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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

West End Lights Dimmed in Honor of Veteran Theatre Producer Michael White by Mark Shenton

The theatre and film producer, who was responsible for The Rocky Horror Show and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, has died

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PM

Mark Shenton: What makes a five-star show? by Mark Shenton

In the past few weeks, I’ve come out to bat for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Mother at the Tricycle

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Titanic to Be Revived at London's Charing Cross Theatre by Mark Shenton

Death Takes a Holiday will make its premiere at the London venue.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AM

Mark Shenton: Computers will never be the future of musicals, and here’s why by Mark Shenton

I’ve been in the happy position over the past week or so of being able to enjoy a feast of musical riches

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM

Motown the Musical Opens Tonight in London by Mark Shenton

The West End production plays the Shaftesbury Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, March 7, 2016

TICKETS: Mark’s Top Ten recommendations + this week’s openings (7 Mar) by Mark Shenton

Top ten of the week, but there are lots of dark theatres, too, in London at the moment.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM

Michelle Terry and Declan Bennett to Play London's Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park by Mark Shenton

They will play the title roles in Henry V and Jesus Christ Superstar.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AM

Cast Announced for New London Production of Forever Plaid by Mark Shenton

Jon Lee and Keith Jack to star at the St. James Studio.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AM

Mark Shenton: How did Sheridan Smith’s understudy fare in Funny Girl? by Mark Shenton

I wasn’t planning on revisiting Funny Girl at the Menier Chocolate Factory: I’d seen it once already, the entire run was sold

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Friday, March 4, 2016

Kinky Boots Will Release Live Cast Recording by Mark Shenton

The West End company will be featured on the Sony Masterworks recording.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PM

Annie Get Your Gun to Be Revived in U.K. by Mark Shenton

Daniel Evans' final season also includes stage version of Lady Chatterley's Lover.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AM

Mark Shenton’s top venues: National Theatre by Mark Shenton

When it comes to drawing comparisons between London and New York, the two world capitals of English-speaking theatre are more or less

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Thursday, March 3, 2016

Benjamin Till: ‘There’s no such thing as computer-written music’ by Mark Shenton

The National Theatre’s current musical Wonder.land is set in a world where teenagers play out their lives in an alternative, computer-generated universe;

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AM

Mark Shenton’s theatre picks: March 3 by Mark Shenton

It’s a week heavy with musicalisations of real lives, from historical legends like Akhnaten, divine ruler of Egypt and husband to Nefertiti

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Sheridan Smith Misses Performances of London\u2019s Funny Girl by Mark Shenton

The London stage star comments on her absence from the acclaimed revival.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:35PM

Exclusive: Broadway's Revised Side Show Will Get London Premiere by Mark Shenton

The Henry Krieger-Bill Russell musical about conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton will receive its long awaited London premiere this fall.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00AM

Mark Shenton: Is Rufus Norris on the right track at the National? by Mark Shenton

It clearly depends on who you read: on February 9, regular contributor to The Stage Matt Trueman (writing in a feature for

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Mark Shenton: Broadway’s plays boast more stars, but that’s not always a good thing by Mark Shenton

On Broadway, musicals are king — but here’s an extraordinary observation: so are plays. Or at least they are when compared with

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Monday, February 29, 2016

Mark Shenton: Do Olivier nominations reveal a further shift towards the commercial? by Mark Shenton

There are a number of headlines to this year’s nominations for the Olivier Awards, announced today. With changes to both the nominations

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:51AM

The Maids, Starring Uzo Aduba, Laura Carmichae, Opens in West End by Mark Shenton

Uzo Aduba, the double Emmy Award-winning star of \u201COrange Is the New Black,\u201D stars opposite \u201CDownton Abbey\u201D star Laura Carmichael and Zawe Ashton.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00AM
Saturday, February 27, 2016

Should our theatres do more to challenge audiences? by Matt Trueman and Mark Shenton

Sarah Kane’s ultra-violent Cleansed left them reeling in the stalls at the National Theatre last week. Was that a rare exception on an otherwise tame British stage?Has British theatre shie…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM

London Miss Saigon Takes Last Flight \u2013 Broadway Is Next by Mark Shenton

The West End revival of Miss Saigon ends its run February 27, with plans afoot for productions around the world, including a 2017 Broadway return.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AM
Friday, February 26, 2016

Mark Shenton’s top venues: Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester by Mark Shenton

No city outside London is quite as well provided for, theatrically speaking, as (to quote a song from the musical Hair) in

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Tamara Harvey: ‘I want Theatr Clwyd to become a home for writers’ by Mark Shenton

Tamara Harvey offers this advice to aspiring young directors: “Know that it isn’t a race. I meet a lot of young directors

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:38AM

Mark Shenton’s theatre picks: February 25 by Mark Shenton

Dominic Dromgoole bids farewell to Shakespeare’s Globe with the opening of a new production of The Tempest in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Million Dollar Quartet to Launch First U.K. Tour by Mark Shenton

The Broadway jukebox musical will tour the U.K.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AM

Emma Williams: ‘I still go home and train with my schoolteacher whenever I can’ by Mark Shenton

Emma Williams is just 32, but she is already a veteran. “I did my first job when I was 14, so I’ve

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AM

Complete Casting Set for Kenneth Branagh-Rob Ashford Romeo and Juliet by Mark Shenton

The new London staging begins in May.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AM
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Young Vic to Revive Kaufman and Hart's Once in a Lifetime by Mark Shenton

The company also announced casting for Blue\/Orange.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:38PM

West End's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Closing by Mark Shenton

A U.K. tour and Broadway planned next.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AM

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