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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Scholarships: The Stage/D&B School of Performing Arts Scholarship winners 2014 by Lisa Martland

There is one big difference between D&B School of Performing Arts’ latest scholarship winners. For Annalise Liard-Bailey, who lives 10 minutes away and began attending D&B’s part…

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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Scholarships: The Stage/PQA Scholarship winners 2014 by Lisa Martland

Some of the 20 winners of The Stage Scholarships at Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts tell Lisa Martland how they plan use this life-changing opportunity

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Irving Berlin's White Christmas the Musical , Dominion Theatre, London by Lisa Martland

Dominion Theatre, London: There is pressure on the creators of a Christmas production - especially one having its West End premiere and based on a 1954 movie classic - to present an audience…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:07AM
Thursday, October 30, 2014

The Musical , BBC Radio 2 by Lisa Martland

BBC Radio 2: Much will be made of the fact that Made in Dagenham, November's big musical theatre opening, is yet another stage adaptation of a movie. So, how difficult is it to create a…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:17AM
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Gregg Edelman - Broadway State of Mind , Crazy Coqs, London by Lisa Martland

Crazy Coqs, London: Towards the end of his show Broadway State of Mind, US actor and singer Gregg Edelman says how much he loves "mixing it up" - in other words, having a career th…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AM
Monday, October 20, 2014

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris , Charing Cross Theatre, London by Lisa Martland

Charing Cross Theatre, London: There is a scene in Act II of this new production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well in Living in Paris where all the elements come together to demonstrate how …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:51AM
Monday, October 13, 2014

A Doll's House , Hawthorne Theatre, Welwyn Garden City by Lisa Martland

Hawthorne Theatre, Welwyn Garden City: This intimate new production of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, presented by UK Touring Theatre, introduces audiences to a new English transla…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AM
Sunday, October 5, 2014

Scholarships: The Stage/Tiffany Theatre College scholarship winner 2014 by Lisa Martland

“I have only been dancing properly for two years, but in the last 12 months it has become my passion and what I want to do as a career. The staff at Tiffany must have…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM
Monday, September 29, 2014

Archive on 4: Joan Littlewood and the People's Theatre , BBC Radio 4 by Lisa Martland

BBC Radio 4: Richard Eyre enjoys telling the story about when he wrote to Joan Littlewood about staging Oh What a Lovely War at the National Theatre. In her reply, the left-wing theatre dire…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AM

Hamlet Undressed , BBC Radio 4 by Lisa Martland

BBC Radio 4: So what was it that finally convinced actor Maxine Peake and Manchester Royal Exchange artistic director Sarah Frankcom to stage their production of Hamlet after years of discus…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AM
Monday, September 15, 2014

The Essay - Samuel Beckett , BBC Radio 3 by Lisa Martland

BBC Radio 3: For this special series of programmes, recorded at the 2014 Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival, five different 'authors' discuss the influence Nobel…

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Saturday, September 13, 2014

Scholarships: The Stage/SLP College scholarship winners by Lisa Martland

Introducing the triumphant winners of The Stage Scholarships to SLP College, who will be starting at the Leeds-based training centre this autumn

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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Scholarships: The Stage/Ghost Academy scholarship winners by Lisa Martland

Ghost Academy of Performing Arts is offering a total of six places on various courses at the Nottinghamshire-based school – worth a total of nearly £80,000. Lisa Martland speaks to three …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:23AM
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Dogfight , Southwark Playhouse, London by Lisa Martland

Southwark Playhouse, London: American songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's show A Christmas Story was Tony-nominated in 2013, but it is the team's Off-Broadway musicals that ha…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:40AM
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Shrek the Musical , Grand Theatre, Leeds by Lisa Martland

Grand Theatre, Leeds: Shrek the Musical is the latest in a line of large-scale West End productions (The Lion King and Wicked are others) to tour the UK and Ireland, and on the evidence of t…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AM
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess , Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London by Lisa Martland

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London: Since its original Broadway opening in 1935, critics have debated whether Porgy and Bess (composed by George Gershwin, lyrics co-written by his brothe…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AM
Friday, July 25, 2014

Scholarships: The Stage/Fourth Monkey scholarship winners by Lisa Martland

Lisa Martland talks the joint winners of The Stage/Fourth Monkey Theatre Company scholarship

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

TV & radio reviews: Radio review: Lulu’s Musical Map of Glasgow; John Shuttleworth’s Lounge Music; Karaoke as Art? by Lisa Martland

A stream of programmes has been commissioned to mark the Commonwealth Games being held in Glasgow this year, so perhaps it was inevitable that one of the city’s most famous exports – Mar…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:08AM

Radio review: Lulu’s Musical Map of Glasgow; John Shuttleworth’s Lounge Music; Karaoke as Art? by Lisa Martland

A stream of programmes has been commissioned to mark the Commonwealth Games being held in Glasgow this year, so perhaps it was

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:08AM
Saturday, July 12, 2014

Scholarships: The Stage Scholarship winners: Katelyn Greenwood by Lisa Martland

Katelyn Greenwood tells Lisa Martland about wining the 2014 The Stage/Stella Mann College of Performing Arts three-year dance scholarship

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:43AM
Thursday, July 10, 2014

TV & radio reviews: Radio review: It’s a Fair Cop; Eric Idle – Radio Five; Meeting Myself Coming Back by Lisa Martland

One of the biggest decisions an up-and-coming stand-up comedian can make is to give up the day job and concentrate on performing. It means farewell to the career as a teacher (Greg Davies), …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:38AM

Radio review: It’s a Fair Cop; Eric Idle – Radio Five; Meeting Myself Coming Back by Lisa Martland

One of the biggest decisions an up-and-coming stand-up comedian can make is to give up the day job and concentrate on performing.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:38AM
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Mamma Mia! , Blackpool Opera House by Lisa Martland

Blackpool Opera House: It is a boost for Blackpool to be the exclusive UK location for the Mamma Mia! international tour, playing a 12-week season at the Opera House during the crucial holid…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

TV & radio reviews: Radio – Light programme by Lisa Martland

“We are always being told that children don’t like reading or writing or anything to do with school and are idiots, and I saw that there was this huge response, and I thought, ‘I’d l…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AM
Thursday, May 22, 2014

The Blonde Bombshells of 1943, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London by Lisa Martland

Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London: Having started life as a television play, The Blonde Bombshells of 1943 has been through a number of manifestations, the latest of which - seen at Hampstea…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AM
Friday, May 2, 2014

Scholarships: The Stage Scholarships 2014: Razzamataz Theatre Schools by Lisa Martland

Denise Hutton-Gosney, founder of the Razzamataz Theatre Schools company is offering scholarships at all 40 of its locations across the length and breadth of the country, writes Lisa Martland

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:03PM
Thursday, May 1, 2014

TV & radio reviews: Radio review: Isy Suttie’s Love Letters; Tell Me On a Sunday; The Olivier Awards 2014 with Michael Ball by Lisa Martland

Stand-up, actor, writer, composer and musician Isy Suttie has already won a Sony Radio Academy award, but while I have been familiar with her work in the theatre and on television (particula…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:56AM
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

20th Century Boy, Opera House, Manchester by Lisa Martland

Opera House, Manchester: There is a feeling of foreboding in the early stages of this new production of 20th Century Boy - a biographical, jukebox musical dedicated to the life and career of…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AM
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Scholarships: The Stage Scholarships 2014: Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts by Lisa Martland

The Pauline Quirke Academy has gifted our biggest-ever number of tuition opportunities to young students, worth a total of £50,000, writes Lisa Martland

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:34AM
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

TV & radio reviews: Radio reviews: Dark Horse – An Alec Guinness Archive; Merchant Ivory – Classics, Celluloid and Class by Lisa Martland

In May 2012, Alistair McGowan bravely followed in the footsteps of Alec Guinness by portraying several members of the same family in the BBC Radio 4 drama Like Father, Like Daughter – a se…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:50AM
Thursday, April 3, 2014

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Savoy Theatre, London by Lisa Martland

Savoy Theatre, London: Yes, it's another musical adapted from a movie (the 1988 Michael Caine/Steve Martin comedy), and yes, it's one of a stream of recent shows in the genre that …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic