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Recording artist, actor and musical theatre star Peter Jöback will release his upcoming studio album, ATLAS.

Get ready to laugh with three short plays – presented under the banner of “A Night of Comedy” – at Stirling Theatre in February. 

Joy Division and New Order icon Peter Hook will be gracing the stage at Parr Hall as part of a world tour next year.

2023 marks the 45th Anniversary of Riverside Studios being established as an arts centre, and its 40th Anniversary as a charity. Creative Director Rachel Tackley, Executive Director Tony Lankester and the whole team at the West London venue have announced details of further shows now on sale for the spring, as well as a brand-new fundraising campaign – Rally for Riverside. 

Under the direction of Stephanie Gularte, this award-winning comedy features a recognized cast of L. Peter Callender (Torvald), Emilia Sargent (Nora), Karla Hartley (Anne Marie), and Bria Matthews (Emmy.)

’Cinderella’ will get a red carpet premiere at Everyman King’s Cross on Saturday 4 December. It will then roll out to Showcase cinemas across the UK, then a week later VUE, Light Cinemas, Omniplex and 12 independents.

Naturally Insane! The Life of Dan Leno will premiere at the Criterion Theatre on Monday November 15 with two very special performances. Comedian, TV star and radio presenter Steve Royle stars as Dan Leno while comedian and actor John Thomson will guest star in the cameo role of Herbert Beerbohm Tree.

The Old Vic has also announced the appointment of Yasmin Ibison as the second Lambeth Baylis Trustee, a role created in 2019 to include younger, local voices on the Board of Trustees.

Byron Kennedy successfully transitioned from prosperous careers in radio and the music industry to in-demand comedian, and now he is entrusting his growing ­­­profession to two men credited with bringing arena-scale comedy to country music and the world

The first time the a?oeWild Woman of the Harpa?? strutted onto the Grand Rapids Symphony's stage, the audience was electrified.

Today, on the second anniversary of the death of dearly-loved choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne, The Lynne and Land Foundation announces grants to four arts organisations close to her heart.

The amazing life and tragic demise of music hall legend Dan Leno is being celebrated in an unmissable production making its West End debut in April.

Peter Bjorn and John continue to give this holiday season with the release of their second single “Reason To Be Reasonable” – out today via INGRID and available on all DSPs. The single follows “Rusty Nail” released on October 18th with news of the band's 20th year anniversary, ninth full-length studio album Endless Dream – out March 13th – and Spring 2020 North American headline tour.

A year after he stopped the show with a mid-song standing ovation at Thriller Live's 4,000th West End performance, producers today announce that award-winning Peter Andre is to guest star in Thriller Live for a strictly limited two-week season in December.

Bucks County Playhouse continues its 80th Anniversary Season with an all-new production of the high-energy, international musical sensation, 'Mamma Mia!'

The York Theatre Company presented a one-night only concert version of the newly re-imagined version of the beloved Broadway hit musical I Do! I Do!, with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt, based on the play The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog, directed by York Theatre favorite David Glenn Armstrong and with music direction by David Hancock Turner, accompanied on piano by Evans Haile.  This special one-of-a-kind evening kicked off an eighteen-month celebration of The York Theatre Company's landmark 50th Anniversary. 

The York Theatre Company recently presented its one-night only concert version of the newly re-imagined version of the beloved Broadway hit musical I Do! I Do!, with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt, based on the play The Fourposter by Jan De Hartog. York Theatre favorite David Glenn Armstrong (Roadside, Happy Hunting) directed with music direction by David Hancock Turner (York's Desperate Measures).

Musical theatre royalty will headline a spectacular Hollywood Proms night at Lytham Festival 2019.

Desperate Measures celebrated its 100th performance off-Broadway last night, September 13. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and you can check out the photos below!

The Off Broadway Alliance, an organization of Off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, just presented the 8th Annual Off-Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off-Broadway during the 2017-2018 season. Winners included: Desperate Measures (Best New Musical), Transfers (Best New Play), The Government Inspector (Best Revival), KPOP (Best Unique Theatrical Experience), Billy Crudup, Harry Clarke (Best Solo Performance), Polka Dots: The Cool Kids Musical(Best Family Show).