David Ian News

'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?' has been nominated for a prestigious 2007 International Emmy Award.

Canada is to be the next nation to answer the question 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'

Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Ian's smash-hit new London production of The Sound of Music will make its North American premiere beginning September 2008 at The Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. Role of 'Maria' to be cast by Canadian TV public audiences.

Grease, featuring book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, opened on Broadway on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, and BroadwayWorld caught all the excitement!

Simon Burke will star as 'Captain Von Trapp' in The Sound of Music at the London Palladium from 24 September, joining Connie Fisher, who stars as 'Maria' for six performances a week, with Aoife Mulholland playing the role on Monday evenings and Wednesday matinees

Max Crumm and Laura Osnes, 'Danny' and 'Sandy' in the new Broadway production of Grease, originally presented the Nick at Nite premiere of the mega-hit movie musical on Sunday, July 1

Billy Bush, host of NBC's 'Access' and a co-host of 'Grease: You're the One That I Want,' attended a preview performance of Grease, Sunday, July 29th

Broadway In Chicago has announced Cameron Mackintosh and the National Theatre of Great Britain's acclaimed new production of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady will premiere in Chicago in a limited two-week engagement at the Cadillac Palace Theatre

The website for the new Broadway revival of Grease is now live

Tony Award-winning composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber is going Hollywood, with plans for a new star-making TV reality talent search.

The new Broadway production of Grease, directed and choreographed by two-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall (The Pajama Game), begins previews on Tuesday, July 24th.

Feline aficionado Andrew Lloyd Webber's kitten destroyed a little - but by no means all - of the composer's in-progress score to his The Phantom of the Opera follow-up.

Producers of the new Broadway production of Grease, directed and choreographed by two-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall have announced full casting.

Andrew Lloyd Webber will once again collaborate with David Zippel on his follow-up to The Phantom of the Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber is interested in Sarah Brightman's possibly reprising her role as Christine in his previously announced follow-up to The Phantom of the Opera

The Broadway revival of Grease, starring 'Grease: You're the One That I Want' winner Laura Osnes and Max Crumm, will open at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on August 19th.

After a jam-packed Autumn season last year, with 8 musicals in 8 weeks, the West End goes one better and gives us 10 musicals to look forward to over the summer months. With Broadway imports, popular reality TV cast musicals, new musicals and short-run revivals, there's certainly something for everyone, so read on for the full lowdown..

Producers of the upcoming London revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat are searching for Elvis impersonators to play the role of Pharaoh in the show.

American viewers unable to catch 'Any Dream Will Do' - the reality talent search resulting in the casting of the title role in an upcoming West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - will now have access to online video podcasts to keep in touch with the show's progress.

Tickets for the new Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End are now on sale.