British theatre's biggest night is here at last. The Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard take place tonight, 10 April, at the Royal Albert Hall. The ceremony will be hosted by Jason Manford and broadcast via official media partners ITV and Magic Radio. We'll be updating the list of nominees LIVE.
The producers of the award-winning Back to the Future the Musical have announced that the original cast recording has stormed into the top 5 of the Official UK Compilation Chart in the first week of release.
Sony Masterworks Broadway today releases the Original Cast Recording to BACK TO THE FUTURE - THE MUSICAL. The award-winning musical is currently running at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End and features new music by multi-Grammy winners Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard alongside classic songs from the movie.
Nominations have been announced for the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard, British theatre’s most prestigious honours, which take place on Sunday 10 April at the Royal Albert Hall. View the full list.
Back to the Future: The Musical has rewritten theatre history, having opened to five-star reviews at London's Adelphi Theatre. And you can get exclusively priced tickets to this West End hit if you book during London Theatre Week!
Glen Ballard, co-writer and producer of Jagged Little Pill, has a couple of exciting projects up his sleeve at the moment! In the first episode of the new season of the Eleven podcast hosted by William Connolly, he shares adapting The Rose for the stage and he also discusses the live-action remake of Pinocchio. Check out some snippets of the conversation below.
Imagine - It’s Christmas Eve, and you’re about to roller-coaster up and down mountains, slip-slide over ice fields, teeter across mile-high bridges, and be served hot chocolate by singing waiters more astonishing than any you can imagine. You’re on The Polar Express™! Tom Hanks stars in and Robert Zemeckis directs this instant holiday classic filmed in dazzling performance-capture animation that makes every moment magical.
The McKnight Center at Oklahoma State University will host two festive Million Dollar Quartet Christmas performances on Friday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Audiences are also invited to celebrate the holiday season with the beloved holiday film, The Polar Express In Concert with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m.
The McKnight Center at Oklahoma State University will host two festive Million Dollar Quartet Christmas performances on Friday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Audiences are also invited to celebrate the holiday season with the beloved holiday film, The Polar Express In Concert with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m.
From new releases to the return of some classics, this month features highly-anticipated new projects, including back-to-back Lin Manuel Miranda releases with his tick, tick...BOOM! film on Netflix and the Encanto soundtrack, to several new albums released by Broadway favorites, and new additions to Seth Rudetsky's online concert series.
Last night Huey Lewis, the writer and performer of the iconic songs The Power of Love and Back in Time, which feature in the Back to the Future film and musical, was in attendance at BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical with Bob Gale, the creator of the Back to the Future film trilogy and book writer and producer of the musical, to celebrate Back to the Future Day.
The Golden State Pops Orchestra has announced their Return to the Stage with the 'Holiday POPS Spectacular' on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 8pm in the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, CA.
CLUB44 RECORDS has announced that Voctave, the acclaimed a capella group known for their soaring harmonies and intricate arrangements, will release the new holiday album The Spirit of the Season: Deluxe Edition in digital, streaming and CD formats on Friday, October 22.
BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical’s performances at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End will extend to 3 July 2022. Tickets on sale now. The musical, which had its opening night on Monday 13 September, has had an incredible reaction from the public and been rewarded with 5 star and 4 star reviews.
Earlier this week, BroadwayWorld reported that opening night for the West End production of Back to the Future The Musical, proceeded with out its leading man, Roger Bart, who tested positive for COVID-19. Now the show has announced that performances have officially been suspended through Monday, 20 September due to illness within the cast.
Last night, guests and celebrities celebrated the opening night of BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical at the Adelphi Theatre, with a pre-show drinks reception at the Corinthia hotel.
Roger Bart, who plays Doc Brown, has tested positive for Covid-19, so his understudy, Mark Oxtoby, will go on as Doc Brown for the first time tonight. The official press opening for the production has been delayed.