Simon Russell Beale News

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..

The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Whistle Down the Wind will be seen at the West End's Palace Theatre from March 15th through August 12th, after the closing of The Woman in White and before the opening of Spamalot

Tickets are now officially on sale for the London production of Spamalot, for which more casting has also been announced

Kevin Spacey and Billy Elliot: The Musical were among the winners of the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, honoring London theatre

Simon Russell Beale and Kevin Spacey were among the winners of the 2005 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards

Simon Russell Beale will once again play King Arthur in the London production of Spamalot

Carla Collins, a model and actress from Botswana, is sueing the producer of Spamalot for putting a sexy photo of her on one of the Shubert Theatre's billboards without her authorization

Spamalot kicks out the Woman in White, Avenue Q cuts Gary Coleman from the London production and the 30th Laurence Olivier Awards are announced

Simon Russell Beale, Linda Emond and James Barbour will respectively play John Adams, Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson in a new edition of PBS' 'American Experience' that will air on January 23rd

Monty Python's Spamalot has once again broken the Shubert Theatre house record

Billy and the Donmar pick up major awards, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf transfers, Dawn French joins Kathy Burke for Smaller and two shows post closing notices

Spamalot has broken the Shubert Theatre's house record for teh week ending November 27th

The 2005 Evening Standard Awards have been announced, with Billy Elliot and The Home Place winning the top awards

Patrick Stewart revives his one-man Christmas Carol, Billy runs against Poppins for Best Musical, Blue Man Group opens and Wicked plans to fly East?