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From Monday 7 September 2015, there will be major cast changes in the smash hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End.

A high school excels with THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA!

Danielle Hope's debut album Bring The Future Faster was recorded at 54 Below in New York and has recently been released by Broadway Records. Shooting to stardom following her triumph in BBC's Over The Rainbow and successively becoming the West End's Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, ever since her feet haven't touched the ground once. Hope went on to star as Eponine in Les Miserables, the Narrator in Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat and is currently touring the UK as Maria in The Sound of Music - all massive roles to have portrayed by the age of 23! She enjoyed a superb debut concert in London's Delfont Room in June last year which led onto her American solo debut heard on this recording. 

Spectacle wins out in Cameron Mackintosh's latest tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Less reinvented than it is repackaged, the crowning glory of this production is its lavish costumes and sets (by Paul Brown and Maria Bjornson respectively), and the lush sounds of its 17-member orchestra (under the direction of Richard Carsey).

Im Juni 1990 feierte das Original von Andrew Lloyd Webber Deutschland-Premiere in Hamburg, heute ist es mit 130 Millionen Zuschauern weltweit das erfolgreichste Musical aller Zeiten. Bis zum 30. September 2015 wird das Erfolgsmusical noch im Stage Theater Neue Flora zu sehen sein, danach zieht die Show nach Oberhausen. Einige der Castmitglieder der aktuellen Produktion teilen personliche Geschichten und Erinnerungen an ihren ersten Kontakt mit dem Musical:

Danielle Hope made her sold-out 54 Below debut this past winter and we're thrilled to present an exclusive track from her upcoming Broadway Records live album, an EPIC 14+ minute Disney medley that includes, well, nearly everything!

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Stephanie Gibson (Cinderella, The Addams Family) and Lauren Blackman (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) will guest star alongside Danielle Hope in her return to 54 Below tomorrow, June 12, to celebrate the release of her new Live at 54 Below album!

Atlanta Lyric Theatre, the metro area's only professional musical theatre company, presents the spectacular musical of the greatest showman on Earth BARNUM tonight, June 12 - 28, 2015 at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre (548 S. Marietta Pkwy., Marietta). Tickets and group discounts are available by calling 404-377-9948 or visit www.AtlantaLyric.com.

This week at 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551.

BRIAN Conley stars in Barnum, at The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, later this month (June).

Atlanta Lyric Theatre, the metro area's only professional musical theatre company, presents the spectacular musical of the greatest showman on Earth BARNUM June 12 - 28, 2015 at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre (548 S. Marietta Pkwy., Marietta). Tickets and group discounts are available by calling 404-377-9948 or visit www.AtlantaLyric.com.

Every other show on Broadway seems to be an adaptation of a movie. So the question is, which ones will be next? Our wonderful readers weighed in, as they did last week, and came up with some great suggestions!

Back by popular demand to celebrate the release of her new 'Live at 54 Below' album, Danielle Hope returns to 54 Below on Friday, June 12th at 9:30pm! Get your tickets now. 

After a thrilling and successful solo debut in London's West End and additional concerts through the UK, Danielle Hope made her sold-out 54 Below debut this past winter. Now she's back on June 12 (9:30PM) for another revelatory evening of song, to celebrate the release of her new Live at 54 Below album! The evening will feature a celebration of music including performances of songs from shows that have shaped her career so far, West End favorites and some very special new material - and, some very special Broadway guests.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in Istanbul welcomes the man behind the music!

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA celebrates Easter with a fun egg hunt challenge!

After a thrilling and successful solo debut in London's West End and additional concerts through the UK, Danielle Hopemade her sold-out 54 Below debut this past winter. Now she's back on June 12 (9:30PM) for another revelatory evening of song, to celebrate the release of her new Live at 54 Below album! The evening will feature a celebration of music including performances of songs from shows that have shaped her career so far, West End favorites and some very special new material - and, some very special Broadway guests. For tickets, visit: https://54below. Below, broadwayWorld brings you exclusive highlights from her February engagement!

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces a one night only performance of Broadway Showstoppers featuring award-winning performing artists Mandy Gonzalez, Cady Huffman, Telly Leung and Alton Fitzgerald White will take place on Monday, May 4, 2015, at 7:30 p.m., Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue, in Pittsburgh's Cultural District. The TRUST Cabaret Series is presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and provides a unique and intimate opportunity for audiences to experience the finest cabaret acts in the entertainment industry. The evening will include these four talented Broadway stars singing songs on their repertoire from shows in which they have performed. Stephen DeAngelis is the creator, producer and host of Broadway Showstoppers, with musical direction and accompaniment by Eugene Gwozdz.

While Broadway is heaven for theatergoers around the world, especially when the season reaches its fever pitch as it is right now, it can also be hell in the right hands. And, that's a good thing. As the exceedingly well-received new play HAND TO GOD which opened earlier this month proves, audiences adore a good scare - particularly when it is supported by a rich and dynamic dramatic basis upon which the horror-show can play out, which HAND TO GOD undoubtedly has in spades (and pitchforks). Needless to say, many of the most popular and successful musicals of all time have also dealt with demonic presences - even if in the case of Broadway's two biggest hits, they are misunderstood monsters. Indeed, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA remains the longest-running show in Broadway history, approaching its 20th year on the Great White Way, while Oz-themed witch-centric musical mega-hit WICKED remains one of the hottest tickets in town. With this week's news of Hollywood heartthrob Jake Gyllenhaal starring in an upcoming Encores! special limited-run production of cult hit and famous Off-Broadway mainstay LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - not to mention the big news of a brand new small screen version of the ultimate cult movie musical, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, being revived for a new generation - it seems more than merely appropriate to turn our attention to the scariest, bloodiest and best horror-themed musicals to date.

This week, Broadway veterans Adam Kaplan (Newsies) and Jake Boyd (Rock of Ages) appeared in a new video in support of the freedom to marry for same-sex couples for a new initiative called #LoveMustWin, coordinated by national gay rights organization Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage for same-sex couples nationwide. Check it out below!