The holiday season is approaching with promises of hits like 'Spring Awakening' getting in the words of its producers a 'muted opening the Lyric ('we don't DO New York hype here!')Theatre in South London and the London opening of David Hare's 14th new play 'Gethsemane' in November. This UK based play more than any other resonates with modern US politics with its themes of greed, party funding, the media etc. It exposes the way in these cruel and lean times business, media and politics are now too intertwined to nobody's real advantage!
Gadgets here! Gadgets there! No sooner than I saw 'Mark D' on my mobile when the text alert on the other phone was bleeping. That tagline read 'Hairspray Star!' So hold your thumbs it was 1st come, 1st served…..
Reality is really IS biting here as the damp summer comes to as close! The theme this week is very much US based as key shows pick on two decades of Americana when politics really comes to the fore. I'm not giving away who yours truly will be toasting on election night - that's between me and my cat 'Carmichael' Meanwhile scribes and theatres on both sides of the pond have been busy. So much so that whatever hits US stages - the boards of UK stages we over here get a tantalising taste of 'Americana' from top to bottom, literally!
London Calling with 'Champaign Charlie' September 18th 2008.
London Calling with Champaign Charlie September 12th 2008.
Hello this is Champaign Charlie Salem on my way from London to the highlands of Scotland for the world's largest theatre festival with BW's regular overview of the Theatre Scene from across the pond
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will soon find Randolph Street when Broadway In Chicago presents the new national touring production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) from April 23 - May 4, 2008. Tickets range in price from $25 - $75 and are available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices, by calling (312) 902-1400, or logging onto ticketmaster.com.
The National Park Service has released its Draft General Management Plan for Governors Island - and despite overwhelming public support for the inclusion of the New Globe Theater proposal in the national monument, the NPS alternatives unveiled do not include this project.
Performance Space 122 imports London-based performance troupe Duckie and their smash hit, C'est Duckie!, the Olivier Award-Winning, interactive nightclub performance experience, for a wild and absolutely outrageous alternative to traditional holiday fare.
Soprano Barbara Cook, who turns 80 years-old today, Thursday, October 25, will celebrate this milestone birthday with three special concerts in Los Angeles, New York and London.
Marc Salem is bringing his one-man show Marc Salem - Mind Games Extra back to London's Tricycle Theatre, after three successive sell-out visits in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Jackie Clune (International tour of Mama Mia, Taboo at the Venue) is set to join the cast of Billy Elliot: The Musical, Monday June 4. She will be taking the role of play Billy's Dance Teacher, Mrs. Wilkinson, shortly after the multi award-winning hit musical celebrates its second birthday.
Having recently returned from London, Craig Brockman gives BroadwayWorld.com readers a report on his adventures overseas including Mary Poppins, Billy Ellliot, opening night of Wicked and more!
The New York Musical Theatre Festival, in association with Sharon Fallon, Daniel Wallace and Trish Whitehurst, proudly announce the U.S. premiere of Grant Olding's acclaimed London musical Three Sides, which will be presented as part of the third annual New York Musical Theatre Festival
The role of Bert in the London production of Mary Poppins will pass from Gavin to Gavin when the one named Creel succeeds the one named Lee on Wednesday, July 26th
These days the West End is booming, with one of the busiest slates of shows to open in recent memory. To shed some light on what's hot right now in London, as well as on the business side of the ticket broker industry - on both sides of the pond - I sat to chat with Tracy Schiller, the Managing Director for Keith Prowse, one of the leading authorized ticket agencies in the world.
The box office of the Apollo Victoria Theatre, where Wicked will oen on September 27th, opens on March 5th
Premieres of Lynn Redgrave's new solo play Nightingale will be presented in London in January and in LA in February
Long rumored, the UK press is now officially reporting that Wicked has booked London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, where it's due to begin performances on September 27, 2006.
From November 25th through December 31st, the London hit His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley in the Zam Zam Room will run off-Broadway
Joined by Joanna Riding and Frances Ruffelle, Jason Robert Brown and the Caucasian Rhythm Kings will perform in London from December 7th through December 11th
Maria Friedman, the leading lady of the British musical theatre, makes her Broadway debut in London's smash hit musical, THE WOMAN IN WHITE, opening on Broadway Thursday, November 17th at the Marquis Theatre (211 W 45th St).
Fred Applegate has been announced as the next London Bialystock in the Producers, stepping in for Brad Oscar on April 25th
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