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It is announced today that Ian McKellen will feature in the West End premiere of The Exorcist as the voice of the Demon.

Forty-five years after William Peter Blatty's best-selling novel terrified an entire generation, The Exorcist will be unleashed onto the West End stage for the very first time in a uniquely theatrical experience directed by Sean Mathias and adapted for the stage by John Pielmeier.

The Broadway Experience celebrated its 10th Anniversary season with a culminating student performance alongside Broadway professionals this past Sunday, August 20, 2017 at the James & Martha Duffy Performance Space at Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn. Scroll down for photos!

Forty-five years after William Peter Blatty's best-selling novel terrified an entire generation, The Exorcist will be unleashed onto the West End stage for the very first time, directed by Sean Mathias and adapted by John Pielmeier. The Exorcist will play a strictly limited run at the Phoenix Theatre from 20 October 2017 to 10 March 2018. Book tickets here from 20

Forty-five years after William Peter Blatty's best-selling novel terrified an entire generation, The Exorcist will be unleashed onto the West End stage for the very first time in a uniquely theatrical experience directed by Sean Mathias and adapted for the stage by John Pielmeier.

BWW speaks to Ben Hart about his 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Belief?

BroadwayWorld reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks from the cabaret section of the Edinburgh Fringe programme.

The Broadway Experience musical theatre intensive will celebrate its 10th Anniversary season in summer 2017 in New York City.

The stage version of THE EXORCIST, which first debuted at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles in 2012, is making its UK debut just in time for Halloween.

New Theater Works presents, Bitter Pill - The Songs of Billy Butler as Conceptualized by The Mad Men of Oopsy Daisy Inc. from October 14 - 30 at The Players' Ring, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth NH. Friday and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm, with the final performance on Sunday October 30 at 3pm. Tickets are $15 with discounts for students, seniors, and Players' Ring members. To reserve, visit www.playersring.org or call 603-436-8123

A new production of The Exorcist, directed by Sean Mathias, will receive its UK premiere at Birmingham Repertory Theatre from Friday 21 October - Saturday 5 November 2016. The cast features Jenny Seagrove in the role of Chris, Peter Bowles as Father Merrin and Adam Garcia as Damien.

Behind every competition, no matter how noble or earnest its aims might be, are a group of ruthless, cut-throat competitors trying to win. THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is no different. Watching the six 'competitors' go after the county's coveted spelling trophy provides the perfect closer to the summer schedule for the Weathervane Playhouse.

Hampstead Theatre today announces that its acclaimed production of Wild will be streamed worldwide, free, and live on its final night, Saturday 23 July at 7.30pm GMT, in association with The Guardian.

There's something rather nostalgic about watching a magic show in the heart of London, where the prestigious Magic Circle was first established in 1905. Playing at the Noel Coward Theatre until 27 August, Impossible, presented by Jamie Hendry and Gavin Kalin Productions, celebrates an old-fashioned, over-exaggerated sense of wizardry through a series of special stunts, illusions and tricks that successfully evoke feelings of child-like wonder.

Lance Corporal Richard Jones, stole the hearts of the nation when he was crowned the first ever magician to win Britain's Got Talent last month. He is now set to will guest star in the return of West End magic showIMPOSSIBLE at the Noel Coward Theatre from tonight 8 July - 27 August.

Lance Corporal Richard Jones, stole the hearts of the nation when he was crowned the first ever magician to win Britain's Got Talent last month. He is now set to will guest star in the return of West End magic showIMPOSSIBLE at the Noel Coward Theatre from 8 July - 27 August. As previously announced, IMPOSSIBLE, the world's greatest magic show, returns to London this summer, following its acclaimed West End season last year. The show features the world's greatest illusionists including Josephine Lee, Sabine Van Diemen, Magical Bones, Jonathan Goodwin, Ben Hart and Chris Cox. Press Night: Wednesday 13 July, 7pm.

Reefer Madness: The Musical, a song-and-dance-and-zombies parody of the 1930s anti-marijuana propaganda film, moves this summer from the theater world's fringes to the Seacoast Repertory Theatre's main stage.

IMPOSSIBLE, the world's greatest magic show, will return to London this summer, following its acclaimed West End season last year. The show, which features the world's greatest illusionists including new cast members Josephine Lee, Sabine Van Diemen and Magical Bones, will begin performances at the Noel Coward Theatre on Friday 8 July and run through to Saturday 27 August (Press Night: Wednesday 13 July at 7:00pm).

The Seacoast Repertory Theater is offering some light relief from the presidential campaign hoopla and a gray winter with its production of 'The Marvelous Wonderettes,' the hit revue portraying high school classmates with a gleeful parade of pop music from the 1950s and '60s.

Fresh from its hugely successful run in the West End, Impossible is a brand new stage spectacle featuring six of the best magicians and illusionists that this country has to offer. From death-defying stunts to close-up magic, the show manages to strike the perfect balance in scale and has the audiences enchanted and on the edge of their seats for the whole two and a half hour show.