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Video: Kevin Clifton and More in PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT UK and Ireland Tour
by Stephi Wild - Mar 4, 2026

All new footage has been released for the UK and Ireland tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. The musical will then be touring the UK and Ireland until July. Check out the video here!

Review: PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, King's Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Mar 3, 2026

The Broadway and West End musical comedy sensation follows three friends on a hilarious and heartwarming road trip across the Australian Outback to stage the show of a lifetime. Priscilla Queen Of The Desert is a joyous celebration of unity, love, and being unapologetically yourself.

Full Cast Set For PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT
by Stephi Wild - Oct 16, 2025

The full cast has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour Priscilla Queen of the Desert, including Kevin Clifton, Nick Hayes, and more. Learn more about the show here!

ALICE DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE Studio Cast Recording To be Released This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 18, 2024

Center Stage Records will release of ALICE DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE, a new musical journey inspired by Lewis Carroll's classic tale. Learn more!

Principal Casting Announced For China Plate and Birmingham Hippodrome's New Concert Musical, TO THE STREETS!
by Stephi Wild - Jun 29, 2022

China Plate and Birmingham Hippodrome have announced both the principal cast and the West Midlands based associate creative team for their new concert musical To The Streets!, an uplifting new musical by Roy Williams and Tim Sutton, based on an original idea by Christopher Haydon, inspired by the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott, a pivotal moment in the UK's civil rights history.

Spirits Burning Collective Releases New Instrumental Album
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 7, 2021

California - 'Evolution Ritual' is the 16th studio album from the Spirits Burning collective. It includes 17 new songs, and is the band's first acoustic-based instrumental album.

Sue Kelvin Performs BETTE MIDLER AND ME at The Garden Theatre at The Eagle
by Stephi Wild - Oct 1, 2020

a?oeWhen Ia??m on stage - ita??s a party!a?? quipped Bette Midler.  So come join the  party as West End star and leading lady Sue Kelvin takes a roller-coaster ride through the Divine Bette Midlera??s fabulous career.

VIDEO: 150 Performers Record 'Make Them Hear You' to Raise Runds for StopWatch
by Stephi Wild - Jul 27, 2020

Danielle Tarento has brought together more than 150 Black and Black mixed race actors from the UK and the US, along with a 38-piece orchestra, to record a??Make Them Hear You,a?? from the Broadway musical Ragtime.

Darren Day Joins The Cast Of MAME
by Stephi Wild - Dec 17, 2019

Darren Day will star as Beauregard, alongside Tracie Bennett in the title role and Harriet Thorpe as Vera, in the critically acclaimed first professional UK revival of Jerry Herman's much loved musical MAME. The production opened at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester earlier this year to rave reviews, and will play Royal & Derngate, Northampton from 7 to 11 January 2020 and Salisbury Playhouse from 21 to 25 January 2020.

VIDEO: Get A First Look At The First UK Revival Of MAME Starring Tracie Bennett
by Alan Henry - Oct 11, 2019

BroadwayWorld has a first look at the first professional UK revival of Jerry Herman's much loved musical MAME with Tracie Bennett in the title role.

Photo Flash: First Look at MAME at the Hope Mill Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2019

MAME, a classic 1960's musical, with book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, has not been seen in the UK since the original West End production in 1969 starring Ginger Rogers. Set in New York City and spanning the Great Depression and World War II, the musical focuses on eccentric bohemian Mame Dennis.

Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For the First UK Professional Revival of MAME at Hope Mill Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 6, 2019

MAME, a classic 1960's musical, with book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, has not been seen in the UK since the original West End production in 1969 starring Ginger Rogers. Set in New York City and spanning the Great Depression and World War II, the musical focuses on eccentric bohemian Mame Dennis.

Photo Flash: Santa Paula Theater Center Presents Edward Albee's SEASCAPE
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 5, 2019

Come spend an afternoon at the beach while staying cool in our air conditioned theater as the Santa Paula Theater Center presents Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize winning comedy SEASCAPE from August 30 - October 6, 2019 on Friday and Saturday evening at 8 pm and Sunday matinees at 2:30 pm at the Santa Paula Theater Center, 125 South 7th Street in Santa Paula. Tickets are $24 Adults, $22 Seniors & Students and are available at www.santapaulatheatercenter.org or sptcbox@gmail.com .

Harriet Thorpe and Tim Flavin Join Tracie Bennett In MAME At Hope Mill Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jun 20, 2019

Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment, Hope Mill Theatre and Ray Rackham Theatrical are delighted to announce that Harriet Thorpe and Tim Flavin will star as Vera and Beauregard respectively in the first professional UK revival of Jerry Herman's much loved musical MAME. They join the previously announced Tracie Bennett in the title role.

Casting Announced For JACK AND THE BEANSTALK at Exeter Northcott
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2018

Artistic & Executive Director of Exeter Northcott Theatre Daniel Buckroyd today announces the full cast for the Christmas pantomime.

Full Casting Announced For 2018's World Renowned From Page To Stage At Southwark Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Sep 5, 2018

With rehearsals starting today, the full cast has been announced for Aria Entertainment's prestigious festival of new musical theatre, From Page To Stage (FPTS), which returns with gusto for a 6th successful year from September 2018 at London's Southwark Playhouse. Jane Deitch has cast the 37-strong company, who will each star in one of the seven brand new musicals featured in the 2018 festival.

BWW Interview: Eugene Domingo Talks 'NIGHT, MOTHER, Living Life to The Fullest
by Jude Cartalaba - Mar 5, 2018

Almost six years after her last play, 'Bona,' Eugene Domingo returns to the stage via the Filipino adaptation of Marsha Norman's Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'NIGHT, MOTHER. She breathes life into the character of the depressed Jessie, a divorced wife and a mother of a delinquent son.

Join HAIR's Hippie New Year Party
by Stephi Wild - Dec 19, 2017

Come #JoinTheTribe one final time on Friday 12 January 2018 with their Hippie New Year/Closing Party post show from 2215hrs! After a hugely successful run at The Vaults, the 50th Anniversary production of HAIR is celebrating with a huge late night party the night before it closes.

BWW Review: HAIR THE MUSICAL, The Vaults
by Gary Naylor - Oct 13, 2017

Hair The Musical is back for a 50th anniversary show, but only provokes Gary Naylor to turn on, tune in and drop off.

James Rado Nods to Current Politics with Additions to 50th Anniversary HAIR at The Vaults
by BWW News Desk - Oct 11, 2017

Opening tonight 11 October is the new production of the first protest musical HAIR at The Vaults. 85-year-old Tony- and Grammy Award-winning writer/lyricist of HAIR, James Rado, told young producer Katy Lipson and young director of HAIR Jonathan O'Boyle, 'I'd like this production to have the definitive script of HAIR - there's never been one in 50 years.' Scroll down to see some of the new script lines, as well as programme notes from both O'Boyle and Rado!