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Friday, April 12, 2024

Breaking Baz: Daniel Mays Talks On-Set Sing-Alongs With Michael Douglas, ‘Guys & Dolls’ Olivier Nom & “Horrendous” Treatment Of ‘Rom by Baz Bamigboye

Daniel Mays remembers Michael Douglas and Timothy Van Patten, the respectively star and director of new Apple TV drama Franklin, bursting into song whenever he appeared on set. It came abo…

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Friday, April 5, 2024

Breaking Baz: As ‘Mamma Mia!’ Celebrate 25 Years In The West End, Producer Judy Craymer Dreams Of ‘Barbie’s Greta Gerwig “Being Available” by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Judy Craymer would just love it if Barbie filmmaker Greta Gerwig could just make herself available to complete the Mamma Mia! movie trilogy. “Hey, Greta, if you’re free to…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:18PM
Saturday, March 9, 2024

Breaking Baz: German Stars Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller & Leonie Benesch Make Their Mark On 2024 Oscars by Baz Bamigboye

Sandra Hüller (a Best Actress nominee) and Christian Friedel, stars of Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest — nominated for Best Picture, Best International Picture, Director, Sound…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:58PM
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Breaking Baz: ‘Stranger Things’ West End Stage Actor Louis McCartney Is Headed For Superstardom, Says Show’s Director Stephen Daldry by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Louis McCartney describes himself as “a West End baby” because before he was cast to play boyish-looking monster Henry Creel in the Stranger Things stage show The First Sha…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:01PM
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Breaking Baz: BBC And Broadway Eyeing Award-Winning West End Musical ‘Standing At The Sky’s Edge’ by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: BBC commissioning executives are booked to see the award-winning musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge, which opens Wednesday night at the Gillian Lynne Theatre following its tran…

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Saturday, February 17, 2024

Breaking Baz: Sarah Snook Could Be Headed To Broadway With West End Hit; BAFTA And Oscar Insiders Finch + Partners To Open L.A. Outpost; Ruaridh Molli by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Succession’s Sarah Snook, now the toast of the town for her dazzling one-woman performance playing 26 characters in a breathtakingly innovative staging of Oscar Wilde’s Th…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:01AM
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Breaking Baz: Live Aid Musical Blows The Roof Off London’s Old Vic As Bob Geldof Actor Curses His Way To Stardom by Baz Bamigboye

The producers and key creatives behind the Live Aid musical Just for One Day, which officially opened Tuesday night at the Old Vic, have banded together to ensure that 10 percent of ever…

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

West End Look Ahead: Stars From ’Succession’ And ‘The Crown’ Prepare To Tread The Boards As Nicole Scherzinger Sets Sights On Broadway For ‘ by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Starring an electrifying Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Boulevard ends its limited run at London’s Savoy Theatre on January 6 but, as Deadline can reveal in its 2024 West End look …

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

Breaking Baz: ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Stage Play Will Begin Trilogy Planned For London’s West End & Broadway by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: The Stranger Things stage show, an unbelievably brilliant new blueprint for theatricality that premieres in London’s West End tonight, will be the first instalment in a trilog…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:43AM
Thursday, August 17, 2023

Breaking Baz: Putin Play By ‘The Crown’s Peter Morgan Sets Sights On Broadway After Recouping In London by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Patriots, the hot new play by The Crown’s Peter Morgan, has recouped during its 12-week run in London’s West End, making a move to Broadway more than likely. The play’s suc…

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Breaking Baz: ‘Succession’ Star Sarah Snook Signs On To Perform 26 Characters In “Cine-Theater” Version Of ‘The Picture Of Dorian Gray’ In by Baz Bamigboye

Succession’s Sarah Snook is returning to the stage in London, and possibly Broadway, to take on an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, a dark tale of a portrait th…

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

‘Ali’ Musical Heads To Boxing Icon’s Louisville Birthplace For Pre-Broadway World Premiere by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: The Broadway-bound Ali musical, based on the life of three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, will have its world premiere in the late sports superstar’s bi…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:55AM
Wednesday, September 7, 2022

‘ALI’, A Musical About The Greatest Sports Superstar Of All Time, Is Being Developed For Broadway by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: ALI, a musical about civil rights leader and world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who became a pivotal historical figure of the 20th century, transcending his sporting…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:55AM
Thursday, August 25, 2022

Lin-Manuel Miranda Teams With John Kander On New Broadway Musical Loosely Based On Martin Scorsese’s ‘New York, New York’; Susan Stroman Directi by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Start spreading the news! A new musical loosely based on Martin Scorsese’s 1977 film New York, New York will begin performances on Broadway, theater to be announced, in March 20…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AM
Sunday, July 10, 2022

‘Back To The Future’ Musical’s DeLorean Star Car Revs Up For Broadway Opening In 2023 by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: A gleaming, stainless steel DMC DeLorean is ready for its star turn in New York. Phantom of the Opera has its chandelier, while Miss. Saigon boasted a helicopter hovering into v…

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Friday, May 27, 2022

Broadway’s Felicia Boswell To Make Her West End Debut, Taking Over From Beverley Knight in Hit Musical ’The Drifters Girl’ by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Broadway’s Felicia Boswell (Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert) will be making her West End debut this July when she takes over from Beverley Knight (Bodyguard Musical), th…

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

London West End’s Queen of Drama Sonia Friedman Is Conquering All The World’s Stages — Deadline Disruptors by Baz Bamigboye

When she was 23, Sonia Friedman was—to use her expression—thrown into a rehearsal room with Harold Pinter at London’s National Theatre. She was his deputy stage manager during producti…

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Sunday, May 1, 2022

Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical ‘Cinderella’ Sets June Close In London, Will Be Revamped For Broadway In 2023 by Baz Bamigboye

Composer and London theatre owner Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom of the Opera) informed cast and creatives Sunday that his Cinderella musical will close at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, Covent Ga…

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Monday, May 25, 2015

Eddie's hot date with Marilyn by Baz Bamigboye

After a marathon search, award-winning young actor Eddie Redmayne has won the starring role in a movie about the man who looked after Marilyn Monroe when she worked with Laurence Olivier.

SOURCE: Daily Mail at 05:58PM

A monster double act for Danny Boyle's Frankenstein by Baz Bamigboye

Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle has come up with a radical vision for his stage version of Frankenstein by casting two stars - ­Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller - to play the mu…

SOURCE: Daily Mail at 05:58PM

Cor Blimey, it's Billie Doolittle by Baz Bamigboye

David Jason is being wooed to return to the West End stage with Angela Lansbury, Rupert Everett and Billie Piper.

SOURCE: Daily Mail at 05:58PM

These Shylocks could be real money-spinners! by Baz Bamigboye

Patrick Stewart is returning to the Royal Shakespeare Company for his pound of flesh. The theatrical knight will star as Shylock in a new production of The Merchant Of Venice, which reunites…

SOURCE: Daily Mail at 05:58PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards