Julian Fellowes News

The cast of DOWNTON ABBEY stopped by SUNRISE on Channel 7 in Australia to talk about their farewell season and ended up singing along to THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Click below to watch Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Joanne Froggat, Elizabeth McGovern and more take on the iconic tune!

Olivier Award-winning writing duo George Stiles and Anthony Drewe today announce they are to offer an annual award to help support and develop new musical theatre writing in the UK. For its first three years, the award will be fully funded by the world's leading theatrical licensing agency Music Theatre International (MTI), to coincide with the opening of its European office in London, Music Theatre International (Europe).

Oakland School for the Arts in Oakland, California will present the world premiere amateur youth production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's newest Broadway smash hit, School of Rock - The Musical, as the hit musical continues its professional Broadway run at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) in New York City.  In an unprecedented move, Lloyd Webber teamed up with R&H Theatricals prior to the show's Broadway opening on November 6, 2015 to make youth performance rights available to schools and youth theatres across the U.S. and Canada. In an exciting move, producer (and Oakland School of the Arts supporter) Carole Shorenstein Hays has invited OSA to present their musical on the historic stage of the Curran (where The Phantom of the Opera played for five record-breaking years) March 3 - 12, 2016.

School of Rock - The Musical will hold an open casting call for a new wave of pint-size rockers, offering the once-in-a-lifetime chance to join the most famous kid band of all time, it was announced today.

Alex Brightman and the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's SCHOOL OF ROCK performed the number 'You're In the Band' on today's THE VIEW on ABC. Check out the appearance in full below!

It's not every day that an audience member's opinion can affect future performances, but in Anna Wintour's case, it did.

The energetic gang breaks out into song when asked about their favorite music.

NightBlue Performing Arts Company is pleased to announce casting for the Chicago Non-Equity premiere of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's MARY POPPINS, a musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film, with original music and lyrics by 

Alex Brightman and the cast of the hit musical SCHOOL OF ROCK, based on the 2003 film starring Jack Black, performed the lively number 'Stick It To The Man' on this morning's GOOD MORNING AMERICA.

Tinkerbelle the Dog has pledged allegiance to THE BAND! The cast of School of Rock the musical got a special visit from Tinkerbelle the Dog  To seal the deal, Tinkerbelle even got a special custom made SCHOOL OF ROCK the musical hoodie for the show's costume designers. Check out photos below!

School of Rock - The Musical has launched a new online ticket lottery today, BroadwayWorld has confirmed. The School of Rock Digital Lottery, now open, will open daily at 12:01am ET for entrants to win a limited number of $37 same day tickets to that day's performance(s) at schoolofrocklottery.com. See below for complete rules and regulations.

Andrew Lloyd Webber will sit in for Elaine Paige on the Olivier Award-winner's weekly BBC 2 Radio program, "Elaine Paige on Sunday," this Sunday, January 10, 2016.  Lloyd Webber will share songs and secrets from his career and collaborations, the musicals he grew up with, and the shows that have inspired him, from both the West End and Broadway.

DOWNTON ABBEY creator Julian Fellowes chatted with CNN this weekend about the show's final season and the possibility that his beloved historical television drama may one day make it to the stage.

SCHOOL OF ROCK is currently taking Broadway by storm, but bringing the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical to the West End might prove more difficult than initially expected for the creative team and producers.

Because of U.K. performance regulations, the West End production of the Broadway hit will require at least three times as many kid actors.

She plays the repressed Principal Mullins on stage but in a fascinating interview the SCHOOL OF ROCK star opens up about being a woman working in today's theatre.

It's not hard to stumble across an excess of reviews for any given Broadway show these days, but there is a group of theatregoers that is wildly underrepresented when it comes to opinions on Broadway- kids! BroadwayWorld is excited to continue our new series, KID CRITICS, which gives parents and children alike a kid's perspective on Broadway's hottest shows. We are continuing the series with Tai (9), Isabella (11), and Charles (8), who just stopped by the Winter Garden Theatre to check out SCHOOL OF ROCK. Curious of what they thought about the show? Find out below!

With performances now underway, Broadway's latest hit musical SCHOOL OF ROCK is getting in on the rush game.

With just over a week until Christmas, it is time for all of us pathological procrastinators to get our butts in gear. Whether it is braving the insanity of the mall or paying for express shipping, we need to suck it up and start Christmas shopping!

With a Broadway and West End career of over four decades, Andrew Lloyd Webber's scores remain classics in musical theatre history. Now, he makes his return to the Great White Way with SCHOOL OF ROCK the musical. Below, watch the legend open up about his theatre experience, musical inspiration, and more!