 2016
Hamilton is already the world’s most talked-about musical. And last weekend’s visit by US vice-president-elect Mike Pence only added to that conversation.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMMonday, November 21, 2016
While most theatregoers are able to choose which shows they see, critics are sometimes stuck in a professional loop of seeing the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMSaturday, November 19, 2016
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards surprises with its choices, The Vaudeville Theatre makes history, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOfficial opening is December 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, November 18, 2016
The production will transfer to the Vaudeville in February, starring husband-and-husband team Mark Gatiss and Ian Hallard.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PMAlso announced is a new play adapted from Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AMMatthew White will direct.
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