West End Bound Broadway Shows

[macbeth]

Posted: 1/10/16 at 2:17pm

So we've got THE KING AND I, HAMILTON, ALADDIN all circling. What else? 

[nataliealana]

Posted: 1/12/16 at 1:10pm

School of Rock is looming.

I seem to have missed the Hamilton news. When?!

[ggersten]

Posted: 1/12/16 at 1:43pm

I believe Hamilton is announced for 2017 - location to be determined.  But, it could be the revamped Victoria Palace.  A big show to be across from Wicked and to justify the expense?  

[FireFingers]

Posted: 1/12/16 at 1:43pm

Hamilton isn't confirmed but strongly rumoured for Victoria Palace after Billy has left and the theatre has had a refurb. 

Motown is coming imminently, and A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is waiting on the right theatre I believe.  

[FutureFiyero2]

Posted: 1/13/16 at 9:53am

I'm surprised there hasn't been any hints of School of Rock coming over, considering Sir Andrew is British, some would wonder why it opened on Broadway first! As for Hamilton, I doubt it will open in the West End. Only because of the whole rap and hip-hop vibe of it, I don't think a British audience could enjoy it as much as an American crowd.

[ggersten]

Posted: 1/13/16 at 10:35am

School of Rock was announced for the Palladium in "Autumn 2016".  

As for "Hamilton" - Book Of Mormon was thought to be too American, but is quite the hit.  "In The Heights" was not on the West End, but I believe was quite the hit at Southwark and apparently transferred to Kings Cross and that transfer extended its run, so it must be doing well.

[FireFingers]

Posted: 1/13/16 at 10:43am

School of Rock is officially announced but I have heard it will shifting back to Spring 2017 to accommodate something else for Christmas. 

As for Hamilton, In The Heights has shown that Lin-Manuel Miranda's music can get an audience in London and even without a British audience Hamilton will recoup on American tourists who can't get a ticket back home, similar to how Wicked was when it opened over here.