Bill Kenwright News

Film and TV star Dean Cain may soon be headlining a tour of Aaron Sorkin's military drama A Few Good Men

The UK theatre website The Stage has named David Ian and Andrew Lloyd Webber as tied for #1 in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in British theatre today

Laura Michelle Kelly flies from Cherry Tree Lane to Middle Earth, Frances de la Tour stars in Boeing-Boeing and Lloyd Webber casts Joseph through reality TV

The previously announced London premiere of the musical Over Here! has been indefinitely postponed - but not cancelled

Oscar-winner Jessica Lange will return to the role of Amanda Wingfield in an upcoming West End revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie

On August 22nd, a new CD with a new record company will be hitting the streets. Jekyll and Hyde Resurrection CD recorded on Global Vision Records, a newly formed record company that features contemporary theatrical recordings

Anna Maxwell Martin, Michael Hayden, Sheila Hancock and more have been cast in the upcoming London revival of Kander and Ebb's Cabaret

With no less than 8 major musicals opening in Fall 2006 in London, which ones are steaming ahead and which ones lagging behind? Jake takes a look and finds out..

The West End is in for a dose of divine decadence; a revival of Cabaret has been confirmed to open on October 10th at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, after beginning previews on September 22nd

Festen will close at the Music Box Theatre on May 20th

FESTEN, the Broadway play about a family with a dark secret, will extend a special offer for 10 days only entitled Student Pricing For All! This unique program will offer $25 mezzanine seats for all Monday thru Friday performances from May 8-19. These tickets must be purchased by Sunday, May 14.

Dirty Dancing sells £3m of tickets, Rufus Norris helms Cabaret revival with Bill Kenwright and controversy rages for Kevin Spacey. Plus news on Tom Stoppard and Paul Nicholls.

These days the West End is booming, with one of the busiest slates of shows to open in recent memory. To shed some light on what's hot right now in London, as well as on the business side of the ticket broker industry - on both sides of the pond - I sat to chat with Tracy Schiller, the Managing Director for Keith Prowse, one of the leading authorized ticket agencies in the world.

Stars turned out for the Broadway opening of FESTEN, starring Jeremy Sisto, Julianna Margulies, Larry Bryggman, Ali MacGraw and more, on April 9th

Festen, starring Julianna Marguilies, Jeremy Sisto, Larry Bryggman, Ali MacGraw and more, opens on Broadway April 9th

Four hit West End productions--Embers, Whistle Down the Wind, The Rat Pack--Live From Las Vegas and The Producers--have extended their runs

Bonnie Langford stars in Chicago, Wicked sets box office records, The Crucible transfers and casting is confirmed for the UB40 musical

The Royal Shakespeare Company's current production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible will receive a West End transfer, with the play to begin previews on March 29th and open on April 5th

A press preview was held for Festen on March 7, and BroadwayWorld was there! The show begins previews at Broadway's Music Box Theatre on March 23rd for an official press opening on April 9th.

Wicked, Avenue Q, Caroline or Change, Evita and Spamalot join a long list of musical productions opening in 2006..