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By Dan Meyer | 10/25/2020The hosted ceremony will also include performances from & Juliet, Dear Evan Hansen, and more. -
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By Andrew Gans | 10/23/2020Noah Thomas stars in the title role of the hit musical, which will also arrive on the silver screen in 2021.
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By Dan Meyer | 10/23/2020Dominic Cooke will direct the late Larry Kramer's AIDS crisis drama.
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By Andrew Gans, Dan Meyer | 10/22/2020Plus: Watch Empire's Alexandra Grey perform "How Can You Ask" from the new musical popstar.
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By Andrew Gans | 10/22/2020Dean Johnson directs the production, filmed at London's Crazy Coqs.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Andrew Gans | 10/21/2020The 1994 studio recording, also featuring Julia McKenzie and John Barrowman, is (finally) being released on the Jay Records label.
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Awards
By Andrew Gans | 10/21/2020Olivier winner Sharon D. Clarke will also honor Don Black during the evening, mostly pre-filmed at the London Palladium.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Andrew Gans | 10/21/2020The new musical aims to open at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End in May 2021.
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By Ryan McPhee | 10/21/2020Michael Balogun stars in the first play to be performed in-person at the London venue since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By Dan Meyer | 10/16/2020The socially distant production will bring holiday cheer to London audiences this December.
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By Andrew Gans | 10/16/2020The holiday tradition returns to the U.K. with help from the country's national lottery.
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By Dan Meyer | 10/16/2020Brian Conley will star as Ebenezer Scrooge.
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By Andrew Gans | 10/15/2020The Pin comedy duo Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen star.
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By Ryan McPhee | 10/14/2020The staged concert of the long-running musical will play London's Sondheim Theatre with a socially distanced configuration.
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By Andrew Gans | 10/14/2020The fall season will continue with Michael Frayn's Copenhagen.
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Photo Features
By Marc J. Franklin | 10/12/2020The one-day-only event, starring Olivier nominees Rachel Tucker and Rachel John, played the West End October 11 following a digital production earlier this summer.
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By Ryan McPhee | 10/12/20201,385 organizations received funding, including the Young Vic, Theatre Royal Bath, Soho Theatre, and over 300 other theatres.
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By Dan Meyer | 10/12/2020The pair will star in Death Drop at the Garrick Theatre this December.
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By Andrew Gans | 10/12/2020Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Carrie Hope Fletcher, and Matt Lucas will star.
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By Ryan McPhee | 10/12/2020The meta musical will be filmed at the London Coliseum in a production directed by Josh Seymour.
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Film & TV News
By Andrew Gans | 10/10/2020Michael Ball, Matt Lucas, Carrie Hope Fletcher, John Owen-Jones, Shan Ako, Killian Donnelly, Zizi Strallen, and Charlie Stemp were among the performers on the ITV broadcast.
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By Ryan McPhee | 10/10/2020The Reunion, celebrating various female pop stars, will welcome a socially distant live audience and be broadcast globally.
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The Verdict
By Dan Meyer | 10/09/2020The Southwark Playhouse staging runs through November 14 and will be streamed globally afterwards.
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Video
By Logan Culwell-Block | 10/09/2020The seven-time Tony-winning composer catches up with his original Phantom, sharing anecdotes about the long-running musical's development.
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By Ryan McPhee | 10/09/2020The state-run lottery will buy seats that will remain empty due to socially distanced configurations.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Dan Meyer | 10/09/2020The West End productions were recorded prior to the shutdown.
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Film & TV News
By Dan Meyer | 10/09/2020The Southwark Playhouse production stars Molly Lynch and Oli Higginson.
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By Andrew Gans | 10/09/2020Simon Reade’s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s work features Emily Costello, the first female performer to play Tommo on the professional stage
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By Marc J. Franklin | 10/08/2020The one-day-only event, starring Olivier nominees Rachel Tucker and Rachel John, arrives to the West End October 11 following a digital production earlier this summer.
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By Andrew Gans | 10/08/2020Paul Morrissey, who co-wrote the new ghost story with James Milton, will direct.
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By Dan Meyer | 10/08/2020The production was seen last season on Broadway and in London.
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International News
By Ryan McPhee | 10/08/2020Apollo 13: The Dark Side of the Moon hails from the U.K.-based Original Theatre Company.
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By Ryan McPhee | 10/07/2020As select venues begin to welcome back theatregoers with limited capacities, SOLT and UK Theatre unveil the See It Safely campaign.
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By Andrew Gans | 10/07/2020Jon Pashley will direct the debut play from actor Paul Harvard.
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Cabaret & Concert News
By Dan Meyer | 10/05/2020The Show Must Go On! will feature performers from several U.K. musicals.
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By Dan Meyer | 10/02/2020The U.K.-based show features songs set in a café, bar, or restaurant, re-imagined for the performance series.
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By Andrew Gans | 09/29/2020The world's longest-running play opened in 1952.
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By Ryan McPhee | 09/28/2020Michael Ball, Lizzie Bea, and Marisha Wallace star in the production, set to begin in April 2021.
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By Andrew Gans | 09/25/2020The international hit comedy will also play a holiday engagement at the Theatre Royal Bath in December.
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By Andrew Gans | 09/22/2020Based on the film Les Émotifs Anonymes, the musical features a score by Christopher Dimond and Michael Kooman.
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The Verdict
By Dan Meyer | 09/21/2020The Old Vic: In Camera series returned with a play by Brian Friel.
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Production Photos
By Marc J. Franklin | 09/17/2020The U.K. production, which will be performed to a socially-distanced audience and livestreamed, will play the South Hill Park Arts Centre September 18.
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International News
By Andrew Gans | 09/17/2020Jessica Johnson and Stephen Tompkinson star.
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By Ryan McPhee | 09/17/2020The in-the-round production will follow the Giles Terera-led Death of England: Delroy, marking the National's first in-person offering since March.
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By Andrew Gans | 09/14/2020The performances began September 8 at the Garden Theatre at The Eagle.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 09/14/2020The composer accompanies the star in the new video.
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By Dan Meyer | 09/14/2020The revamped staging now includes plexiglass and socially distant seating.
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By Mark Peikert | 09/14/2020The international sensation about the wives of Henry VIII will be the first musical to return to the West End.
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By Olivia Clement | 09/14/2020Olivier Award-winning director Dominic Cooke re-imagines C.P. Taylor's WWII-set drama.
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By Andrew Gans | 09/13/2020Lockdown Theatre, in association with The Royal Theatrical Fund, presents the Noël Coward comedy.
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