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Monday, April 11, 2016

Royal Shakespeare Company Announces Six New Transfers to London by Mark Shenton

Four shows to play Barbican Theatre and two at the West End's Theatre Royal Haymarket.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AM

Mark Shenton’s week: Another serious illness on press night by Mark Shenton

The opening night on April 7 of Laila: The Musical at Watford Palace Theatre was suddenly disrupted by a commotion in the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Saturday, April 9, 2016

West End Transfer of Show Boat Starts Previews Today by Mark Shenton

The new British production was first seen at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre last Christmas.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:51AM

Performances Begin Tonight for West End transfer of Funny Girl Revival by Mark Shenton

Sheridan Smith reprises role of Fanny Brice for West End run.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:32AM

Billy Elliot Closes at West End's Victoria Palace Theatre Tonight by Mark Shenton

The musical ends an 11-year West End run April 9, but is still touring.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:02AM

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

Glenn Close surprises London critics, Cyndi Lauper causes controversy at the Olivier Awards and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, April 8, 2016

Katie Brayben: ‘You have to make it known if you want a certain role’ by Mark Shenton

Last weekend, Katie Brayben revisited the scene of her 2015 Olivier triumph, performing in the 40th-anniversary ceremony at the Royal Opera House

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM

Pantomime to Return to the London Palladium with Cinderella by Mark Shenton

Traditional Christmas entertainment returns to the iconic venue where it was once a staple.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:36AM

Mark Shenton’s top venues: The Old Vic, London by Mark Shenton

Last week it was the turn of the Bristol Old Vic — the oldest operating theatre in the country, this year celebrating

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Thursday, April 7, 2016

Mark Shenton’s theatre picks: April 7 by Mark Shenton

I’ve got a little revamp to the way I arrange this column this week: as well as new openings of the week

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Jesse Eisenberg to Star in West End Premiere of His Off-Broadway Hit The Spoils by Mark Shenton

Kunal Nayyar will co-star in Scott Elliott's New Group production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:15AM

Cherry Jones to Reprise Broadway Glass Menagerie at Edinburgh Festival by Mark Shenton

Other highlights include cabarets by Barry Humphries and Alan Cumming.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:05AM

Mark Shenton: Are the Oliviers ignoring British musical talent? by Mark Shenton

Are the people who write and produce original British musicals poor cousins to their Broadway counterparts? For one brief but golden period

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AM
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

The Red Shoes to Be Adapted for the Stage by Matthew Bourne by Mark Shenton

The new dance drama based on the 1948 film will be staged at London's Sadler's Wells.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:13AM

Stage version of Orwell's 1984 to Return for 3rd West End Season by Mark Shenton

Co-created by Olivier winning director Robert Icke and playwright Duncan Macmillan, it will begin performances June 14

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:01AM

Mark Shenton: Did the right shows win at the Olivier Awards 2016? by Mark Shenton

Last week, my colleagues and I offered our Olivier Awards predictions for 2016. On Sunday, we had our day of reckoning. I

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Monday, April 4, 2016

Mark Shenton’s week: My lunch with Maggie Smith (and without any press agents) by Mark Shenton

Here’s the definition of a real star: Maggie Smith, aged 82, kept her appointment with the Critics’ Circle for a private lunch

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Winners of 2016 Olivier Awards Announced: Gypsy, Kinky Boots, In the Heights Emerge Victorious by Mark Shenton

Imelda Staunton, Kenneth Cranham, Denise Gough and Matt Henry win top acting honors.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:01PM

Olivier Awards Presented Tonight in London by Mark Shenton

Presenters and featured performers include Uzo Aduba, Shirley Bassey, Kit Harington, Imelda Staunton, Vanessa Redgrave, Amber Riley, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Feinstein and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, April 2, 2016

What’s Hot in London: March 27-April 2 by Mark Shenton

Maggie Smith accepts a lifetime achievement award, Great Britain’s oldest operating theatre celebrates a birthday and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, April 1, 2016

How You Can Watch London’s Olivier Awards Online and in NYC by Mark Shenton

London’s premiere theatrical honors will be simulcast live in New York April 3, with a later rebroadcast for all international viewers on YouTube.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AM

Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Redgrave, Juliet Stevenson to Star in Shakespeare Plays at the Almeida by Mark Shenton

New productions of Richard III and Hamlet will be complemented by two world premieres in new season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AM

Mark Shenton’s top venues: Bristol Old Vic by Mark Shenton

Sometimes I feel like I’m 250 years old – and not just when I’m watching Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Recently I not

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM

Sunset Boulevard Returns to London With Glenn Close by Mark Shenton

Glenn is ready for another close-up as she reprises her Tony-winning performance for the first time in London

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Don Black: ‘I lament the wasted time when a show doesn’t succeed’ by Mark Shenton

Few theatre people seem as simultaneously successful and contented as Don Black. He is one of the nicest men I know; if

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:02AM

Oliviers: expect the unexpected by Mark Shenton

Although the point of award ceremonies is to attempt to bestow some kind of objective honour upon artistic endeavours, the fact is

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:02AM

Mark Shenton’s theatre picks: March 31 by Mark Shenton

The West End has revivals of Ayckbourn, Pinter and Lloyd Webber, meaning it’s business very much as it has been since the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Mark Shenton: Does ENO’s latest crisis bodes ill for its future by Mark Shenton

Just a few weeks ago I named the London Coliseum as one of my favourite theatrical venues in the country. And yes,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

TICKETS: Mark’s Top Ten recommendations + this week’s openings (28 Mar) by Mark Shenton

After re-visiting The Book of Mormon, it makes it into this week's Top Ten; so does People, Places and Things, newly transferred from the National to the West End. Plus, this week's openings…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AM

Mark Shenton: Do the Olivier Awards need a rethink? by Mark Shenton

On April 3, the 2016 Olivier Awards are being presented at the Royal Opera House, an event that has only increased in

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Saturday, March 26, 2016

What's Hot In London: March 20-26 by Mark Shenton

A weekly look at some of the things that have made headlines in London and the rest of the U.K. theatre over the last week — and what's coming soon.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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