Julie Atherton News

Leading lady Anna-Jane Casey returns to the West End to headline Christmas in New York, the West End's unique celebration of contemporary seasonal show tunes and festive favorites, for one night only at the Lyric Theatre on Sunday, December 9.

From June 4th, the full new cast of Avenue Q will be together on-stage at the Noel Coward Theatre, and then on 28th June the show will celebrate it's first birthday with a night full of surprises and puppet-style fun…

Jennifer Tanarez will join the London cast of Avenue Q as Christmas Eve on April 16th

Two London musical hits - the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita and the transfer of the Broadway hit Avenue Q - have extended their runs.

The London production of Avenue Q at the Noël Coward Theatre (formely the Albery Theatre) has scheduled a 'Midnight Matinee' for Monday 22nd January 2007. The performance will be a special event to raise funds for TheatreCares, the proceeds of which will be invaluable to people affected by HIV and AIDS. Beginning at 11:30pm, long after all of the other West End theatres have locked up for the night, the performance will run through midnight into the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Leading lady Emma Williams (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) will return to the West End for the first time in nearly two years to join the cast of Christmas in New York at the Apollo Theatre on Saturday 16 December.

Christmas in New York, the latest instalment in the West End's critically acclaimed 'Notes from New York' series, will now take place at the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue on Sunday 10 December 2006 at 7.30pm and not at the Lyric Theatre as previously advertised

Following the success of Not(es) from New York earlier this year, the team behind the critically acclaimed series will reunite to present Christmas in New York at the Lyric Theatre for one night only on Sunday, 10 December 2006.

For the second time, the hit London production of the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q has been extended

London theatregoers will be able to stroll down Avenue Q for another few months; the West End production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical has announced an extension through January 27th, 2007 at the Noel Coward Theatre

West End star John Barrowman (Putting It Together) and the Chichester Festival Theatre Cast can be heard in the world premiere cast recording of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe's Just So

With all guns blazing, the loud, brash, crude puppet phenomenon of Avenue Q hops over the pond to London's West End.

Avenue Q, the 2004 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, opened at the newly re-named Noël Coward Theatre (formerly the Albery Theatre) on Wednesday, June 28th, following previews from Thursday, June 1st

The role of Christmas Eve in the London production of AVENUE Q will be taken by Ann Harada.

Today, March 13th, tickets for the West End production of Avenue Q at the Noel Coward Theatre go on sale

'Anna-Jane Casey will now headline the cast of Not(es) from New York at the Duchess Theatre on Sunday 19 March, alongside Dougal Irvine, Julie Atherton and Paul Spicer. Casey, who has recently won rave reviews for her performance as Dot in the revival of Sunday in the Park with George, replaces Joanna Riding who has reluctantly been forced to withdraw from her role due to unforeseen personal circumstances.'

Wicked, Avenue Q, Caroline or Change, Evita and Spamalot join a long list of musical productions opening in 2006..

Avenue Q hopes for good word-of-mouth, Christian Slater returns in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Sunday in the Park with George transfers and Guys and Dolls gets a new cast

The hit Broadway musical AVENUE Q will open at the newly re-named Noël Coward Theatre (formerly the Albery Theatre) on Wednesday 28th June 2006, following previews from Thursday 1st June.