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17/04/2023

First photos released of the new Wicked movie
Jon M Chu, director of the Wicked movie, has released the very first photos of the highly anticipated movie.
The first photos give an impression of Elphaba and Glinda, played by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
In further roles are the Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh as Madam Morrible, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard, Ethan Slater as Boq, Marissa Bode as Nessarose. Bowen Yang will play Pfannee, Bronwyn James ShenShen, Keala Settle will appear as Miss Coddle, Aaron Teoh as Avaric and Colin Michael Carmichael as Nikidik.
The first part of the movie will debut on 29 November 2024 in the US. The planned date of the second part is Christmas Daz 2025.

15/04/2023

Pretty Woman: The Musical is set to premiere in Hungary

Hungary`s one of the biggest theatre Madách Theatre prepare to premiere Pretty Women in September 2023

14/04/2023

Her Majesty's Theatre will be renamed to mark the coronation of Kind Charles III

The theatre opened as Queen’s Theatre in 1706 and the name has historically changed to represent the king or the queen.

11/04/2023

Re:Imaging Musicals - V&A South Kensington display celebrates musicals

Victoria and Albert Museum celebrates musicals with an exhibition and a series of events.

10/04/2023

A CD version of the original cast album of Broadway`s Kimberly Akimbo will be released on 19 May

Digital and streaming versions of the recording were released on 14 February.

08/04/2023

Production photos have been released of Oliver Tompsett, who joined the company on Tuesday 4 April as Edward Lewis, in PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL at the Savoy Theatre.

Oliver joins Aimie Atkinson as Vivian Ward, Courtney Bowman as Kit De Luca and Andy Barke as Happy Man/Mr Thompson. The cast is completed by John Addison, Jemma Alexander, Becky Anderson, Matt Bateman, Patrick Barrett, Kimberly Blake, Robertina Bonano, Oliver Brenin, Alex Charles, Daniel Clift, Ben Darcy, Hannah Ducharme, Elishia Edwards, Tom Andrew Hargreaves, Antony Hewitt, Helen Hill, Mark Holden, Elly Jay, Matt Jones, Kurt Kansley, Georgia Kleopa, Annabelle Laing, Will Luckett, Curtis Patrick, Hassun Sharif and Charlotte Elisabeth Yorke.

The production will run at the Savoy Theatre until Sunday 18 June 2023, when it leaves London to embark on a UK and Ireland Tour opening at the Birmingham Alexandra Theatre on 17 October 2023. Casting for the UK and Ireland Tour to be announced.

Pretty Woman: The musical features original music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, a book by Garry Marshall and the film's screenwriter J.F. Lawton, it is directed and choreographed by the two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell

Pretty Woma: The musical has scenic design by David Rockwell, costumes by Tom Rogers from the original Broadway designs by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Kenneth Posner and Philip S. Rosenberg, sound design by John Shivers, hair design by Josh Marquette, and music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Will Van D**e. 101 Productions, Ltd are the Global General Management Consultant.

Photo Credit: Danny Kaan

06/04/2023

BEAM2023 is shining the light on new musical theatre across the UK

A two-day event to showcases the most exciting, bold, diverse, and high-quality new musicals being created is set to take place in Oxford in this year.

04/04/2023

Operation Mincemeat Original London Cast Recording has been announced

Sony Music has announced the Original London Cast Recording of the new musical, Operation Mincemeat.

03/04/2023

Sheffield Theatres announced that Standing at the Sky's edge will transfer to the West End

The new British musical won ‘Best New Musical’ with Sheffield singer-songwriter, Richard Hawley and Tom Deering winning ‘Best Original Score and New Orchestrations’ at last night’s 2023 Olivier Awards ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall.

02/04/2023

Mozart! The musical, from Rebecca's composers, will premiere in Tecklenburg Summer Festival in Germany

Mozart! The musical premiered in 1999 at the Theatre and der Wien in Austria and since then appeared many European and Eastern Asian stages.

31/03/2023

Full cast has been announced for the West End revival of Aspects of Love

The show will run at the Lyrics Theatre from 12 May until 11 November

27/03/2023

Cast announced for the new musical, The Land of Might-Have-Been

The new musical inspired by Vera Brittain`s early life, will be premiere on 25th July at Norwich Theatre

26/03/2023

At Last It`s Summer will appear as a charity event

At Last It`s Summer to be staged as a star-studded one night only performance

24/03/2023

Antonio Banderas attended to the audition of The Phantom of the Opera

The new production of LetsGo and APS will premiere at the Teatro Albéniz in Madrid on 4th October.

21/03/2023

Hadestown to transfer to the West End

Hadestown will return to London in 2024, but no venue, date or casting announced yet.

20/03/2023

Roman Holiday world premiere in Bath!

The musical will run between 10 June and 1 July at the Theatre Royal Bath

19/03/2023

The Phantom of the Opera is Playing in Greece

Andrew Lloyd Webber`s classic is playing in Athens and Thessaloniki

19/03/2023

Glory Ride the musical is coming to Charing Cross Theatre

After it`s world premiere at The Other Place Glory Ride is set to return to the stage from 22 April to 29 July

16/03/2023

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Celebrating 75 years

BBC Two prepared a special programme to celebrate Andrew Lloyd Webber`s 75th birthday. The show will be aired on 25th March.

15/03/2023

Wicked movie early release!

The first part of the two-part movie is set to be premiere on 27 November 2024

13/03/2023

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Grand Opera House York

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the most Fantasmagorical musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, lands in York this Easter.

12/03/2023

MJ The Musical is coming to London!

As announced last year, the official Michael Jackson Musical “MJ” is coming to London in March 2024.

09/03/2023

Sinatra The Musical - a world premiere in Birmingham at The Rep

The brand-new musical is based on the life of the world-famous singer Frank Sinatra.

08/03/2023

Pretty Woman announced its closing date and new lead casting

The long-running show will close on 18 June at the Savoy Theatre

07/03/2023

The Full cast of Mrs Doubtfire in the West End revealed

After a successful run in Manchester the show transfers to the West End in May

05/03/2023

Casting for the highly anticipated revival in 42nd Street has been announced!

Initial casting for 42nd Street has been announced.

04/03/2023

The Lord of the Rings musical will be revived in an immersive production!

The Lord of The Rings will play from 25 July until 15 October at the Watermill Theatre

02/03/2023

TONY! The Tony Blair Rock Opera in the Leicester Square Theatre for a strictly limited run!

TONY! The Tony Blair Rock Opera is A reckless reappraisal of the life of former Ugly Rumours front man and Britain's first pop Prime Minister Tony Blair.

28/02/2023

The Phantom of the Opera in Italy with Ramin Karimloo!

The Phantom of the Opera will premiere in Trieste, Italy in the English language.

26/02/2023

A new Broadway show celebrating New York will open soon!

New York, New York is a spectacular show for a singular city. With a unique blend of dazzling new songs and big band classics (