Whatsonstage.com is reporting that the much hyped-about La Cage Aux Folles tour in the U.K. is now cancelled due to a lack of 'suitable stars.' The tour of the critically hailed Chocolate Menier Factory's production has been scheduled to begin in February of 2010.
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is back in the West End in a new production to play a strictly limited engagement at the Vaudeville Theatre. The production opens tonight after running preview performances since October 8.
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is coming back to the West End in an exciting new production to play a strictly limited season at the Vaudeville theatre from Thursday 8 October. Press night is Tuesday 20 October at 7.00pm
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is coming back to the West End in an exciting new production to play a strictly limited season at the Vaudeville theatre from Thursday 8 October. Press night is Tuesday 20 October at 7.00pm
The producers of the hit musical La Cage Aux Folles announced today that the show's original Albin, Douglas Hodge, will return this Christmas for a strictly limited five week season from November 30th 2009 at the Playhouse Theatre.
A vibrant new musical from one of Broadway's leading new writers receives its European premiere at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre with an outstanding West End cast including Ashley Campbell (The Rat Pack, Fame), Michael Cantwell (Mary Poppins, Sweeney Todd, Cats, Into The Woods), Katie Foster-Barnes (Peter Pan, The Pirates of Penzance, Dangerous Corner), Nick Holder (The Drowsy Chaparone, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Jesus Christ Superstar), Alana Maria (Dancing in the Streets, 125th Street, The Blues Brothers), Laura Pitt-Pulford (Sunset Boulevard), Lee William- Davis (Mary Poppins, Anything Goes, On the Town) and Julia Worsley (Les Miserables, Oliver!, films of Evita and Phantom of the Opera).
The Fall theatre season in the DC area is in full bloom. As the leaves are turning, there is a colorful group of shows opening this month. There are so many, so where do I begin? Here are shows that I am looking forward to seeing, and remember I am a musical theatre lover who likes to sprinkle in a play or two - here and there - so don't get mad if I don't choose one of the plays you are looking forward to seeing. You have your chance at the end of this article to share your 'must sees' also with our readers. Hopefully, you'll make the trip down to the DC area to see some of these wonderful productions.
After originally playing the Hampstead Theatre in 1991, Terry Johnson's IMAGINE DROWNING is back on stage. The emerging Waxwing Theatre offers this opportunity at the Rosemary Branch Theatre this autumn.
Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer present the world premiere of TIMING by Alistair McGowan, directed by Tamara Harvey
Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer present the world premiere of TIMING by Alistair McGowan, directed by Tamara Harvey
Rep Stage, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), continues its 17th season with ?Hysteria,? a farcical re-imagining of an actual 1938 meeting between Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dali ? a year before Freud?s death. Steven Carpenter (?Mrs. Farnsworth,? ?Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted?) returns to Rep Stage to direct two-time Helen Hayes Award-winner Bruce Nelson as Salvador Dali and Jeff Baker as Sigmund Freud. Also featured in the cast are Conrad Feininger and Marni Penning. ?Hysteria? opens October 7 and runs through November 1, 2009 in the Studio Theatre of the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center (HVPA) on the campus of HCC.
According to the Fall Preview Section of the Sunday edition of The New York Times, the upcoming Broadway revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES will play Broadway's Longacre Theatre (which is currently home to the limited run of BURN THE FLOOR).
According to the Fall Preview Section of the Sunday edition of The New York Times, the upcoming Broadway revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES will play Broadway's Longacre Theatre (which is currently home to the limited run of BURN THE FLOOR).
John Barrowman is set to join the cast of Menier Chocolate Factory's La Cage aux Folles, stepping into the roll of Albin on 9/14. The roll is currently being played by Roger Allam.
According to the Fall Preview Section of the Sunday edition of The New York Times, the upcoming Broadway revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES will play Broadway's Longacre Theatre (which is currently home to the limited run of BURN THE FLOOR).
Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer present the world premiere of TIMING by Alistair McGowan, directed by Tamara Harvey
Carrie Dunn talks to Simon Burke about age, masculinity, his new album and working with John Barrowman...
The New York Post's Michael Riedel reports today in his 'Broadway Matinee' column in the The New York Post that stage and screen star Mandy Patinkin is keen to join the upcoming Broadway transfer of London's critically acclaimed Menier Chocolate Factory production of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy LA CAGE AUX FOLLES.
Aurora Theatre Company opens its 18th season, focusing on 'family and fortune,' with Clifford Odets' classic Depression-era drama AWAKE AND SING! Bay Area theater veteran Joy Carlin (Jack Goes Boating, Hysteria, The Price), who first directed this play for Berkeley Repertory Theatre 24 years ago, revisits this landmark drama for Aurora.
A video shoot at Rep Stage in Columbia, MD, is holding a casting call for mature non-union actresses.
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