Landor Theatre News

JP Productions have today announced full casting details of their forthcoming UK tour of new touring production 'West End Women'.

Broadway's golden age of musical theatre wouldn't be what it is today without the incredibly talented Jewish composers and lyricists of the 20th century. Together they created an enduring legacy that is enjoyed by millions of people across the world every year. Continuing its successful tour, The Jewish Legacy now travels to Hornchurch and Leeds.

Gary Naylor sees Sharon Sexton's fabulous performance that brought Liza Minnelli to London in spirit, if not in person, after her cancellation of a summer tour. Well worth spending some of the refund at the Landor Theatre.

Following on from the successful run of "Ordinary Days" (which has been nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award for Best Musical Production), and the London revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" London Theatre Workshop is delighted to announce its next show will be the first London run of a new evening celebration of Stephen Sondheim's love songs, "Just Another Love Story".

Renowned Ulster playwright Stewart Parker's Spokesong - which won him the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright - opens at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of nine Sunday, Monday and Tuesday performances from Sunday, 25 May 2014 (Press Night: Monday, 26 May 2014)

R&H Theatricals Europe has announced that THE BAKEWELL BAKE OFF, a new musical by The Baking Committee, is now available for professional and amateur licensing in the United Kingdom and Europe. Applications are being accepted immediately for performances beginning no sooner than August 2014.

From the Fog Productions presents the London premiere of Best of Friends, featuring music, book, and lyrics by Nick Fogarty, now through Saturday 10 May at the Landor Theatre with performances Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30pm and Saturday and Sunday at 3:00pm. Best of Friends is directed by Rob McWhir with musical direction by Tom Turner and lighting design by Richard Lambert. Scroll down to see some photos from the production!

Twentysomething Productions, in association with Drew Gasparini, present The Platform LDM, featuring some of London's finest performers, on 27th April 2014 at Backstage Bar, The Spice of Life, Soho. Doors open at 6:30pm and the show starts at 7:00pm.

Disney and Sonia Friedman Productions are delighted to announce casting for the forthcoming stage production of Shakespeare in Love. The announcement coincides with the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth.

There aren't enough superlatives to praise the work of the Landor Theatre in promoting new musical theatre. At the moment, though, they're not just promoting a new show - they've practically rescued one from ignominy.

New British musical BEST OF FRIENDS, with book, music and lyrics by Nick Fogarty, will finally get its London premiere at the Landor Theatre, directed by the venue's artistic director, Robert McWhir, from tonight, 23 April.

Following on from the successful run of "Ordinary Days" (which has been nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award for Best Musical Production), and the London revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" London Theatre Workshop has announced its next show will be the first London run of a new evening celebration of Stephen Sondheim's love songs, "Just Another Love Story".

Gary Naylor sees a show with a troubled history hit some high points but also fail to live up to its full potential. In the early 90s, Mike and Jim were inseparable mates, living the dream in a band, but the band was going nowhere.

New British musical BEST OF FRIENDS, with book, music and lyrics by Nick Fogarty, will finally get its London premiere at the Landor Theatre, directed by the venue's artistic director, Robert McWhir, from Wednesday 23 April. Best of Friends was due in London last summer as The Golden Voice, starring Darren Day. Scheduled to open at the Arts Theatre, it was delayed multiple times before it was eventually cancelled. Actors' union Equity then launched legal action in an attempt to claim back unpaid cast wages.

Full casting is announced today for Tony Award-winning Broadway musical In The Heights, which receives its London Premiere in a brand new production in The Large at Southwark Playhouse from Friday 9 May

Award-winning biographical musical rollercaster, Somewhere Under The Rainbow: The Liza Minnelli Story, is to get it's eagerly awaited London premiere at the Landor Theatre from Monday 12 - Saturday 17 May.

Following the sell-out success of its workshop as part of Vibrant 2012 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, and as part of the Finborough Theatre's acclaimed Celebrating British Music Theatre series, the world premiere of a new musical adaptation of the classic French novel Therese Raquin opens at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre for a four week run, opening tonight, 25 March 2014 (Press Night: Thursday, 27 March 2014 at 7.30pm), starring Julie Atherton and Olivier Award nominee Tara Hugo.

Fashion Victim The Musical!, a contemporary morality tale set in the cutthroat world of la mode, wants its chance in the cutthroat world of theatre... and is turning to Kickstarter to fund its launch on London's theatrical catwalk.

I've enjoyed some success performing my one-man shows (and the one-nun shows too!) on the London cabaret scene since 1997. I've been lucky enough to perform at some fabulous venues, from The Purcell Room to Pizza on the Park, and at one of my second homes in Theatreland, the Jermyn Street Theatre. There's also been the excitement of performing in international venues, such as two seasons at Don't Tell Mama NYC and even taking my alter ego, Sister Mary McArthur, to open The New Space Theatre 2 in Cape Town.

Is there room for another re-working of 'The Strange case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde'? I'd have said no. But Tony Rees and Gary Young thought otherwise and the result is 'The Man Inside', a musical delivered all through with the cast cut to the doctor/devil and two women who also represent opposite natures.