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Read the latest news about London musicals and plays produced in and out of the West End.
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By Talaura Harms | 01/11/2021Ross William Wild and Charlotte Wakefield will star in the February presentation. -
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By Andrew Gans | 01/11/2021James Milton and Paul Morrissey's new ghost story was scheduled to begin performances in February at the Park Theatre.
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By Dan Meyer | 01/11/2021The musical stars Nicola Blackman, Dawn Hope, and David Thaxton.
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By Andrew Gans | 01/10/2021The annual fundraiser features appearances by Graham Norton, Michelle Visage, Todrick Hall, and more.
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By Logan Culwell-Block | 01/08/2021Captured live on stage in 2016 at London's King's Cross Theatre, the presentation marks the fifth anniversary of David Bowie's death.
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By Dan Meyer | 01/06/2021The jukebox musical has extended bookings into 2022.
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By Andrew Gans | 01/06/2021The world premiere had been scheduled for in-person performances at London's Southwark Playhouse.
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By Andrew Gans | 01/05/2021The annual fundraiser will feature appearances by Graham Norton, Michelle Visage, Todrick Hall, and more.
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By Andrew Gans | 12/22/2020The production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, from Leicester’s Curve, features direction by Nikolai Foster.
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Book News
By Andrew Gans | 12/22/2020Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the foreword for the new release from Nick Hern Books.
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By Andrew Gans | 12/21/2020The hit musical will return to the Novello Theatre.
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By Andrew Gans | 12/21/2020Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre streamed the Stephen Schwartz musical in August.
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By Dan Meyer, Ryan McPhee | 12/18/2020Both productions hail from mega-producer Cameron Mackintosh, a vocal proponent of getting theatres to re-open at full capacity.
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By Marc J. Franklin | 12/16/2020The streamed production, a part of the Old Vic: In Camera series, continues through December 24.
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By Andrew Gans | 12/16/2020The musical will be filmed at the London Coliseum.
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By Ryan McPhee | 12/14/2020Some shows, such as Six and Everybody's Talking About Jamie, had begun to welcome back audiences in the West End earlier this month.
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By Andrew Gans | 12/12/2020Matthew Warchus' holiday favorite, last seen on Broadway in the 2019–2020 season, employs 80 freelance creatives, actors, and musicians.
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By Playbill Staff | 12/11/2020The musical began socially distant performances December 5 at London's Lyric Theatre.
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By Andrew Gans | 12/11/2020Neil Bartram augments the Sherman Brothers' original score with a book by Brian Hill.
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By Andrew Gans | 12/11/2020The staged concert will begin performances February 10, 2021.
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By Ryan McPhee, Dan Meyer | 12/08/2020The in-the-round production will be filmed in front of a socially distant audience from the London venue.
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By Andrew Gans | 12/08/2020The Pin comedy duo Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen star.
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By Andrew Gans | 12/07/2020Two-time Olivier nominee Killian Donnelly will star in the title role.
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By Dan Meyer | 12/07/2020Brian Conley stars as Ebenezer Scrooge, with Lucie Jones, Cedric Neal, Matt Jay-Willis, and more.
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By Ryan McPhee | 12/05/2020The high-energy musical welcomes back a socially distanced audience.
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By Andrew Gans | 12/05/2020The staged concert plays London's Sondheim Theatre with a socially distanced configuration.
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By Dan Meyer | 12/04/2020The show is aiming for a spring 2021 workshop ahead of a West End debut.
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By Andrew Gans | 12/04/2020The production is currently scheduled to resume performances at the Apollo Theatre December 12.
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By Dan Meyer | 12/04/2020The RuPaul's Drag Race alums are caught in a murder mystery at the Garrick Theatre.
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By Andrew Gans | 12/02/2020The Zoom offerings, which also include Faith Healer and Lungs, were originally presented as part of the Old Vic: In Camera series.
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Film & TV News
By Talaura Harms | 12/01/2020Plus: Christopher Jackson and James Monroe Iglehart will headline a holiday-themed radio play with fellow Hamilton alums.
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By Dan Meyer | 12/01/2020The full creative team is set for the upcoming bio-musical.
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National Theatre at Home Launches On-Demand Streaming Platform With Coriolanus, Medea, Amadeus, MoreBy Dan Meyer | 11/30/2020Watch Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Helen McCrory, Helen Mirren, Dominic Cooper, and Ruth Negga in some favorite NT titles.
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By Logan Culwell-Block | 11/30/2020More than 50 musicians remotely recorded this arrangement that combines musical theatre's most iconic overtures.
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By Andrew Gans | 11/30/2020Nick Evans directs the Shakespeare classic.
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By Andrew Gans | 11/29/2020Kenneth Branagh hosts the evening benefiting the theatrical charity Acting for Others.
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By Dan Meyer | 11/27/2020The solo play by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams stars Michael Balogun.
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By Dan Meyer | 11/26/2020The Southwark Playhouse production stars Molly Lynch and Oli Higginson.
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By Andrew Gans, Dan Meyer | 11/20/2020Plus, watch Syndee Winters and Carmen Ruby Floyd in the inspirational new music video, "When Broadway Is Back."
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By Andrew Gans | 11/20/2020Kathleen Marshall will direct and choreograph the production, aiming to open in May 2021 at the Barbican.
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By Logan Culwell-Block | 11/18/2020The new production of the Samuel Beckett classic will star Beckett interpreter Lisa Dwan.
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By Ryan McPhee | 11/12/2020The meta musical was filmed at the London Coliseum in a production directed by Josh Seymour.
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By Andrew Gans | 11/11/2020The production closed its run November 4 due to the U.K.'s second national lockdown.
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Lucie Jones, Cedric Neal, Matt Jay-Willis, More Will Join Brian Conley in West End A Christmas CarolBy Andrew Gans | 11/09/2020Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens, and Mike Ockrent’s version of the Charles Dickens classic will play a limited engagement this winter.
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By Andrew Gans | 11/09/2020The limited engagement of the Jason Robert Brown revue will begin in February 2021.
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By Ryan McPhee | 11/06/2020The re-designed production will reunite the musical’s original creative team.
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By Ryan McPhee | 11/05/2020Producers have set new dates for a handful of shows that were planning to welcome audiences this fall, prior to a second U.K. lockdown.
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By Andrew Gans | 11/05/2020Performances are scheduled to begin at London's Southwark Playhouse in January 2021.
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By Marc J. Franklin | 11/04/2020The production, starring Six Olivier nominees Millie O’Connell and Maiya Quansah-Breed, is set to stream November 27–December 20.
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Obituaries
By Dan Meyer | 11/04/2020The performer appeared in productions of On The Town, The Music Man, and more.
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