Tim Rice News

There are some classics you just don't mess with. "Casablanca", "Lawrence of Arabia" and yes, "The Wizard of Oz". OK, so there have been a number of sequels or prequels and complete rewrites (such as "The Wiz", which I love) but up to now no one has felt they could make the original better. That is until the ego that is Andrew Lloyd Webber came along and said, "Sure it's good but it needs my special flair." Well Sir Andrew, keep your special flair to yourself as what you have done is to jam in utterly forgettable new songs and horrifying jokes into the show and created a bastardized version of a classic.

Am vergangenen Samstag premierte das weltbekannte Musical Evita aus der Hand von Andrew Lloyd Webber und Tim Rice am Hessischen Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Uraufgefuhrt in den 70igern, aber langst ein Klassiker der Musicalwelt, erzahlt es die Geschichte von Eva Peron, der ehemaligen First Lady Argentiniens. Es zeigt ihren bewundernswerten Aufstieg von einem Bauernmadchen an die Spitze der Macht innerhalb von nur wenigen Jahren, aber auch ihre fragwurdigen Motive und zweifelhaften Methoden. Angefuhrt wird die Wiesbadener Produktion von Milica Jovanovic als strahlende Evita und Thomas Christ als zynischer Che.

THIRTEEN's American Masters explore his prolific life and career in the series' Season 27 finale Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love, premiering nationally Friday, December 27, 2013, 9-10:30 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).

The Huntington Theatre Company's production of The Jungle Book will play its 100th performance on Tuesday, October 8 at 7:30pm. The Jungle Book is produced in association with Chicago's Goodman Theatre where the run began on Friday, June 21 and was extended by popular demand through August 18. The Boston run began Friday, September 7, has been extended twice by popular demand, and continues through Sunday, October 20. The Jungle Book is produced by special arrangement with Disney Theatrical Productions.

The current national tour of EVITA kicked off earlier this Fall to rave reviews and rapt audiences and one of the featured players of the hit company discusses her memorably one-song role in the show in a new interview - Krystina Alabado as The Mistress.

Legendary Tony- and Oscar-winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice discusses his new West End musical, currently in previews, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, as well as his famous collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, including working with the King of Rock N Roll himself, Elvis Presley, on one of his final recordings in a new interview.

'Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to St. Louis, Mo. as part of the U.S. Bank Broadway series. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Fabulous Fox Theatre November 1-3.

Tickets to the first national tour of "Evita" at The Smith Center on sale now and plays inside Reynolds Hall Nov. 26 to Dec. 1. Tickets begin at $26 and are on sale now at The Smith Center Box Office, located at 361 Symphony Park Avenue, by phone at 702-749-2000 or808-326-6868 (TTY) and online at www.TheSmithCenter.com. For preferred seating and special rates for groups of 10 or more, contact 702-749-2348.

Disney's Aladdin Jr. will be presented at The Historic North Theatre in Danville, VA tonight, October 4th (8:00pm), Saturday, October 5th (8:00pm) and Sunday, October 6th (3:00pm Matinee).

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Broadway favorite Mandy Gonzalez will give a free performance of BELTING BEFORE BED at Klub Kazino (259 west 45th Street) on Saturday, October 5 (11pm).

Uno de los clásicos escénico-musical de Andrew Lloyd Webber regresó a México después de 22 años, y confía en poder seguir una larga temporada.

Disney's THE LION KING continues to reign across North America with a sold-out engagement in Pittsburgh, which concluded on Sunday, September 29 at the Benedum Center. The triumphant four-week return grossed over $6.4 million at the box office and entertained more than 85,000 patrons during 32 performances (one of which was tailored to the needs of patrons on the autism spectrum). This was THE LION KING's third sold-out engagement in Pittsburgh, following a six-week premiere in 2004 and a six-week run in 2008 at the Benedum Center.

Announcing SBCT's 2014 Season - a year filled with incredible stories all played out live on stage. Stories to make you laugh with joy, cry in pain, shudder in terror, and smile in wonder. 2014 offers some new and rare opportunities to experience theatre in exciting ways:

What do you do for an updated stage adaptation of arguably one of cinema's much-beloved motion pictures of all time? Well for theater impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber and director Jeremy Sams, you populate the show with over-the-top, more cartoonish characters and snarky, audience-winking dialogue. Oh, yeah, and add a few new songs from Webber and his frequent collaborator, lyricist Tim Rice, too. The touring company plays the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood through October 6.

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The world premiere of Tim Rice and Stuart Brayson's new stage musical From Here to Eternity begins previews at the Shaftesbury Theatre tonight, 30 September.