Ben Elton News

Toronto loves its theater and always has a diverse selection available throughout the year. This winter theatergoers to Broadway's north is no exception with such musicals as 'Sweeney Todd' (an international Tour featuring Judy Kaye alongside revival cast member's Lauren Molina and Benjamin Magnuson), Queen's jukebox spectacle 'We Will Rock You', Dirty Dancing' and the holiday appropriate, 'White Christmas' which features several well-known New York based performers such as (married in real life) leads Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat.

Highlights from We Will Rock You

The hit Toronto production of WE WILL ROCK YOU has now extended to November 4, 2007. The new block of tickets will go on sale Saturday August 11, 2007.

Tickets for We Will Rock You, the hit Queen musical in Toronto, are now extended through the summer months to September 2, 2007

When the show rocks, it really rocks. When it talks, it becomes embarrassingly amateurish. * * 1/2 (out of five)

The Queen musical We Will Rock You has extended its run at Toronto's Canon Theatre.

David and Ed Mirvish have announced the complete all-Canadian cast of We Will Rock You.

Idina Menzel gave her final performance as the unusually green witch, Elphaba, in the London production of the hit musical Wicked on the 30th December at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Her three-month contract, which paid a record-breaking $30,000 per week, is now over and Kerry Ellis takes over the role from 1st January 2007.

From Monday, January 1st, Kerry Ellis will play the role of Elphaba in Wicked, London's smash-hit musical at the Apollo Victoria Theatre

PREPARE TO BE ROCKED, TORONTO! David and Ed Mirvish and The Kimsa Group, in association with Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Tribeca Theatrical Productions, present the Canadian premiere of the hit international musical WE WILL ROCK YOU.

We Will Rock You, a musical by Queen and Ben Elton, will open March 2007 at the Canon Theatre

Two hit West End musicals--the revival of Guys and Dolls and the Queen musical We Will Rock You--have extended their runs

Complete casting has been announced for the West End production of Wicked.

Closure plans for the hit West End musical We Will Rock You, featuring the songs of Queen, have been cancelled; the show will now play the Dominion Theatre through April 26th, 2007

Tonight's The Night - the hit West End musical inspired by the songs of Rod Stewart - is touring the UK throughout 2006

We Will Rock You closes after four years, Judi Dench's Hay Fever opens with a top price of £60, Evita is officially launched and Caroline or Change plans London run

The Queen musical We Will Rock You will play its last performance on the West End on October 7th

The show will finish its run after 520 performances at the end of November.

Reported by the London Theatre Guide is news that a new Andrew Lloyd Webber tune which had been cut from The Beautiful Game has been revised and will premiere in a cabaret show by performer Janie Dee on May 4. Webber will accompany Dee on piano for the song.

Theatre on TV, McAuliffe on musicals and genitals on stage!