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Below are BroadwayWorld.com's most popular articles from 2009 - it's been quite a year. Here's a look at 40 of BroadwayWorld.com's most popular stories of the year in date order. Catch up below on anything that you might have missed from the past year on BroadwayWorld.com!
Theatrical favorites John Barrowman, Cheyenne Jackson, and Neil Patrick Harris are three of AfterElton.com's picks for Men of the Decade.
Television, film and stage star John Barrowman is to return to his native Glasgow next year when he heads the cast of the spectacular pantomime Aladdin.
Miriam Zendle takes a look at the London theatre scene and recommends shows and actors to see and to avoid.
A BWW reporter asks LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Douglas Hodge about the forthcoming Broadway transfer...
Producers Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian and David Mirvish have welcomed Simon Burke to their Toronto production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Burke, a versatile star of stage and screen originally from Australia but with a large body of work in the U.K., will take over the role of Captain von Trapp, having played the role in the West End London production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, opposite the 'Marias' of Connie Fisher and Summer Strallen.
At a star-studded nominations party held today (4th December) at London's Café de Paris, the shortlist reveals that popular British screen stars, including Jude Law, Lenny Henry, Helen Mirren, Rachel Weisz, Alison Steadman, Dominic West, Mackenzie Crook and Patrick Stewart, will all battle it out for acting gongs.
The long-running and award-winning Canadian Production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Sound of Music enters its final weeks at The Princess of Wales Theatre this month. Joining the cast for the last four weeks is esteemed theatre veteran Simon Burke, who sat down to talk with BWW to talk about joining the show and about spending Christmas in Canada!
Miriam Zendle takes a look at the London theatre scene and recommends shows and actors to see and to avoid.
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Jackie Hoffman, 'Jersey Boys,' 'The Addams Family,' 'Banana Shpeel,' 'South Pacific,' more.....
Producers Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian and David Mirvish have welcomed Simon Burke to their Toronto production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Burke, a versatile star of stage and screen originally from Australia but with a large body of work in the U.K., will take over the role of Captain von Trapp, having played the role in the West End London production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, opposite the 'Marias' of Connie Fisher and Summer Strallen.
Stage and screen star John Barrowman has hit YouTube with his re-enactment of Beyonce's 'Single Ladies' video. You can watch the funny little clip right here on STAGE TUBE!
The upcoming DVD 'An Evening with John Barrowman' is due for release in November 2009. The DVD contains over 55 minutes of extra features.
The West End's most glamorous musical, La Cage aux Folles, will officially close on January 2nd 2010 after more than a year in the West End.
As previously reported, the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) confirmed on Tuesday that it had completed the purchase of Live Nation's UK Theatres (excluding their one third share of The Dominion Theatre). The acquisition is the most significant development in ATG's 17 year history.
Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) today confirmed that it had completed the purchase of Live Nation's UK Theatres (excluding their one third share of The Dominion Theatre). The acquisition is the most significant development in ATG's 17 year history.
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West End stars Julie Atherton, Samuel Barnett, Daniel Boys, Ashleigh Gray, Leanne Jones, Paul Spicer, Oliver Tompsett, Hannah Waddingham and Rachael Wooding will headline this year's instalment of the perennially popular festive concert Christmas in New York, which arrives for its fourth triumphant year, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, for one night only on Sunday 6 December 2009.
Whatsonstage.com is reporting that the much hyped-about La Cage Aux Folles tour in the U.K. is now cancelled due to a lack of 'suitable stars.' The tour of the critically hailed Chocolate Menier Factory's production has been scheduled to begin in February of 2010.
It is something no artiste would like to admit, but according to a report in the London Evening Standard today, West End box offices may have reality television to thank for its swelled intake.
It was an early morning for fans of Olivier nominated stage star John Barrowman today in the U.K. Beginning at 7.45am, fans braved the cold to start the queue at Dress Circle to have their copies of Barrowman's new autobiography 'I Am What I Am' signed by the star. By 11.00am the queue was over 200 and snaking around the block. Despite the grey day, reportedly a good time was had by all.
