Oliver! Revival

Whatsonstage reports that the West End's OLIVER! revival has set a closing date of 8 January, 2011. The production opened on 14 January 2009 with the West End's largest advance ever: £15 million. A spokesperson for the show is reported as saying: 'For a show as enormous as OLIVER!, a two-year run at Drury Lane is just fantastic, so we are going to have a sensational six-month send-off.' That send-off includes a special engagement on 30 June 2010, in which Ron Moody will return to the role of 'Fagin' for a special one-night-only 50th anniversary performance. He began performances in the same role at London's New Theatre on 30 June, 1960.

Beginning June 14, Russ Abbot will reprise his previous West End role in the musical OLIVER! Abbot will once again play Fagin, the lead pickpocket. The production is currently playing at Theatre Royal in London. OLIVER! currently features WICKED alum, Kerry Ellis as Nancy Sikes, and Steven Hartley as Bill Sikes.

Beginning June 14, Russ Abbot will reprise his previous West End role in the musical OLIVER! Abbot will once again play Fagin, the lead pickpocket. The production is currently playing at Theatre Royal in London. OLIVER! currently features WICKED alum, Kerry Ellis as Nancy Sikes, and Steven Hartley as Bill Sikes.

As she prepares to leave the role of Nancy in OLIVER!, sunny singing star Jodie Prenger is preparing for another challenge - finding a Toto on Andrew Lloyd-Webber's latest show Over The Rainbow. On the second episode of the show, Prenger sang 'As Long As He Needs Me' from OLIVER!, as she prepares to head off into her next role - Lady of the Lake in Monty Python's Spamalot.

Cameron Mackintosh presents Rowan Atkinson as 'Fagin' in Lionel Bart's musical masterpiece 'OLIVER!' at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, with performances officially beginning tonight, 14 January 2009.