Sally Ann Triplett News

The new London cast for the global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! at the Prince of Wales Theatre will begin performances on Monday June 15, 2009. The cast will be led by Sally Ann Triplett as ?Donna Sheridan,' with Katy Secombe as ?Rosie' and Jane Gurnett as ?Tanya.'

I'd Do Anything's Niamh Perry joins the cast, along with Sally-Ann Triplett and Norman Bowman

The cast of the Abba musical pick up the prize at the second annual West End Eurovision song contest

Graham Norton

Alexander S. Bermange is known to millions in the UK as the resident songwriter on BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme. But he has also enjoyed considerable public and critical acclaim as a composer and lyricist of a dozen musicals which have been produced in theatres across the country and in vast arenas around Europe. Most recently, Alexander has composed the music for Plague Over England, currently running at the Duchess Theatre in London's West End.

Mathilde, a new musical by burgeoning young composer Conor Mitchell, will receive an industry staged reading at the Vaudeville Theatre on Friday 14 November 2008 at 1.00pm.

Dress Circle will release 'Act One - Songs from the Musicals of Alexander S. Bermange,' a new CD featuring 26 West End stars, including members of the cast of Wicked, performing 20 brand-new recordings.

Julia McKenzie is the latest West End star to join the line-up honoring Tony Award winner and Broadway legend Barbara Cook at the London Coliseum on Sunday December 2.

On Saturday September 22 the curtain came down on the last performance of the world premiere of the Maltby/Shire/Weidman musical, 'Take Flight', at the Menier Chocolate Factory - just proverbially of course, as the beautifully intimate space created by set designer David Farley dispensed with the use of a curtain. Instead the audience were drawn into a world on an open sand-strewn playing area that from the first moments captivated them in a triangular storyline concerning the trials and tribulations of the Wright Brothers' premiere flight as well as the lives of two other pioneers of aviation - Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart.

Take Flight is a new musical by award-winning song writing duo Richard Maltby, Jr., and David Shire, with book by John Weidman. The creative team sees the award-winning trio of Sam Buntrock (Director), David Farley (Designer) and Caroline Humphris (Musical Supervisor) return fresh from their Olivier Award-winning success with Sunday in the Park with George.

Whatsonstage.com reports that Ian Bartholomew (Tommy, Into the Woods), Michael Jibson (Our House, Brighton Rock), Sam Kenyon (Sweeney Todd, Amadeus) and Elliot Levey (Beauty and the Beast) and Whatsonstage.com Award winner Sally Ann Triplett in the world premiere of Take Flight, the new musical by Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire, set for its world premiere at London's Menier Chocolate Factory July 13, before running July 25-September 22.

After a jam-packed Autumn season last year, with 8 musicals in 8 weeks, the West End goes one better and gives us 10 musicals to look forward to over the summer months. With Broadway imports, popular reality TV cast musicals, new musicals and short-run revivals, there's certainly something for everyone, so read on for the full lowdown..

Due to a chest infection, Patrick Swayze--previously announced to make his debut in the West End revival of Guys and Dolls on July 10th--will now begin performances as marriage-dodging gambler Nathan Detroit on July 24th

Patrick Swayze--who will make his West End debut in Guys and Dolls on July 10th--joined co-stars-to-be Claire Sweeney, Adam Cooper and Kelly Price for a press meet and greet on July 10th

Patrick Swayze will make his West End debut in Guys and Dolls, as Nathan Detroit, beginning July 10th; Claire Sweeney will join the cast the same day

Two hit West End musicals--the revival of Guys and Dolls and the Queen musical We Will Rock You--have extended their runs

The cities and dates for the previously announced UK national tour of the smash London Guys and Dolls revival have been announced

Variety reports that the smash London revival of Guys and Dolls is likely to bow on Broadway sometime during the 2006-2007 season

Avenue Q hopes for good word-of-mouth, Christian Slater returns in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Sunday in the Park with George transfers and Guys and Dolls gets a new cast

Sally Ann Triplett, Kelly Price, Adam Cooper and Neil Morrissey will take over as the four leads of Guys and Dolls on March 6th