Derren Brown News

As a result of ongoing social distancing restrictions, Ambassador Theatre Group has now suspended all performances at its UK venues until Friday 27 November 2020.

Today's top stories: BroadwayWorld launches Next On Stage season 2, Kenny Ortega wants to bring Hocus Pocus to Broadway, and more!

The DEAD CLUB Podcast is an 8 part podcast series that brings to life British band, Tunnga??s ground-breaking collaborative musical project, DEAD CLUB: a meditation on loss and a riotous trip through life in all its goodness, oddness and wonder.

World renowned magician Steve Cohen has announced that his new book, Confronting Magic, will be released on October 15, 2020.

With over 600 tickets sold, 1,911 suggestions for musical theatre styles, songs and settings, and a total of 1,184 views for their first ever socially distanced livestream, Olivier Award winners and Fringe favourites The Showstoppers are back with another socially distanced and completely improvised smash hit musical on Friday 28 August at 7:30pm!

Be among the first to experience a brand new, fully improvised musical live streamed directly to your home from Edinburgh FringeFavourites and Olivier Award Winners, The Showstoppers.

Calling all parents! The Olivier Award-winning Showstoppers have got you covered during lockdown with their interactive musical 'Online Storytime' made especially for kids!

Yesterday, Olivier award-winning superstar Jenna Russell became the latest West End star to challenge The Showstoppers to compose a musical theatre song in just 24 hours.

He's back! From Feb to July 2021, Derren Brown, the popular multi-award winning master of mind control and illusion, will be touring the UK with SHOWMAN, his first new live show for six years. Tickets are now on sale at www.derrenbrown.co.uk

Staged as a tribute to this year's cancelled Eurovision Song Contest, Olivier Award-winning musical comedy improvisers The Showstoppers raised £7,400 on Friday evening for the Care Workers' Charity by delivering their very own Alternative Eurovision Song Contest.

Inspired by his dog, Doodle, two-time Olivier award-winning master of magic and illusion, Derren Brown is the latest star to challenge The Showstoppers to The 24 Hour Musical Theatre Song Challenge.

Two-time Olivier award-winning master of magic and illusion, Derren Brown is the latest star to challenge The Showstoppers to compose a musical theatre song in just 24 hours.

Full casting has been announced for Hello, Dolly! as one of the most iconic musicals of all time comes to the Adelphi Theatre this summer. This brand new production is headlined by Imelda Staunton, as she reunites with director Dominic Cooke, following the critically acclaimed production of Follies at the National Theatre.

Steve Cohen is proud to announce the 20th anniversary of his show, Chamber Magic. Performed weekly in an elegant salon at the legendary Lotte New York Palace hotel, Chamber Magic features conjuring, mind-reading, sleight of hand, and an astonishing trick called Think-A-Drink. Cohen, the Millionaires' Magician, baffles his guests with magic up close as he recreates parlor entertainment that characterized Manhattan in the early 20th century.

The world premiere of Mischief Theatre's Magic Goes Wrong, the new collaboration from the creators of The Play That Goes Wrong and magicians Penn & Teller, opened in the West End yesterday, January 8 at London's Vaudeville Theatre.

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 1/5/2020.

The secret is out! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Derren Brown: Secret will conclude its limited run today, January 4, at the Cort Theatre, following 10 previews and 113 regular performances.

Welcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS! Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 12/29/2019.

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 12/29/2019.

2019 brought us a slew of new shows on Broadway and beyond. From fan favorites like Be More Chill, and Beetlejuice, smash hits like Moulin Rouge! and Hadestown, to plays such as Slave Play, Betrayal, and The Rose Tattoo, this year had something for all theatre fans to enjoy.