Michael Ball News

This time, the reader question was: How often do legit Broadway plays and musicals include live animals in their companies? Can you name some recent examples of animals in Broadway shows?

Final casting has been confirmed for the Australian leg of LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR! Due to demand, extra performances were recently added in Australia.

Some diamonds in the rough, but why can't we choose for ourselves from the BBC archive?

The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals brought together theatre’s biggest shows all on one stage to mark 30 years of The National Lottery supporting and funding over 20,000 theatre related projects. 

With the exciting news that The Greatest Showman is premiering in 2026, we are taking a look back at the blockbuster film that inspired the forthcoming stage production.

Due to demand, extra performances have been added in Australia for LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR! The World Tour arrives at the ICC Sydney Theatre on 30 April 2025.

Westway Music has announced further details of Cassidy Janson's concert, the second of the Westway Sessions, a series of Monday night concerts with leading stars of the West End and Broadway at the Vaudeville Theatre.

From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theater history; check out our collection of 19 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's winter reading list.

The World's Greatest Stage Musicals will return this Spring, arriving in over 500 cinemas nationwide—a must-see for theatre lovers of all kinds. Learn more about the lineup here!

A reimagining is underway of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Matthew Warchus will serve as director for the forthcoming film, which will be written by Enda Walsh.

Fire up those engines! Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the classic family musical starring Dick Van Dyke, is being reimagined with a new film. The project is aiming for a theatrical release with Amazon MGM Studios, though dates are unknown at this time.

Tickets for LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR have gone on sale today. Learn more about where the production will be touring to across Australia and find out how to get tickets!

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe latest joint venture, an album titled, 'Together At Home', has hit the #1 spot on the official UK Albums Chart, making it their fourth album to do so. 

LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR is underway in the UK and two of its stars are taking their fandom to a whole other level. Watch below as Michael Ball (Javert) and Harry Grant (Feuilly) join forces to sing Boublil and Schönberg's songs to different melodies!

Bradley Riches, Amber Davies, and Claudia Kariuki will join Amy di Bartolemeo, Oliver Tompsett, and Stuart Matthew Price as guest vocalists for internationally acclaimed songwriter SCOTT ALAN live at Cadogan Hall.

LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR has set its full Australian Tour schedule. The show is coming to the ICC Theatre Sydney on 30 April 2025, to be followed by Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne from 14 May 2025 and then Brisbane Entertainment Centre from 28 May 2025 for strictly limited performances.

Go Live Theatre Projects, the London based theatrical education charity, has launched an online charity auction, full of rare theatre memorabilia.

This holiday season, audiences are invited to forget standard pantomimes and crummy candlelit carols, and instead, treat themselves to the show they never knew they needed. Directed by Tom Parry (Pappy's, Don Rodolfo, Jimmy), Adam Riches and John Kearns ARE ‘Ball & Boe – For Fourteen Nights Only’.

Further photos have been released for Boublil and Schönberg’s LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR, currently at the Utilita Arena, Sheffield (10 – 13 October 2024). The production will also visit Aberdeen, Manchester and Newcastle as part of its world tour. Check out the photos here!

We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 32 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Fall 2024 reading list.