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New Revival of OLIVER! Comes to Chichester Festival Theatre; Initial Cast Revealed!
by Stephi Wild - Feb 15, 2024

An all new revival of Oliver! is coming to Chichester Festival Theatre as part of its new season. This new production of Lionel Bart’s musical has been fully reconceived especially for CFT by director and choreographer Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh. Learn more about the show here!

Club44 Records Presents BACK TO THE GARDEN The New Album From Celebrated Chanteuse Natalie Douglas
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 8, 2024

Natalie Douglas celebrates her new album 'Back to the Garden' with a concert at Birdland Jazz Club on 2/26.

Broadway Buying Guide: January 29, 2024
by Team BWW - Jan 29, 2024

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, January 29, 2024.

Broadway Buying Guide: January 22, 2024
by Team BWW - Jan 22, 2024

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, January 22, 2024.

THE CONNECTOR, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS & More Lead Top Off-Broadway Shows for January
by Team BWW - Jan 1, 2024

What's happening off-Broadway? BroadwayWorld is helping you pick what to see next by rounding up our top recommended theatre each month. Coming up off-Broadway this January is a new Jason Robert Brown musical, a revival of a classic, and more.

Critics' Pick: Gary Naylor's Best of 2023 in Review
by Gary Naylor - Dec 20, 2023

Some highlights of the last year and some optimism for an uncertain future

Interview: Reviewing The Situation with Steve Furst, OLIVER!'s Fagin, at Leeds Playhouse
by Gary Naylor - Dec 14, 2023

Ten questions for The Artful Dodger's boss

Review: SCROOGE! at Arizona Theatre Company
by Herbert Paine - Dec 10, 2023

Arizona Theatre Company's adaptation of SCROOGE! ~ the most notable element missing in this largely unsuccessful adaptation is any sense of a true Dickensian backdrop. Runs through December 30th.

Review: OLIVER!, Leeds Playhouse
by Gary Naylor - Dec 7, 2023

Family show retains enough edge to honour its sources, providing thrills and spectacle and that wonderful, wonderful score

Photos: First Look At OLIVER! at Leeds Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 29, 2023

Leeds Playhouse has released the highly anticipated production photos from its spectacular staging of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! now open in its Quarry theatre until Saturday 27 January. 

Interview: 'It's Breaking Boundaries': Michael Jibson of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW on Bringing the Iconic Show to the Stage
by Kat Mokrynski - Nov 28, 2023

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the eagerly-awaited stage adaptation of the hit Netflix series, is set to open on 16 December at the Phoenix Theatre. The show is set in Hawkins, Indiana in 1959, following characters like Jim Hopper, Bob Newby and Joyce Maldonado “before the world turned upside down.” 

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for OLIVER! at Leeds Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 31, 2023

See rehearsal photos of Oliver! at Leeds Playhouse.

Video: Watch Jenny Fitzpatrick Perform 'As Long As He Needs Me' From OLIVER! at Leeds Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 31, 2023

Leeds Playhouse has released exclusive footage of the West End’s Jenny Fitzpatrick performing the ballad ‘As Long As He Needs Me’ from Lionel Bart’s Oliver!

Review: OLIVER! at Bank Of America Performing Arts Center
by Cary Ginell - Oct 26, 2023

What did our critic think of OLIVER! at Bank Of America Performing Arts Center? As the earliest Broadway musical ever to feature children playing major roles, Oliver! usually bristles with youthful excitement. But despite being marketed as a family-oriented musical, Oliver! is really inappropriate for younger audiences, and it was uncomfortable listening to parents trying to explain to their small children at intermission why that nice girl Nancy loves the bully Sikes and how being successful in picking people's pockets is a positive career move.

Now Hiring: Head Sound Technician, Assistant Professor of Scenic Design & More - BWW Classifieds
by - Oct 26, 2023

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 10/26/2023 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Photos: First look at New Albany Middle School Theatre's OLIVER JR
by Jerri Shafer - Oct 26, 2023

The New Albany Middle School Theatre Department presents, Oliver Jr. the Broadway Junior version of Lionel Bart's classic musical based on Charles Dickens' novel, Oliver Twist, as its fall musical. The streets of Victorian England come to life as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance amongst a group of petty thieves and pickpockets led by the elderly Fagin. By Lionel Bart, Directed by Melissa Gould, Cast: Oliver Twist: Jackson Stukus & Craig West (double cast), Fagin: Eliot James, Nancy: Kayla Haynes, Artful Dodger: Juliet Erlenbach, Bill Sikes: Aidan Ellison, Mr. Brownlow: Myles Patton, Bumble: Ava Coleman, Widow Corney: Emma Bader, Dr. Grimwig: Harper Rosebaugh, Bet: Lila Griveas, Noah Claypoole: Tatum Holmes, Charlotte: Hope Rooney, Mrs. Bedwin: Eve Limpach, Charlie Bates: Meredith Zeallear, Mr. Sowerberry: Jaxon Hamilton Mrs. Sowerberry: Anna Jenkins, Market Sellers: Gia Ellenberg, Olivia Fuller, Noelle Griffith, Aeva Joyner, Old Sally: Shae Star,Matron: Madison Waltman, Fagin’s Gang: Madeline Bowser, Belina Chang, Ava Coleman, Gia Ellenberg, Olivia Fuller, Noelle Griffith, Tatum Holmes, Anna Jenkins, Aeva Joyner, Ryen Lacy, Eve Limpach, Royale Lyles, Evie Nacht, Hope Rooney, Rowan Sittler, Estelle Woolford, Meredith Zeallear, Alice Zusman, Ensemble: Ava Bame, Autumn Bampton, Anne Farrell, Beatrice Galaise, Reese Juday, Marie Leray, Samantha Pietro, Charlotte Proudfoot, Dance Captains: Juliet Erlenbach, Aeva Joyner, Meredith Zeallear, Asst. Dance Captains: Royale Lyles, Rowan Sittler New Albany Middle School Theatre presents Oliver Jr. to be performed October 27 - 29, 2023, at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts - Mershad Hall. 100 E Dublin Granville Rd, New Albany, OH 43054 170 E Dublin Granville Rd, New Albany, OH 43054 Purchase tickets: https://sites.google.com/a/napls.us/nams-drama-club/home

Broadway Buying Guide: October 23, 2023
by Team BWW - Oct 23, 2023

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, October 23, 2023.

Photos: First Look at 5-Star Theatricals's Production of OLIVER!
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 14, 2023

Check out production photos from 5-Star Theatricals's third and final show of its 2023-2024 season, OLIVER!, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, musical direction by Anthony Lucca, choreography by Christopher M. Albrecht and directed by Kari Hayter!

Broadway Buying Guide: October 9, 2023
by Team BWW - Oct 9, 2023

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, October 9, 2023.

Cast Set For OLIVER! at Leeds Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2023

Casting has been announced for Oliver! at Leeds Playhouse. Learn more about the show and find out who is starring here!

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