Mark Evans News

The Book of Mormon, which opened Thursday at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, anchors the 2012-2013 Broadway series just as it is an anchor on the Great White Way itself.

The juggernaut has arrived! Yes the winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, "The Book of Mormon", has come to the Paramount Theatre to sold out houses. But can this highly anticipated touring show live up to all the hype and deliver? Do the Elders in Africa put on fabulous tap numbers? Well, for those that haven't seen the show yet, the answer to that is a resounding, "YES!"

According to the show's official website, Mark Evans and Christopher John O'Neill will join the cast of the national tour of The Book of Mormon as Elder Price and Elder Cunningham respectively. They replace Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner who join the West End company at the Prince of Wales Theatre from 25 February 2013. For a complete list of tour stops, visit: http://www.bookofmormonbroadway.com

The IDolls brought their brand of soul divadom to The Hippodrome on Sunday 18 November as part of the Live At The Hippodrome season. The IDolls are Portia Emare, Emma Lindars and Charlotte Riby, the trio who first appeared as the Divas in the West End production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

Ghost The Musical will be closing at the Piccadilly Theatre to make way for Viva Forever, the Spice Girls musical. The show will take its final bow today, October 6.

After a successful first series earlier this year, The Curtain Up Show returns to London's arts radio station, Resonance 104.4fm, for a new 11 week run. Tim McArthur will be joined live in the studio at midday on Friday by Sam Buttery and Katie Kerr who are currently starring as Leigh Bowery and Big Sue in the Boy George musical, Taboo, at the Brixton Clubhouse. Tim will also be joined by Joshua Miles who is currently starring opposite Anthony Andrews in Bully Boy by Sandi Toksvig at the newly opened St. James Theatre.

After a successful first series earlier this year, The Curtain Up Show returns to London's arts radio station, Resonance 104.4fm, for a new 11 week run. Tim McArthur will be joined live in the studio at midday on Friday by Sam Buttery and Katie Kerr who are currently starring as Leigh Bowery and Big Sue in the Boy George musical, Taboo, at the Brixton Clubhouse. Tim will also be joined by Joshua Miles who is currently starring opposite Anthony Andrews in Bully Boy by Sandi Toksvig at the newly opened St. James Theatre.

After a successful first series earlier this year, The Curtain Up Show returns to London's arts radio station, Resonance 104.4FM, for a new 11 week run. Tim McArthur will be joined live in the studio at 12pm on Friday 5 October by Sam Buttery and Katie Kerr who are currently starring in Taboo at the Brixton Clubhouse, and by Joshua Miles who is currently starring in Bully Boy by Sandi Toksvig at the newly opened St. James Theatre.

Robert Gould reviews Self Taught, Still Learning, an album of new musical theatre songs by Chris Passey.

GWB Entertainment and Shanghai Culture Square Theatre are excited to announce a return season of Ultimate Broadway 2012. The concert series opened the Shanghai Culture Square Theatre last year and starred Eden Espinosa, Lea Salonga, Ria Jones, Kevin Kern and Brad Little. Due to the major success of the concerts, a return season is on sale for October 2012. The multi-million dollar venue has been developed as both a producing and receiving house specializing in Musical Theatre.

Celebrated British songwriting duo George Stiles and Anthony Drewe will be joining Tim McArthur live on Resonance 104.4FM today at 12pm for a very special edition of The Curtain Up Show.

Celebrated British songwriting duo George Stiles and Anthony Drewe will be joining Tim McArthur live on Resonance 104.4FM this Friday at 12pm for a very special edition of The Curtain Up Show.

This will be regular participants Priscilla, Queen of the Desert's Nick Adams, Ellyn Marsh and company's final SIP before the show closes on Broadway tomorrow, and the cast of Godspell prepares for its June 24 closing on the Great White Way as well. We wish them well! See below for June 23rd's matinee SIPs from Broadway's Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera, Newsies, Mary Poppins, Evita, Rock of Ages, The Book of Mormon, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Ghost (Broadway AND West End!), The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, Once On This Island at Paper Mill, First You Dream at the Kennedy Center, La Cage aux Folles National Tour, Pittsburgh CLO's A Chorus Line, Gateway's My Fair Lady, Arizona Broadway Theatre's Grease and more!

West End LIVE is back for its 8th year, playing this weekend 23-24th of June in Trafalgar Square. Check out the full programme below, which features Matilda, Wicked, Les Mis, and indeed every single West End musical currently running in London!

West End LIVE is back for its 8th year, playing this weekend 23-24th of June in Trafalgar Square. Check out the full programme below, which features Matilda, Wicked, Les Mis, and indeed every single West End musical currently running in London!

West End star Mark Evans, Sam in the musical GHOST, releases his English debut album The Journey Home today, June 18th with Sain Records.

Dress Circle have announced that Ghost's Mark Evans will be appearing in their Covent Garden store to sign copies of his latest album 'The Journey Home', The Deluxe Version, today, 16th June 2012 - 2 days before the official release date. Mark will be signing from 12pm - 1pm.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Ghost The Musical will be closing at the Piccadilly Theatre to make way for Viva Forever, the Spice Girls musical. Now according to Whatsonstage, the show will take its final bow on October 6.

The Concrete Jungle, an original work from American composer Bobby Cronin opened at the Studio Theatre of London's Arts Educational School on 8th June, 2012, and runs until the 16th June, 2012. The show follows the lives and loves of a group of young singletons who have just moved to New York City as they share stories in their local bar, 'The Concrete Jungle'.

Mark Evans has one of the West End's plum jobs - he's been playing Sam in Ghost for the past six months. And now his album The Journey Home is about to be released.