Kwame Kwei-Armah News

Luke Brady will play the title role in Hercules which begins next year in London's West End. Get a first look at the music video for 'Go the Distance' featuring Brady here! 

Luke Brady will star in the title role in Disney's HERCULES, opening at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in June 2025. The production features music by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Zippel, and a brand-new book by Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Save up to 65% on tickets to A Face In The Crowd at the Young Vic. Tickets are available from £15!

iHeartRadio Broadway will host an hour-long special celebrating 30 Years of Disney on Broadway this November.

When Ariana DeBose visited The Jennifer Hudson Show this week, the Oscar-winner revealed that she would love to star as one of the Muses in a live-action remake of Disney's Hercules.

See what the critics are saying about A Face in the Crowd by Elvis Costello and Sarah Ruhl’s at The Young Vic. Read the reviews for the production starring Ramin Karimloo, and learn more.

“I love you like Mary Shelley loved her monster.” Being in the right place at the right time can change your life. So, when young producer Marcia Jeffries stumbles upon a drunken Larry Rhodes while she’s recording a radio segment somewhere in the southern States, it seems like it’s fate. A gifted singer songwriter with a charming bluntness to him, Rhodes is immediately offered a slot on her show and his rise to stardom begins. Based on the 1957 film that launched Andy Griffith’s career, A Face in the Crowd is now only a creaky musical with an attractive cast. Written by Elvis Costello and Sara Ruhl, it’s Kwame Kwei-Armah’s swansong as Artistic Director of the Young Vic.

The Hills of California will begin previews on Broadway tonight, Wednesday, September 11, 2024. Meet the cast of The Hills of California here!

The Young Vic Theatre has announced that Executive Director Lucy Davies will leave the organisation in December 2024 to take up the position of Chief Executive of Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival. 

Disney Theatrical Group put on an electrifying performance of “Zero To Hero” at this year’s D23 Disney Entertainment Showcase to celebrate HERCULES coming to London’s West End in 2025. Watch in this video!

Check out rehearsal photos from A Face in the Crowd at Young Vic Theatre, starring Ramin Karimloo, with original music from Elvis Costello, and a book by Sarah Ruhl, here!

At D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event this weekend, Broadway and Disney performers Susan Egan, Courtney Reed, and Syndee Winters took the stage to perform I Won’t Say (I’m in Love) from Disney's Hercules. Watch the performance now!

Watch the West End cast of HERCULES perform 'Zero to Hero' at D23 in the video here!

The complete Broadway cast has been announced for the New York premiere of Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes. Learn more about who will star in the production here!

The Young Vic Theatre has announced the London transfer of Punch, the latest five-star sell-out show from Olivier Award-winning playwright James Graham (Best of Enemies, Dear England, This House, Sherwood) and Nottingham Playhouse, which brings Jacob Dunne’s powerful and moving memoir to the stage. 

Watch as puppet designer James Ortiz talks about bringing the monsters of Hercules to life on stage in the Hamburg production, directed by Casey Nicholaw in this all-new video.

The RSC has announced the appointment of Despina Tsatsas as the Company’s new Executive Producer (London), working alongside Co-Artistic Directors Tamara Harvey and Daniel Evans and Executive Director Andrew Leveson to define and deliver commercial producing opportunities for the RSC in London and internationally.

Initial casting has been announced for the Broadway premiere of Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes. Find out who is starring in the show here!

Hercules is headed to London! Disney's new production of Hercules, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, will open at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London's West End in summer 2025.

As we hit the final stretch ahead of the Tony Awards, this week we’re including the first in a series of guest essays from the producers of the Best Production nominees, with this installment from Tommy producers Stephen Gabriel and Ira Pittelman.