Hans Andersen Revival 1977

Opened: December 17, 1977
Closing: unknown

Hans Andersen - 1977 - West End History , Info & More

London Palladium
8 Argyll St, Soho London

Based on the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen with a screenplay by Moss Hart


Based on a story by Myles Connolly

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JERSEY BOYS, THE LITTLE MERMAID & More Set for La Mirada Theatre Spring Lineup
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 1, 2024


La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts has revealed its spring lineup! Learn more about the season and see how to purchase tickets.

POTUS, 9 TO 5, and More Set For Virginia Repertory Theatre's 2023-24 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2023


Virginia Repertory Theatre has announced the musicals, plays and special presentations for its 2023-2024 Signature Season at the November Theatre downtown, the Barksdale Season at Hanover Tavern, the Children’s Season at the Virginia Rep Center for Arts and Education as well as the Theatre Gym studio space.

MOZART, WEILL, PURCEL and JANACEK Announced Among the Attractions of Theatro Sao Pedro's 2023 Season
by Claudio Erlichman - Feb 13, 2023


Lyrical season will have 11 titles, including the premiere of O Machete, by Mehmari. Throughout 2023, will be presented of Il Seraglio, by Mozart, Cinderella, by Viardot, The Cunning Little Vixen, by Janácek, Dido and Eneas, by Purcell, among others. The program also includes ballet shows, symphonic and chamber music concerts.

Casting Confirmed For THE SNOW QUEEN At Park Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2019


Casting has been confirmed for Park Theatre's festive family adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's classic: The Snow Queen. Focusing on the origins of the Queen who brings endless winter, the cast includes: Frances Marshall, Ayesha Casely-Hayford, Esmonde Cole, Sarah-Louise Young, Justin Brett, Paula James and Matt Cavendish. The production is adapted by Charles Way and directed by Abigail Anderson, with a national press night on Friday 6 December, 7pm.

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre Salutes Ernest Abuba, Cheryl Ikemiya And George Fischoff At 2018 Arts & Action Gala
by Stephi Wild - Sep 13, 2018


Pan Asian Repertory Theatre (Tisa Chang, Artistic Producing Director) will host a one-night only special event celebrating the upcoming season with the 2018 Arts & Action Gala Dinner on Thursday evening, October 18, 2018 at The Golden Unicorn Restaurant in Chinatown (18 East Broadway at Catherine Street).

Guest Blog: Keith Strachan On THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
by Guest Blog: Keith Strachan - Dec 5, 2017


The Little Match Girl was written in 1975 and 1976. I had seen a TV adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen short story on BBC2 at Christmas 1974 and discovered it was written by Jeremy Paul - who I'd met at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond.

Oh, We Just Can't Wait... For the Remake- A Guide to Disney's Upcoming Live-Action Musicals!
by Caryn Robbins - Aug 5, 2017


With so many upcoming projects in the works, BWW has put together a guide to what's in store from the House of Mouse and its uber-talented creative teams!

BWW's Guide to Disney's Upcoming Live-Action Musical Movie Remakes!
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 5, 2016


With so many upcoming projects in the works, BWW has put together a guide to what's in store from the House of Mouse and its uber-talented creative teams!

The Kennedy Center to Welcome New York City Ballet, 3/1-6
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 17, 2016


New York City Ballet returns to the Kennedy Center for their annual engagement, March 1-6, 2016, performing two exciting and distinctively different programs of repertory, including the D.C. premiere of NYCB Resident Choreographer and Soloist Justin Peck's first narrative work, The Most Incredible Thing and a staging of August Bournonville's La Sylphide by Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins, as well as additional works by George Balanchine, August Bournonville, and Christopher Wheeldon. All performances will be accompanied by the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra.

Spoleto Festival USA Announces 2016 Program
by Sally Henry Fuller - Jan 3, 2016


Festival General Director Nigel Redden announces the program for the 40th annual Spoleto Festival USA, taking place May 27 through June 12, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina.

THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES Opens Today at the Kelsey Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2014


Telling the truth is vitally important - in clothing, in politics and in life! That's the lesson of 'The Emperor's New Clothes,' coming to Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre today, May 17 at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. This original musical adaptation is presented by the award-winning Kaleidoscope Theatre. Kelsey Theatre is located on the college's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES to Open 5/17 at the Kelsey Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Apr 30, 2014


Telling the truth is vitally important - in clothing, in politics and in life! That's the lesson of 'The Emperor's New Clothes,' coming to Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre May 17 at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. This original musical adaptation is presented by the award-winning Kaleidoscope Theatre. Kelsey Theatre is located on the college's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Presents Four Works by Jirí Kylián This Spring
by BWW News Desk - Jan 21, 2014


Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, under the artistic leadership of Glenn Edgerton, will present its first-ever mixed repertory program devoted to the work of a single choreographer during the Spring Series, March 13-16, 2014. This engagement's four works by Sarabande (1990), for an all-male ensemble and set to Bach's second partita for solo violin with electronically manipulated live vocals; and Falling Angels (1989), for a cast of eight women and set to part one of Steve Reich's phased-percussion composition, Drumming, to be performed live by Third Coast Percussion, Ensemble- in-Residence at the University of Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

PCPA Theaterfest to Present US Premiere of Schwartz's MY FAIRYTALE 8/12-8/19
by BWW News Desk - Sep 25, 2011


Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts Theaterfest is pleased to present the American Premiere of My Fairytale, a musical about Hans Christian Andersen. The musical is composed by Stephen Schwartz, the award-winning composer of Godspell, Pippin and Wicked, and will be presented in time for the 2011 centennial celebration of Solvang, CA as a Danish-American community. This exclusive engagement will preview in Santa Maria's Marian Theatre August 12 - 19, 2011, then open under the stars in the Solvang Festival Theater August 26, playing through September 25, 2011.

CSC Presents DOUBLE FALSEHOOD, Closes 4/3
by BWW News Desk - Apr 3, 2011


Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, continues its 44th season with DOUBLE FALSEHOOD, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, adapted for the 18th Century stage by Lewis Theobald, and directed by Kulick. DOUBLE FALSEHOOD will close at CSC (136 East 13th Street) Sunday, April 3.

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by BWW News Desk - Mar 11, 2011


Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, continues its 44th season with DOUBLE FALSEHOOD, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, adapted for the 18th Century stage by Lewis Theobald, and directed by Kulick.

CSC Presents DOUBLE FALSEHOOD 3/11-4/3
by BWW News Desk - Mar 11, 2011


Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, continues its 44th season with DOUBLE FALSEHOOD, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, adapted for the 18th Century stage by Lewis Theobald, and directed by Kulick.

CSC Presents DOUBLE FALSEHOOD 3/11-4/3
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 25, 2011


Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, continues its 44th season with DOUBLE FALSEHOOD, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, adapted for the 18th Century stage by Lewis Theobald, and directed by Kulick.

CSC Presents HAROLD BLOOM: ON SHAKESPEARE’S LATE & LOST WORK Benefit 2/7
by BWW News Desk - Feb 7, 2011


Harold Bloom, America's leading literary critic and author of the best-seller 'Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human," will join Classic Stage Company Artistic Director Brian Kulick in a rare public appearance on Monday evening, February 7 at 7 pm at CSC (136 East 13th Street) as a special one-night-only event to benefit CSC's ongoing Shakespeare programming.

CSC Presents DOUBLE FALSEHOOD 3/11-4/3
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 27, 2011


Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, continues its 44th season with DOUBLE FALSEHOOD, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, adapted for the 18th Century stage by Lewis Theobald, and directed by Kulick.

CSC Presents HAROLD BLOOM: ON SHAKESPEARE’S LATE & LOST WORK Benefit 2/7
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 11, 2011


Harold Bloom, America's leading literary critic and author of the best-seller 'Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human," will join Classic Stage Company Artistic Director Brian Kulick in a rare public appearance on Monday evening, February 7 at 7 pm at CSC (136 East 13th Street) as a special one-night-only event to benefit CSC's ongoing Shakespeare programming.

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by Jessica Lewis - Oct 14, 2010


Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, today announced programming for the BAM 2011 Spring Season, which runs from Jan 7 through Jun 11, 2011. The season comprises eight theater, opera, and dance engagements and features BAMcinématek series, BAMcafé Live weekend music events, artist talks, visual art exhibitions, and literary events.

PCPA Theaterfest to Present US Premiere of Schwartz's MY FAIRYTALE 8/12-8/19
by Abigail Arnold - Jun 1, 2010


Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts Theaterfest is pleased to present the American Premiere of My Fairytale, a musical about Hans Christian Andersen. The musical is composed by Stephen Schwartz, the award-winning composer of Godspell, Pippin and Wicked, and will be presented in time for the 2011 centennial celebration of Solvang, CA as a Danish-American community. This exclusive engagement will preview in Santa Maria's Marian Theatre August 12 - 19, 2011, then open under the stars in the Solvang Festival Theater August 26, playing through September 25, 2011.

Hans Andersen FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Hans Andersen have there been?
Hans Andersen has had 4 productions including West End which opened in 1974, West End which opened in 1977, Regional (US) which opened in 2003 and West End which opened in 2004.

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