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Mojo makes its Regional Premiere, runs through February 27, 2010. When teen heartthrob Silver Johnny hits the scene, the lower tier workers at a lower tier club think they've discovered the next big thing.
Casting has been announced for the Philadelphia engagement of Disney's THE LION KING. Philadelphia's most eagerly awaited return will once again leap onto the Academy of Music stage from Tuesday, March 23 to Saturday, April 24.
Good Night Out Presents the world premiere of SHRUNK by Charlotte Eilenberg at The Cock Tavern Theatre 18th May - 12th June (PRESS NIGHT: FRIDAY 21st MAY at 7.30pm).
Theatre of the Expendable (Mare Cognitum, Cherry Docs) announces their fifth season, which will include Alan M. Berks' Almost Exactly Like Us and Conor McPherson's St. Nicholas. Both productions will be directed by TotE's Artistic Director, Jesse Edward Rosbrow, and will play at The WorkShop Theater.
'JERSEY BOYS', the award-winning musical which opened in London's West End at the Prince Edward Theatre two years ago, will celebrate its second London birthday on 18 March.
JERSEY BOYS, the award-winning musical which opened in London's West End at the Prince Edward Theatre two years ago, will celebrate its second London birthday on 18 March. Joining the cast for the third year of its run will be Jon Boydon playing Tommy DeVito and Eugene McCoy playing Nick Massi.
THE WEIR will end its run at San Jose Rep on February 21st.
Burning Coal Theatre Company's The Seafarer will close on Feb. 21, 2010 at Meymandi Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh.
The upcoming reality television show, 'Over the Rainbow,' which will feature a competition to earn the role as of Dorothy in the upcoming West End production of The Wizard of Oz, will feature a judging panel consisting of Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Partridge, Charlotte Church, and Sheila Hancock. The show will be hosted by British star Graham Norton.
Ruthie Henshall has extended her run as ‘Roxie Hart' in the West End production of 'CHICAGO' at the Cambridge Theatre in Covent Garden's Seven Dials by two months until 18 April.
The Nashville Symphony welcomes two of the world's most acclaimed conductors in back-to-back weekends as English conductor Sir Neville Marriner conducts William Walton's Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario on February 25-27, 2010, and German conductor Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach's Mass in B minor on March 4-6, 2010.
Chichester Festival Theatre has announced its 2010 seaon which will include Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death, Love Story, Yes, Prime Minister, The Critic, The Real Inspector Hound, and more.
Disney's landmark musical event, THE LION KING, will celebrate another remarkable milestone when it plays its 5,125th performance on Sunday, February 21 to become the eighth longest-running show in Broadway history. THE LION KING moves up the top ten list of long runs, surpassing the musical Rent (with 5124 performances). Disney's beloved musical Beauty and the Beast retains its position as no. 7 on the list.
Mojo makes its Regional Premiere, runs through February 27, 2010. When teen heartthrob Silver Johnny hits the scene, the lower tier workers at a lower tier club think they've discovered the next big thing.
The SF Playhouse (Bill English, Artistic Director; Susi Damilano, Producing Director) announces the casting for its Regional Premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis's Den of Thieves.
Glorious! is based on the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the legendary New York heiress and socialite who wanted to be a great operatic diva despite having one of the worst singing voices in history.
David Hirson was born in New York City and was educated at Yale and Oxford. He is the author of two plays for the theatre, La Bête (1991) and Wrong Mountain (2000), both of which have been produced on Broadway. He has received numerous honours for his work, including the 1992 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy. The original Broadway production of La Bête was nominated for five Tony awards in 1991. A collected edition of his plays is published by Grove Press. He is currently working on a new version of Die Fledermaus for the Metropolitan Opera.
Yesterday, Sunday 14 February, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical won the Best Musical Award, voted for by readers of Whatsonstage.com. In addition Oliver Thornton won Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, Brian Thomson won Best Set Design and the late Ross Coleman won the award for Best Choreographer. The 2010 Whatsonstage Awards were voted for by a record 46,000 theatregoers.
48 years after Judi Dench first played Titania in the 1962 Royal Shakespeare Company production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' directed by Peter Hall, she revisits the role again in a new production of 'Dream', also helmed by Hall, and currently playing at the Rose Theatre in Kingston.
UK theatregoers have voted the hit musical WICKED London's 'Best West End Show' at the 2010 Whatsonstage.com Awards. This special award, which asked the public to decide the best overall show from all the plays and musicals currently running in the West End, was presented in celebration of the Awards' 10th Anniversary.
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