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Monday, September 19, 2016

Mark Shenton’s week: Should critics be invited to observe rehearsals? by Mark Shenton

Critics, at least in this country, usually stay out of the rehearsal room. It isn’t regarded as our place to see actors

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Saturday, September 17, 2016

What’s Hot in London: September 10-16 by Mark Shenton

U.K. Theatre Awards to honor Ian McKellen, Ronald Harwood forbids females from lead role in The Dresser and latest casting news for London bows of Lazarus and An American in Paris.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, September 16, 2016

The Girls, Musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, to Premiere in West End by Mark Shenton

The musical is based on the 2003 film Calendar Girls.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM

Full Casting for London Premiere of David Bowie's Lazarus Announced by Mark Shenton

Michael C. Hall, Michael Esper and Sophia Anne Caruso to reprise New York roles alongside British newcomers to the show.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:10AM

Mark Shenton’s top venues: Salisbury Playhouse by Mark Shenton

Visitors arriving at the train station for the small cathedral city of Salisbury in Wiltshire are immediately directed to where they can

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

Sir Ian McKellen Will Be Honored at U.K. Theatre Awards by Mark Shenton

Awards will be presented October 9.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AM

Nick Salmon: ‘General management allows us to produce only when we want to’ by Mark Shenton

Nick Salmon – part of the highly successful Playful Productions, a triumvirate that also comprises Matthew Byam Shaw and Nia Janis –

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Mark Shenton’s theatre picks: September 15 by Mark Shenton

It’s a busy week for interesting openings and returning shows, including the London premiere of a rarely seen Tennessee Williams play, a

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Casting Complete for London Revival of Shopping and F***ing by Mark Shenton

Sean Holmes will direct the 20th anniversary production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AM

Full Casting Announced for London Side Show by Mark Shenton

Louise Dearman and Laura Pitt-Pulford will star.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AM

Sarah Frankcom: ‘I’m surprised we don’t fail more often. We should do’ by Mark Shenton

Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre began 2016 by being named regional theatre of the year at The Stage Awards. As the citation put

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Mark Shenton: Why does the stigma of the understudy persist? by Mark Shenton

An understudy has one of the most marginalised jobs in theatre – and the one with the worst karma. Their good fortune

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Mark Shenton: Does booking a smaller theatre lead to inflated prices? by Mark Shenton

Andrew Lloyd Webber certainly knows how to grab the headlines. As a member of the House of Lords and an instantly recognisable

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Monday, September 12, 2016

Mark Shenton’s week: When is a musical ready for public consumption? by Mark Shenton

Musicals are here, there and everywhere in the West End – and loads more are being commissioned, written and developed every day. Hardly

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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Disenchanted! to Receive U.K. Premiere by Mark Shenton

The musical will run September 23-October 1.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AM

Shoshana Bean Launches London Residency by Mark Shenton

Guests include Louise Dearman, Eva Noblezada and Jason Robert Brown.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AM

Scott Alan to Present One-Man Show at London's Crazy Coqs by Mark Shenton

Season will also include special New Year's Eve concert with guests.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM
Saturday, September 10, 2016

What’s Hot in London: September 3-9 by Mark Shenton

Andrew Lloyd Webber speaks up for musical training, Nick Hytner will publish a memoir, Jack Thorne pens a musical and Dead Funny set its return.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, September 9, 2016

Nicholas Hytner to Pen Memoir About His Years at Helm of National Theatre by Mark Shenton

The book is set to be published in May 2017.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM

Terry Johnson to Direct Revival of His Play Dead Funny in London by Mark Shenton

The 1994 comedy will play at its original West End home.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AM

Full Casting Announced for London Premiere of An American in Paris by Mark Shenton

Jane Asher, Haydn Oakley, Zoë Rainey, David Seadon-Young and Ashley Day will join Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AM

Focus on theatre investors: ‘It can be like gambling in a casino where the house always wins’ by Mark Shenton

The fastest way to becoming a millionaire producer, it has been quipped, is to start off as a billionaire producer. If that’s

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

Jamie Wilson: ‘New musicals are what I came into the business to do’ by Mark Shenton

The West End commercial theatre producing network was long dominated by the same set of people: Michael Codron, Duncan C Weldon, Paul

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Mark Shenton’s theatre picks: September 8 by Mark Shenton

Normal service resumes for autumn, as Roald Dahl’s The Twits get another theatrical outing, HighTide gets under way in Suffolk and the

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Mark Shenton: Has London got more five-star shows? Or are the critics going soft? by Mark Shenton

At this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, it was difficult to avoid the posters plastered with five-star reviews. You’d think that the town was saturated in

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Mark Shenton: Colour-blind casting will have succeeded only when we no longer notice it by Mark Shenton

True diversity in casting will only be achieved when we simply stop noticing the race of the actor. But it is nevertheless

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Monday, September 5, 2016

The Addams Family to Receive U.K Professional Premiere by Mark Shenton

Matthew White will direct the musical for a U.K. tour, opening in Edinburgh April 2017.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02PM

She Loves Me To Be Revived at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory by Mark Shenton

Scarlett Strallen will star as Amelia Balish.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AM

Mark Shenton’s week: Does The New York Times’ reduced arts coverage spell the end for arts journalism? by Mark Shenton

While The Stage has (thankfully) only grown its reviews coverage in the past year, the news from elsewhere is not nearly as

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