Simon Russell Beale News

The Bridge Project will be delayed by a year due to the withdrawal of Tony Award-winner actor Stephen Dillane

Award-winning TV stars Peter Davison and Bill Ward will join the London cast of Monty Python's Spamalot at the Palace Theatre from July 23, 2007.

Award-winning TV stars Peter Davison and Bill Ward will join the London cast of Monty Python's Spamalot at the Palace Theatre from July 23

Kevin Spacey, Sam Mendes and Stephen Dillane have been added to the Old Vic's 2007-2008 season

On Thursday 21 June the cast of the hit West-End musical Monty Python's SPAMALOT will perform a special midKnight matinee in aid of The Theatrical Guild (TTG). To coincide with the summer solstice, this one-off midsummer midKnight performance, on the longest day of the year, will start at 11.30pm.

The Bridge Project, presented by Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Old Vic in London, will offer three year's worth of touring productions that will play BAM, the Old Vic and other international theatres

Altar Boyz, the acclaimed musical comedy at Dodger Stages, winner of the coveted Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Off-Broadway, will have its 3rd anniversary Off-Broadway March 1st.

The National Theatre's artistic director Nicholas Hytner has announced a diverse new season of plays.

Tuesday night, the cast of London's Spamalot threw a party for Simon Russell Beale's opening night while Saturday night the entire cast wished Christopher Sieber 'Bon Voyage' as he headed back to New York, and back into Spamalot on Broaway for a limited six-week run

From Monday, January 8th 2007, multi-award winning actor Simon Russell Beale will re-create his critically acclaimed Broadway performance as King Arthur in Eric Idle and John du Prez's sell-out production of Monty Python's Spamalot at the Palace Theatre

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman proudly announce the long running off-Broadway show, Altar Boyz (now also in the midst of a National Tour), has endorsed Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for Governor of New York. No other musical has ever endorsed a candidate.

Actress Caroline Sheen, of the New York Musical Theatre Festival Musical show 'Three Sides,' begins a four-part series of blog entries about her experiences with the new UK-born musical

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that ALTAR BOYZ offer a special post- performance Talk-Back following the matinee on Sunday September 10th, featuring the cast along with the creators, Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker and Kevin Del Aguila.

With no less than 8 major musicals opening in Fall 2006 in London, which ones are steaming ahead and which ones lagging behind? Jake takes a look and finds out..

The dates for the upcoming London production of Monty Python's Spamalot have been rearranged; the madcap musical will now begin previews at the Palace Theatre on September 30th for an opening on October 17th

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that SHAUN TAYLOR-CORBETT will take over the role as JUAN in the award-winning musical comedy, beginning July 3rd. Original Juan, Ryan Duncan leaves the show July 2nd.

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that ALTAR BOYZ, the award-winning musical comedy, will kick off a 30-week National Tour with a three-week engagement at the LaSalle Theatre (4901 W. Irving Park Road) in Chicago beginning October 10th.

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that ALTAR BOYZ will play its 500th performance on Friday, May 12th.

Altar Boyz kicks off a 30-week National Tour in Chicago beginning on October 10th.

Wicked, Avenue Q, Caroline or Change, Evita and Spamalot join a long list of musical productions opening in 2006..