NETHERLANDS THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 38

Thirty years after it came out, the movie Yentl will be made into a musical starring just one actress: Vera Mann.

With Whoopi Goldberg in the audience, the Dutch version of Sister Act premiered in Scheveningen on March 2nd.

Stage Entertainment has just announced that Tanja Dik as managing director of Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties, market leader in the Netherlands.

BroadwayWorld is excited to expand its popular feature series outside the U.

Stage Entertainment in the Netherlands has issued a casting call for a Dutch version of JERSEY BOYS, the hit musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

In the wake of the upcoming Broadway opening of FLASHDANCE, a Dutch touring production will open late 2013, based on the current US Tour.

Yesterday the Dutch production of Sister Act has started its rehearsals in accompaniment of the press.

The extraordinary success of the Dutch musical SOLDAAT VAN ORANJE (Soldier of Orange), based on the movie by the same title, shown no signs of coming to an end soon.

The Dutch production of WICKED, currently playing the Circustheater in Schevening, will close today, January 11, 2013 after about 400 performances.

BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Netherlands in the year 2012.

In the upcoming musical exploring the relationship between Liza Minelli and Judy Garland, Janke Dekker will portray Liza, Jelka van Houten will play Judy.

In June 2012, she celebrated her 1000th performance as Elphaba in three subsequent production of Wicked: in Stuttgart and Oberhausen (Germany) and in Scheveningen (The Netherlands).

First it was on, 5 weeks later it was off again.

The Dutch production of SHREK, currently playing the RAI Theatre in Amsterdam, will move to the Stadsschouwburg Antwerp in Belgium for a limited four-week run.

This season the Amsterdam Marionette Theatre presents The amazing journey of Doctor Faust, November and December 2012.

NEW Productions, the company behind the immensely successful 'SOLDAAT VAN ORANJE', has announced its upcoming project, a musical about the Dutch origins of the city of New York.

In recent months, one incident quickly followed another at the Dutch branch of Stage Entertainment: a string of shows was announced and cancelled again, the managing director was replaced twice, and details about the company's internal problems appeared in the press.

Only 5 weeks after it was announced, the Dutch version of LOVE STORY has been cancelled.

Opening today, October 7th in Amsterdam, the first Dutch production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ASPECTS OF LOVE has released a promo for national TV.

The Dutch production of WICKED, currently playing the Circustheater in Schevening, will close January 11, 2013 after about 400 performances.

The 10th Anniversary World Arena tour of WE WILL ROCK YOU, the Queen and Ben Elton musical, will visit the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam from 9 to 12 April 2013.

Stage Entertainment announced it will open a Dutch production of LOVE STORY in 2013.

This season the Amsterdam Marionette Theatre will program the following performances, in September - November 2012, The Impresario (Der Schauspieldirektor) - W.

BroadwayWorld brings you the first images of the Dutch cast of SHREK, due to open early October in Amsterdam.

In response to the news that the UK touring production of DADDY COOL was cancelled, the tour's co-producer Albert Verlinde Entertainment (AVE) has stated it was "surprised by the late decision of the English producers".