Julie Atherton News

The stars of The Last Five Years and tick, tick...BOOM! will sing at the showbiz shop this weekend

Carrie Dunn talks to the actor and producer about The Last Five Years and tick...tick...BOOM!

THE LAST FIVE YEARS - part of Notes from New York - opens at the Duchess Theatre on Wednesday May 6.

The Last 5 Years and tick, tick...Boom! arrive at the Duchess Theatre

The winners in the ninth annual Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards, the only major UK theatre prize-giving decided by the public, were announced today (Sunday 15 February) at a glittering, star-studded evening at the Prince of Wales Theatre.

The Press notes have announced that James Corden shocked the audience at last year's Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards with a steamy on-stage kiss with Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe - a moment that made headlines around the world. What will happen this Sunday when Gavin & Stacey's Corden and Two Pints of Lager's Sheridan Smith host the 2009 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards, at the Prince of Wales Theatre?

Gavin & Stacey's James Corden and Sheridan Smith, star of Grownups and Two Pints of Lager, will reunite to once again co-host the Winners' Concert for the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards, which takes place this year on Sunday 15 February at the West End's 1,100-seat Prince of Wales theatre, home of Mamma Mia!. A record 32,000+ theatregoers have voted in the 2009 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards

The Press notes have announced that James Corden shocked the audience at last year's Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards with a steamy on-stage kiss with Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe - a moment that made headlines around the world. What will happen this Sunday when Gavin & Stacey's Corden and Two Pints of Lager's Sheridan Smith host the 2009 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards, at the Prince of Wales Theatre?

Gavin & Stacey's James Corden and Sheridan Smith, star of Grownups and Two Pints of Lager, will reunite to once again co-host the Winners' Concert for the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards, which takes place this year on Sunday 15 February at the West End's 1,100-seat Prince of Wales theatre, home of Mamma Mia!. A record 32,000+ theatregoers have voted in the 2009 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards

Following its sell-out success as a gala West End concert in July, A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe will live on in the form of a live highlights recording, released on CD today, Monday 8 December 2008.

Multi-award-winning leading lady Maria Friedman returns to the West End for one night only to headline this year's instalment of Christmas in New York, the annual celebration of classic carols and seasonal show-stoppers, at the Lyric Theatre on Sunday 7 December 2008, alongside Avenue Q's Julie Atherton, Wicked's Oliver Tompsett and Ashleigh Gray, Spamalot's Michael Xavier and a full supporting cast including Adrian Hansel, Zoe Rainey, Richard Reynard and Lorna Want.

Multi-award-winning leading lady Maria Friedman returns to the West End for one night only to headline this year's instalment of Christmas in New York, the annual celebration of classic carols and seasonal show-stoppers, at the Lyric Theatre on Sunday 7 December 2008, alongside Avenue Q's Julie Atherton, Wicked's Oliver Tompsett and Ashleigh Gray, Spamalot's Michael Xavier and a full supporting cast including Adrian Hansel, Zoe Rainey, Richard Reynard and Lorna Want.

Official London Theatre is reporting that Julie Atherton will be returning to the cast of AVENUE Q on December 1st, 2008. It has been announced that the show will be concluding its three year run in the West End at the Noel Coward theatre on March 28th, 2009.

Finborough Theatre's upcoming production of Ordinary Days - the musical's European premiere - will feature Julie Atherton, (Kate Monster in Avenue Q on the West End) as Claire; Kenneth Avery-Clark (of the West End's The Producers and The Drowsy Chaperone) as Jason; Hayley Gallivan (Follies in Concert at the London Palladium) as Deb; and Lee William-Davis (most recently of Mamma Mia! and Mary Poppins in the West End) as Warren.

Originally scheduled for one night only, Notes from New York?s fifth anniversary production of Jason Robert Brown?s The Last 5 Years will now play two additional performances due to phenomenal public demand. With the original performance on Sunday 12 October selling out in less than four weeks of going on sale, West End stars Julie Atherton and Paul Spicer will now share the stage at the prestigious Theatre Royal Haymarket for three nights in total on Sundays 12, 19 and 26 October 2008 in this much anticipated, brand new gala staging.

Theatre Royal Haymarket Hosts Notes from New York Fifth Anniversary Gala Starring Atherton and Spicer.

Celebrating 25 years of songwriting by the Olivier Award winning duo of musical theatre composer George Stiles and lyricist Anthony Drewe, A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe is a one night only charity gala performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End on Sunday 6 July 2008, in support of Mercury Musical Developments, a unique organisation working to nurture new British musical theatre writing.

After a year and a half of performances Julie Atherton, Jon Robyns and Simon Lipkin will be leaving the company of Avenue Q on December 3. Joining the cast are Rebecca Lock, Daniel Boys and Christopher Fry.

Notes from New York and entertainment industry bible The Stage have joined forces to launch Notes for The Stage, a brand new and unique initiative offering budding British musical theatre composers the opportunity to have their work premiered on the West End stage. Notes for The Stage offers entrants the chance to have a song performed in 'Christmas in New York,' a one night gala at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on Sunday, December 9.