Ramin Karimloo News

On Friday April 20, BBC Radio 2's 'Friday Night is Music Night' will present a special live concert starring Kerry Ellis. Special guests will include Brian May (Queen); Ramin Karimloo (Phantom of the Opera), Jonathan Ansell (G4) and the sixty piece BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Steve Sidwell.

Dress Circle today announced that Ramin Karimloo will be appearing in the London store to sign copies of his latest album 'Ramin' on Tuesday 10th April 2012 at 6pm.

To celebrate the reaching of the Final 4 shortlist in the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Audience Award in this year's Olivier Awards, the full London Cast of LES MISERABLES have created a video to rally for votes. Check it out below!

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Theo Ubique's 'Piazza,' 'Motherhood,' Team StarKid's latest, tribute concerts at Ravinia and Mayne Stage, Ramin Karimloo's arrival, plus Loop musicals and more....

Last week BWW reported that Ramin Karimloo would launch his first ever North American tour later this year in support of his debut album 'Ramin'. Now, in an exclusive interview with Kelly Cameron, Ramin discloses his plans for a homecoming concert in Toronto. The West End star has never performed professionally on a Toronto stage, instead enjoying success in the UK in productions of Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Love Never Dies and the 25th Anniversary production of The Phantom of the Opera. This summer, Ramin plans to finally come home and share what he's been doing with his Canadian fans.

West End star Ramin Karimloo, who was just seen as the title character in the 25th Anniversary concert of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and currently starring as Jean Valjean in the London production of LES MISERABLES, will tour the US this fall.

Scott Alan will record his fourth album 'LIVE' at famed New York City Jazz Club, Birdland on April 30th. Newly added to the roaster of performers is Award Winning Jazz Vocalist Jane Monheit, Broadway and Reality Television Star Laura Osnes and West End performer Richard Fleeshman, who will make his Broadway debut as Sam Wheat in the musical adaptation of Ghost after creating the role in the West End production.

Broadway's longest-running production of all time celebrates a triumphant quarter century on stage with The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall. The 25th Anniversary performance will air on PBS' Great Performances series tonight, March 4th at 7pm.

The B.B. King Blues Club and Grill will present Ramin Karimloo, best known for his roles in Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, and Love Never Dies. Karmloo will sing at the club September 13 at 8 p.m.

Today we are talking to one of the busiest lyricists in show business, Glenn Slater, all about today's movie theater showing of his collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber, LOVE NEVER DIES - a continuation of the world's most successful show, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - and the spectacular Simon Phillips-directed Australian production of it filmed for the ages and presented in hundreds of movie theaters across the country, with an encore cinema showing on March 7 prior to its DVD/Blu-ray release in the Spring. Besides discussing all aspects of the writing of the show and its West End debut, Slater also elaborates on the rewriting of the show and how this new production and unprecedented in-theater presentation is the ultimate realization of Lloyd Webber's dream vision for the musical drama - something the Lord shared with me himself when he recently did this column.

Today we are talking to one of the busiest lyricists in show business, Glenn Slater. In the first part of our extensive discussion, besides discussing all aspects of the writing of LOVE NEVER DIES with Andrew Lloyd Webber and its West End debut, Slater also elaborated on the rewriting of the show and how this new Australian production and unprecedented in-theater presentation of it across the US is the ultimate realization of Lloyd Webber's dream vision for the musical drama - something the Lord shared with me himself when he recently did this column. In addition to all about LOVE NEVER DIES, in this second half of our recent chat Slater and I also trace his career trajectory to date, with a focus on his recent collaborations with composer Alan Menken on the smash hit Disney animated film, TANGLED, along with the currently-running Broadway hit, SISTER ACT, and, the upcoming Spring opening of their new musical, LEAP OF FAITH, starring Raul Esparza, as well as their previous theatre venture, THE LITTLE MERMAID. Plus, Slater shines some light on his upcoming projects, which include a Dreamworks animated musical with Menken, as well as a stage collaboration with his wife, Wendy Leigh Wilf, titled BEATSVILLE - all of that and much, much more!

Composer and Lyricist Scott Alan will record his fourth album featuring some of today's Broadway and International performers.

Peter Huntley Productions, in association with Southwark Playhouse, will present Floyd Collins.

West End star Ramin Karimloo, who was just seen as the title character in the 25th Anniversary concert of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and currently starring as Jean Valjean in the London production of LES MISERABLES, will soon release a new album titled Ramin. According to the star's twitter page, the release has been moved to April 9, 2012.

Cameron Mackintosh announced today that Ramin Karimloo will extend his run playing 'Jean Valjean' in the legendary musical "LES MISÉRABLES" at the Queen's Theatre until 31 March 2012. David Shannon will then return to the role of 'Jean Valjean' from Tuesday 3 April - Saturday 16 June 2012. He will be followed by Geronimo Rauch who will play the role from Monday 18 June 2012 until Saturday 15 June 2013

Broadway's longest-running production of all time celebrates a triumphant quarter century on stage with The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, coming to Blu-ray™ - with perfect hi-def picture and perfect hi-def sound- DVD, On Demand and Digital Download on February 7, 2012 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Today we are fortunate enough to feature an illuminating discussion with the star of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL - PHANTOM 25 for short - who is also known for her appearances on Broadway and the West End in shows like THE LITTLE MERMAID, MASTER CLASS and the PHANTOM OF THE OPERA sequel itself, LOVE NEVER DIES - the one and only Sierra Boggess! In this PHANTOM-based conversation, Sierra and I analyze the phenomenal live PHANTOM 25 performance itself - to go along with our pre-performance chat from last year (available here) - and she describes all of the time, talent and art that went into putting it all together in celebration of the show's 25th year onstage - led by legendary producer Cameron Mackintosh, of course. In addition to a complete performance rundown, we also dissect the character of Christine and the importance of her journey over the course of the musical thriller to its themes of social acceptance, the power of musical performance, and, above all else, love - which, as we know, never dies. Additionally, she shares her ample enthusiasm for the simply tremendous DVD and Blu-ray experience of PHANTOM 25 (also, my SOUND OFF review of the live performance is available here) and details the experience of having now played Christine in three distinctly different PHANTOM-based experiences - PHANTOM in Las Vegas, LOVE NEVER DIES in the West End and PHANTOM OF THE OPERA LIVE AT THE ALBERT HALL.