MATTHEW BOURNE'S SWAN LAKE, the triumphant modern re-interpretation of the legendary ballet, turned tradition upside down and took both the theater and dance worlds by storm when it arrived on Broadway in 1998 and went on to win three Tony Awards® and five Drama Desk Awards.
Olivier Award nominee Tony Sheldon and Tony Award® nominee Will Swenson (Hair) will lead the cast of the pre-Broadway North American company of PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL, written by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott and directed by Simon Phillips.
BroadwayWorld has learned that the West End hit, PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, has been extended for a fourth time and will continue to play the Palace Theatre into 2011.
PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT star Ben Richards is making a big change from his current job to the drag-filled show.
Ben Richards, best known on television for playing PC Nathaniel Roberts in the long running TV drama The Bill and Bruno Milligan in ITV's Footballer's Wives, is to join the West End cast of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical from 1 June 2010.
Stephan Elliott, Director of 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,' as well as author of its stage adaptation, will direct Australian comedy 'A Few Best Men,' according to Variety.
As BroadwayWorld has reported, Deadline.
As BroadwayWorld mentioned yesterday, Deadline.
Will Matt Cavenaugh and Will Swenson join original cast member Tony Sheldon for the Broadway premiere of PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT? Very likely, according to Deadline.
'TAP DOGS', the sensational dance show from Australia which received rave reviews when first produced in England fifteen years ago in 1995, and was last seen in London at Sadler's Wells Theatre in 2001, will again take the capital by storm this Summer.
The cast of Priscilla and Beverly Hills Bakery celebrate the shows 1st birthday in the West End, having completed over 425 performances at the Palace Theatre since its opening last year.
John Brannoch, cast member of the current production of PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT in London, recently compiled a 'Meet the Cast' of the current West End production.
John Brannoch, cast member of the current production of PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT in London, recently released a video of some backstage antics at the hit show.
'TAP DOGS', the sensational dance show from Australia which received rave reviews when first produced in England fifteen years ago in 1995, and was last seen in London at Sadler's Wells Theatre in 2001, will again take the capital by storm this summer.
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical will celebrate a year in the West End on 23 March 2010 having completed over 425 performances at the Palace Theatre since its opening last year.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported Gary McQuinn, producer of the Australian hit PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESSERT, announced that the show has planned a Broadway transfer for sometime in 2011.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, at the recent WhatsOnStage.
At last night's WhatsOnStage.
According to an equity casting notice, the West End hit, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, will open on Broadway at a house to be announced on March 6, 2011.
A slew of celebrities from all walks of the entertainment scene have flocked to see 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical' currently playing in the West End at the Palace Theatre.
