Menier Chocolate Factory News - Page 148

Nathan Lane wins Best Actor, David Schwimmer comes to the West End and more on the Olivier Awards.

Baffling Bat Boy extends and Ewan eyes up the Dolls..?

Casting has been announced for Merrily We Roll Along by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, with triple Olivier award winner Maria Friedman making her professional directorial debut at the Chocolate Factory. Previews begin Nov. 16, with official opening Nov. 28, and running through Feb. 23, 2013.

Two-time Tony Award-winner Mark Rylance stars in TWELFTH NIGHT and Richard III, two startlingly different performances in repertory, as the suddenly love struck noblewoman Olivia in Twelfth Night and as the ruthless and conniving title monarch in Richard III. The critically heralded all-male Shakespeare's Globe productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III, which delighted audiences and broke all box office records in London's West End earlier this year, opened on Sunday, November 10 at the Belasco Theatre. Scroll down to learn more about the cast!

Full casting is announced today for Tony Award-winning Broadway musical In The Heights, which returns to London in October following a critically acclaimed sell-out UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse in 2014. The production will transfer to King's Cross Theatre on 3rd October 2015 and is booking for a limited four week period until 1st November 2015. 

The Muny announced today the directors, choreographers and music directors for the Muny's 2016 Season, which opens on June 13 with The Wizard of Oz.

The critically acclaimed and Best New Musical of 2014, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, has just announced that West End musical theatre legends Bonnie Langford (Spamalot, Chicago, Cats, Dr Who, Just William, Bugsy Malone) and Gary Wilmot (The Pajama Game, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Me and My Girl) will be waltzing their way into the show at The Savoy Theatre from 16 September 2014.

The critically acclaimed and Best New Musical of 2014, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, has just announced that West End musical theatre legends Bonnie Langford (Spamalot, Chicago, Cats, Dr Who, Just William, Bugsy Malone) and Gary Wilmot (The Pajama Game, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Me and My Girl) will be waltzing their way into the show at The Savoy Theatre from 16 September 2014.

Beginning Tuesday, September 15, West End alumna RACHEL TUCKER will join the Broadway company of WICKED in the role of Elphaba. After nearly three years and over 1,000 performances, Rachel holds the record for most consecutive performances as Elphaba in London's West End production. She made her Broadway debut last season as Meg Dawson in Sting's The Last Ship.

Samuel Barnett won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for TWELFTH NIGHT. Samuel Barnett was nominated for a Tony Award in 2006 as Best Featured Actor in a Play in The History Boys. He also performed the role on the West End and in the 2006 film. His most recent television performance was in the BBC comedy Twenty Twelve.

According to the Daily Mail, RAGTIME's Rosalie Craig will join the new stage musical Finding Neverland, about J.M. Barrie's encounter with the Lewelyn Davies family, which inspired him to write Peter Pan.

Christina Bianco can transform her voice into anyone right before your eyes. From Julie Andrews to Celine Dion, Bianco can do it all. Coming off a hilarious and renowned run in APPLICATION PENDING, a one-woman play that starred Bianco last year, she is now returning to Birdland with her one-woman cabaret show, PARTY OF ONE. 

The Original London Cast Recording of Kyle Riabko's Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined will be released digitally on Friday, June 24th by Ghostlight Records, followed by a two-disc release of physical copies online and in stores on Friday, July 1st. Seen in New York and London, the show revitalises the catalogue of the iconic American composer for a new generation with Riabko's visionary interpretations. The album also features special bonus tracks of Kyle's never-before-heard original demos, which formed the basis for the project. The 28-page booklet includes a note from Riabko, liner notes, production and studio photography and opening night photos of Bacharach with the cast. Videos of the West End production's trailer and the album's recording session are available on YouTube. Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined is produced and arranged by Kyle Riabko with David Lane Seltzer of Entertainment 360 serving as executive producer.

Full casting for The Old Vic's sparkling new production of High Society has been announced. Casting includes the previously announced Kate Fleetwood, Barbara Flynn, Jamie Parker, Annabel Scholey and Rupert Young along with Ellie Bamber, Richard Grieve, Christopher Ravenscroft and Jeff Rawle. The Old Vic's new production of Cole Porter's classic feel good musical, High Society is directed by Maria Friedman, with Joe Stilgoe and the High Society Band.