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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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Film & TV News
By Talaura Harms | 03/02/2021Plus, the participating musicals for Theatre Accelerator's New Reality Edition development program have been chosen. -
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By Andrew Gans | 03/02/2021Amber Davies and Louis Smith will head the cast.
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Theatre Alternatives
By Dan Meyer | 02/26/2021The musical stars Nicola Blackman, Dawn Hope, and David Thaxton.
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London News
By Andrew Gans | 02/26/2021The production was filmed at London's Cadogan Hall.
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Theatre Alternatives
By Talaura Harms | 02/24/2021Plus: La Mama and Talking Band will present Efflorescence , a seven-episode songspiel.
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Industry News
By Talaura Harms | 02/23/2021Plus: New short play announcements from Barrington Stage Company and The Old Vic Theatre.
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Theatre Alternatives
By Talaura Harms | 02/22/2021Proceeds from the live streamed global charity variety show will benefit Theatre Support Fund+ and The Actors Fund.
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International News
By Ryan McPhee | 02/22/2021The proposed guidelines are dependent on the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions by spring.
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London News
By Andrew Gans | 02/22/2021Ian Talbot will direct Justin Butcher's solo show.
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Film & TV News
By Talaura Harms | 02/18/2021Plus: Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Woolly Mammoth Theatre receive BOLD grants, for women in artistic leadership positions.
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London News
By Ryan McPhee | 02/18/2021The musical was originally supposed to open in the West End this month; it’s now eyeing a fall bow.
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By Andrew Gans | 02/18/2021Dean Johnson will direct the filmed production for Lambert Jackson Productions.
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By Andrew Gans | 02/16/2021Robert Hastie and Anthony Lau will direct the Chris Bush play.
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By Talaura Harms | 02/16/2021No new dates have been set for the revival of the C.P. Taylor play.
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By Andrew Gans | 02/16/2021Goldberg and Jamie Wilson will produce the limited run at the Eventim Apollo.
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Filmed Version of Romeo & Juliet, Starring Sam Tutty and Emily Redpath, Begins Streaming February 13By Andrew Gans | 02/13/2021Nick Evans directs the Shakespeare classic.
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By Dan Meyer | 02/12/2021The track is sung by lead star Carrie Hope Fletcher.
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Playbill Universe
By Andrew Gans | 02/12/2021Dean Johnson directs the production, filmed at London's Crazy Coqs.
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London News
By Andrew Gans | 02/11/2021The autobiographical drama is the first of eight new plays in the audio series from The Lyceum, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, and Naked Productions.
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Playbill Universe
By Andrew Gans | 02/09/2021Dean Johnson directs the production, filmed at London's Crazy Coqs.
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London News
By Andrew Gans | 02/09/2021Terera penned the work as he observed life over a tumultuous summer in lockdown.
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By Andrew Gans | 02/08/2021The Marianne Elliott-helmed staging earned an Olivier Award for its National Theatre run in London before transferring to Broadway, winning the 2018 Tony for Best Revival of a Play.
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By Andrew Gans | 02/05/2021The hit musical opened in 2018 at the Aldwych Theatre.
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London News
By Dan Meyer | 02/05/2021The production will be filmed live at London’s Cadogan Hall.
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Film & TV News
By Andrew Gans | 01/27/2021Simon Godwin directs the made-for-TV movie, which debuts on PBS in April.
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Film & TV News
By Dan Meyer | 01/25/2021The London National Theatre made-for-TV-movie will debut on PBS this spring.
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London News
By Andrew Gans | 01/22/2021The Cole Porter classic, directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, has moved its start to June.
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By Andrew Gans | 01/22/2021Nick Evans directs the Shakespeare classic.
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By Andrew Gans | 01/21/2021Directed by Artistic Director Timothy Sheader, performances were scheduled to begin at the London venue May 15.
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By Andrew Gans | 01/19/2021Tamara Harvey will direct the U.K. production, featuring a contemporary adaptation by Henry Filloux-Bennett.
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London News
By Andrew Gans | 01/19/2021The musical, based on the animated film of the same name, had been scheduled to open in April at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
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Industry News
By Talaura Harms | 01/11/2021Ross William Wild and Charlotte Wakefield will star in the February presentation.
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London News
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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London News
By Andrew Gans | 01/10/2021The annual fundraiser features appearances by Graham Norton, Michelle Visage, Todrick Hall, and more.
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Theatre Alternatives
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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London News
By Dan Meyer | 01/06/2021The jukebox musical has extended bookings into 2022.
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London News
By Andrew Gans | 01/06/2021The world premiere had been scheduled for in-person performances at London's Southwark Playhouse.
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International News
By Andrew Gans | 01/05/2021The annual fundraiser will feature appearances by Graham Norton, Michelle Visage, Todrick Hall, and more.
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London News
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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London News
By Andrew Gans | 12/21/2020The hit musical will return to the Novello Theatre.
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Theatre Alternatives
By Andrew Gans | 12/21/2020Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre streamed the Stephen Schwartz musical in August.
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London News
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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Production Photos
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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London News
By Andrew Gans | 12/16/2020The musical will be filmed at the London Coliseum.
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London News
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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London News
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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Production Photos
By Playbill Staff | 12/11/2020The musical began socially distant performances December 5 at London's Lyric Theatre.
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International News
By Andrew Gans | 12/11/2020Neil Bartram augments the Sherman Brothers' original score with a book by Brian Hill.
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London News
By Andrew Gans | 12/11/2020The staged concert will begin performances February 10, 2021.
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