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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: viewers told to arrive hour early by Jessica Elgot

Tight security at two-part London show to include bag searches as audiences are told to turn up early so play can start on time West End audiences have been asked to arrive an hour early for…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:44AM
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Dancer, painter, soldier … Tottenham brothers on their way to the top by Jessica Elgot

Maryam Golding’s three oldest sons – an artist, a soldier and a ballet dancer – are all on the way to the top. Much of that, they say, is due to their parents, who brought them up to b…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:07AM
Friday, May 13, 2016

Andrew Lloyd Webber gets claws out after Nicole Scherzinger pulls out of Cats by Jessica Elgot

Composer behind famous musical says singer made him look foolish by pulling out of Broadway show to join the X FactorAndrew Lloyd Webber has said he has been made to look “an absolute twot…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:51AM
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Paul Daniels, TV magician, dies aged 77 by Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Jessica Elgot

Entertainer died at his home in Berkshire having been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour in FebruaryTelevision magician Paul Daniels, whose career defined the TV magic genre in the 198…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AM
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Brian Blessed: I helped a woman giving birth under a tree deliver her baby by Jessica Elgot

Flash Gordon actor tells Radio 4’s Midweek programme he bit through baby’s umbilical cord and licked her face cleanBrian Blessed has stunned BBC Radio 4 listeners after claiming he deliv…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM
Friday, September 18, 2015

Actors surrounded by armed police after rehearsal mistaken for gun attack by Jessica Elgot

Simon Gordon says he was preparing scene with housemate when 15 officers swooped on their home to investigate reports of man begging for his lifeArmed police who surrounded a London home aft…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards