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A Pride month edition of Quarantunes, a series of invite-only online concerts hosted by WME Partner Richard Weitz and his daughter Demi Weitz, raised $867,767 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on Saturday, June 27, 2020. This is the highest single fundraising total ever raised by a Quarantunes Zoom stream.

Once again, Spanish online theatre magazine Primera Fila joins Pride in a very special way. Starring some of the world's best-known artists and activists, the site has released an original video featuring motivational phrases of love and support to the LGBT+ community.

Matt Lucas, Michael Ball, Petula Clark, Cameron Mackintosh, Claude-Michel Schonberg, and more have released a virtual performance of the comedy song 'Thank You Baked Potato.'

Alfonso Casado ha dirigido al actor Matt Lucas acompañado de muchos otros intérpretes del West End en Thank you, baked potato.

The theatres may be temporarily closed, but that isn't stopped our favourite performers from entertaining their fans! Here's some of our favourite performers who have hopped over to Tik Tok.

Joe Stilgoe is a well-known pianist, singer and songwriter. Over the past few years, he's turned his hand to composing musicals such as The Jungle Book and The Midnight Gang. The Midnight Gang, based on David Walliams' novel of the same name is currently available online as part of the Chichester Festival Theatre at Home series. We spoke to Joe about his career and how he is spending lockdown.

The Mercury Theatre launched their new virtual programme of work, Mercury Online, at the beginning of April. Their weekly Sing-A-Long sessions have proven hugely successful and following the initial 6 week run, have now been extended indefinitely.

Back in 2019, the former Queen's Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue was temporarily closed down to transform the building into the Sondheim Theatre and give its favourite tenant, Les Misérables, a major revamp.

While Broadway remains shut down, BroadwayWorld is keeping up with your favorite stars and giving you a peek at what they have been up to! Check out this weekend's videos, from stars including Kelli O'Hara, Ben Platt, Jennifer Hudson, Betsy Wolfe, and more!

Actor Matt Lucas has launched a new version of the comedy song 'Thank you Baked Potato' in honor of the NHS.

Les Misérables -The Staged Concert will be available for digital download in the UK and Australia to raise much needed funds for performers, musicians and the NHS. 

Matt Lucas and David Walliams are in talks with Netflix to reboot Little Britain, the BBC sketch show they created and starred in. 

Deadline reports that 'Bridesmaids' star Matt Lucas will be the new host of The Great British Bake Off, replacing Sandi Toksvig.

Deadline reports that Teri Polo, Matt Lucas, Ser'Darius Blain, and Ray Cham have joined the cast of upcoming ballet dramedy 'The Big Leap.'

Shakespeare's Globe has announced the full cast for Globe on Tour, directed by Brendan O'Hea. The company of eight actors will once again offer audiences around the world a trio of plays, which this year explore the relationship between humankind and Mother Nature. Audiences will cast their votes for either A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It or The Tempest, each of which explores the natural world and its great potential for abundance and transformation.

The National Youth Theatre (NYT) has been awarded £2,000,000 from the Mayor of London's Good Growth Fund to undergo a major renovation to its Holloway Road building in North London. The radical development will enable NYT to double the number of young people they engage in the building through their annual programme which provides, free and affordable drama opportunities that champion diversity, creativity and routes into the creative industries.

SHOWTIME has released the key art and trailer for the upcoming third season of OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT, premiering on Sunday, January 26 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. Executive produced by multiple Emmy® winner Stephen Colbert, showrunner R.J. Fried and Late Show executive producer Chris Licht, OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT kicks open the doors of the White House for a satirical look at President Trump, his family and the power players in Washington, D.C. and beyond. 

Jon Robyns most recently had Hamilton audiences in stitches as King George III. Having played the roles of Marius, Enjoras, and, in his own words, the a?oedefinitive rolea?? of Factory Worker #3, he is now the resident Jean Valjean in Les Misérables at the newly renovated Sondheim Theatre. Robyns spoke to BroadwayWorld about returning to the show.

Matt Lucas stepped in to play the role of Thénardier for a few weeks when Gerard Carey was unable to perform before the first preview of the new production of Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre last month due to vocal injury caused by contracting pneumonia. Last week Lucas regrettably sustained a back injury which has meant he is unable to continue in the role.

The SHOWTIME animated series OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT will return for its third season on Sunday, January 26 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. Executive produced by multiple Emmy® winner Stephen Colbert, showrunner R.J. Fried and Late Show executive producer Chris Licht, OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT kicks open the doors of the White House for a satirical look at President Trump, his family and the power players in Washington, D.C. and beyond. Season three order includes 18, 30-minute episodes, with 10 episodes airing until March 29th, and returning with 8 episodes to air this fall tied to the 2020 Presidential election.