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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Rocliffe today announced the confirmed jury members who will decide which emerging comedy screenwriters will showcase their work in front of the cream of the UK and US television industry at Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) in August.

WICKED, the record-breaking hit West End musical, will welcome back harriet thorpe to the role of 'Madame Morrible' from today 22 April until Saturday 16 November 2013. Louise Plowright has withdrawn from the role due to ill health and the entire company wish her a full and speedy recovery.

WICKED, the record-breaking hit West End musical, will welcome back Harriet Thorpe to the role of 'Madame Morrible' from Monday 22 April until Saturday 16 November 2013. Louise Plowright has withdrawn from the role due to ill health and the entire company wish her a full and speedy recovery.

Ohnotheydidn't.com reports that Spice Girls member Victoria Beckham is officially saying 'cheerio' to the popular British pop girl group. According to the report, the singer has officially retired as a vocal performer, despite recent plans for a Spice Girls Australian tour and a current Broadway-bound musical featuring the songs of the legendary group.

Producer Judy Craymer presents Viva Forever!, the new musical written by one of Britain's most brilliant comediennes and BAFTA winning writers Jennifer Saunders, (Absolutely Fabulous, French & Saunders) and featuring the multi-million-selling songs of The Spice Girls. Viva Forever! just celebrated its 100th performance in the West End on March 8, and the show has released a new TV spot. Watch it below!

NBC announced today that versatile entertainer and former Spice Girl Melanie Brown (or 'Mel B') will join the network's top-rated summer series AMERICA'S GOT TALENT as a judge, and will take her place alongside fellow judges Howie Mandel and Howard Stern beginning this summer.

The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center presents the one-woman comedy Ruby Wax: Out Of Her Mind, starring the brash and honest UK based comic Ruby Wax. Presented by The Broad Stage, Ruby Wax: Out Of Her Mind opens on January 23rd and runs through February 3rd.

Producer Judy Craymer presents Viva Forever!, the new musical written by one of Britain's most brilliant comediennes and BAFTA winning writers Jennifer Saunders, (Absolutely Fabulous, French & Saunders) and featuring the multi-million-selling songs of The Spice Girls. The Spice Girls reunited in honor of the show's opening on 11 December 2012, at the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End. Go behind the scenes below!

In this week's edition of 'Around BWW: Regional Highlights of the Week', we take you around the country - and beyond - with the most-read theater stories for the week of December 24! Scroll below to see what made news in your area!

Britain's ITV1 network aired an all-new Spice Girls documentary on Christmas Eve which tells the definitive story of one of pop music's biggest ever all-female groups. Fifteen years after they first took the world by storm, a new musical about the girls called Viva Forever! hits the West End. The program looks at the creative process behind the show. Check it out below!

The programme claims to tell 'the definitive story of one of pop music's biggest ever all-female groups' and also follows the creative process prior to the launch of the musical Viva Forever! - based on their music, produced by Judy Craymer, and written by Jennifer Saunders.

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Viva Forever writer Jennifer Saunders tells BBC One's The Graham Norton Show about meeting the Spice Girls - before they were famous!

It must have seemed like a no-brainer. Take the back catalogue of one of the most successful and iconic pop groups of all time, get national semi-treasure Jennifer Saunders to write the script, and add Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer for good measure. A recipe for success, surely?

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Producer Judy Craymer presents Viva Forever!, the new musical written by one of Britain's most brilliant comediennes and BAFTA winning writers Jennifer Saunders, (Absolutely Fabulous, French & Saunders) and featuring the multi-million-selling songs of The Spice Girls. The Spice Girls reunited in honor of the show's opening on 11 December, 2012, at the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End. Click below for footage from the red carpet, highlights from the show, interviews with the producers and cast at the opening night party and more!

Producer Judy Craymer presents Viva Forever!, the new musical written by one of Britain's most brilliant comediennes and BAFTA winning writers Jennifer Saunders, (Absolutely Fabulous, French & Saunders) and featuring the multi-million-selling songs of The Spice Girls. The Spice Girls reunited in honor of the show's opening last night, 11 December, 2012, at the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End. Check out what the ladies had to say below!

Producer Judy Craymer presents Viva Forever!, the new musical written by one of Britain's most brilliant comediennes and BAFTA winning writers Jennifer Saunders, (Absolutely Fabulous, French & Saunders) and featuring the multi-million-selling songs of The Spice Girls. The Spice Girls reunited in honor of the show's opening tonight, 11 December, 2012, at the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End. BroadwayWorld brings you a photo of the group below!

Producer Judy Craymer presents Viva Forever!, the new musical written by Britain's BAFTA winning writers Jennifer Saunders, (Absolutely Fabulous, French & Saunders) and featuring the multi-million-selling songs of The Spice Girls. The show began previews on 27 November with the official opening last night, 11 December, 2012, at the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End. Let's see what the critics had to say...