Charlotte Wakefield News

The 55th Annual Evening Standards Theatre Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in London Theater, today has released their long list of 2009 nominees. The award ceremony, which will take place on November 23 at the Royal Opera House, will honor some of theater's biggest stars, including Ian McKellen, Kevin Spacey, Sam Mendes, and more. Sponsored by U.K'.s Evening Standard newspaper, with nominees selected by a panel of London theater critics, the shortlist of nominees will be sometime next week.

Spring Awakening will end performances at the Novello Theatre today, May 30th. The musical was originally set to run until October 31st, 2009, but has closed earlier than expected.

UK theatre websource WhatsOnStage.com is reporting that Spring Awakening has posted closing notices at the Novello Theatre. Originally set to run until October 31st, 2009, it will now close on May 30th. The Lyric Hammersmith production of Spring Awakening transfered to the Novello Theatre on Saturday 21 March 2009.

WhatsOnStage.com is reporting that Britney Spears is desperate to pay a visit to the West End Spring Awakening when she brings her new tour 'The Circus' to the O2 Arena this June.

In a time when the average musical theatre menu served in the West End consists of revived old musicals, bland and rather inconsequential new musicals or purely commercial vehicles with little originality of content and no original score - it is a breath of fresh air to have a musical theatre piece open at a West End house that is new, innovative, has a serious plot with layers of thought-provoking sub-text and also has an original, vibrant score. A breath of Spring air, in fact. The multi-Tony Award winning Spring Awakening, currently playing at the Novello Theatre (fresh from an 'out of town' triumph at the Lyric, Hammersmith) is one of the most exciting shows to hit the West End in years.

London Calling with Champagne Charlie - Dateline: Spring Awakening - BW EXCLUSIVE - The Film in pre production now!

The Lyric Hammersmith production of Spring Awakening transferred to the Novello Theatre on Saturday 21 March 2009. The record-breaking run at the Lyric Hammersmith, a raft of five star reviews, and the overwhelming response from sell-out audiences propelled the European premiere production of the Tony Award-winning musical to London's West End.

The Lyric Hammersmith production of Spring Awakening transfers to the Novello Theatre on Saturday 21 March 2009. The record-breaking run at the Lyric Hammersmith, a raft of five star reviews, and the overwhelming response from sell-out audiences propelled the European premiere production of the Tony Award-winning musical to London's West End.

The Lyric Hammersmith production of Spring Awakening will transfer to the Novello Theatre on Saturday 21 March 2009. The ongoing record-breaking run at the Lyric Hammersmith, a raft of five star reviews, and the overwhelming response from sell-out audiences are propelling the European premiere production of the Tony Award-winning musical to London?s West End. *Telephone and online sales will begin at 10am on Sunday 22 February 2009. The Box Office at the Novello Theatre will open to personal callers at 10am on Monday 23 February.

It is a rare thing in musical theatre that a show comes along that is vibrant, funny, touching, thought provoking, edgy, relevant, timeless and thoroughly entertaining. Spring Awakening is just that kind of rare thing. The Lyric, Hammersmith is the current home of the UK premiere production of Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's smash hit multi-Tony-Award-winning musical, vividly recreated from his original New York staging by director Michael Mayer.

The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Spring Awakening is currently making its UK premiere at London's Lyric Hammersmith, as part the Lyric lineup. Spring Awakening is scheduled to run through February 28th. The cast is led by UK newcomers Charlotte Wakefield, Iwan Rheon, and Aneurin Barnard.

Well...it's here. The press are assembled, the dancers are ready. Director Michael Mayer on for the first time with a newly cast entourage from one of London's most eagerly awaited shows. Spring Awakening is being shown off to the traditionally cynical and reserved UK media. They take their places and immediately launch in to 'The Bitch of Living'...

The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Spring Awakening received its UK premiere at London's Lyric Hammersmith on January 23rd. The Independent's Michael Coveney discusses the musical with its creators Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater about how it all came together to finally find a home on the stage.

The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Spring Awakening will receive its UK premiere at London's Lyric Hammersmith, 1/23-2/28 as part the Lyric lineup.The Lyric will also be presenting the Gecko's production of Nikolai Gogol's The Overcoat 3/20-4/11, dance piece Hang On, a collaboration of Theatre-Rites and award-winning aerialists Ockham's Razor 4/15-4/25 and finally Deepak Verma's musical adaptation of the classic novel Wuthering Heights re-set in India 4/29-5/23 2009. This fall marked the launch of the First National Touring Company, which premiered at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco and just completed an engagement in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre.The tour's upcoming schedule includes Tempe, AZ, Chicago, Boston, Tampa, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Washington, DC among many other stops and is currently booked through the end of 2009. International productions are set in 2009 for London, Vienna, Toronto, Helsinki, and Seoul.

London Calling with Champagne Charlie January 18th 2009 Breathlessly running towards the check in at London Airport actor and producer Tom Hulce had promised to let Broadway World know FIRST what happening backstage at London's Lyric theatre as it gearings up for the UK premiere of 'Spring Awakening'. Good to his word - the call came through and he caught his breath and collected his bags and Duty Frees started to reflect on the week. 'We have the most AMAZING cast' he told me via his cell phone waiting in the departure lounge waiting for the flight back to New York.

The Tony Award-winning Spring Awakening, which just played its final performance on Broadway last night, Sunday January 18th, will receive its UK premiere at West London's Lyric Hammersmith with performances beginning January 23rd. The young UK cast is led by Aneurin Barnard, Charlotte Wakefield and Iwan Rheon. Here we bring you exclusive pictures of the fresh new cast. This fall marked the launch of the First National Touring Company, which premiered at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco and just completed an engagement in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre. The tour's upcoming schedule includes Tempe, AZ, Chicago, Boston, Tampa, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Washington, DC among many other stops and is currently booked through the end of 2009. International productions are set in 2009 Vienna, Toronto, Helsinki, and Seoul.

K's WhatsOnStage website has revealed the Lyric Theatre's 2009 Spring Season. The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Spring Awakening will receive its UK premiere at London's Lyric Hammersmith, 1/23-2/28 as part the Lyric lineup.

London's Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced initial casting for their production of SPRING AWAKENING.