Monday, October 7, 2013
The original London cast album for Stephen Ward, the new political musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton and lyricist Don Black, will be released in March 2014.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMFriday, September 27, 2013
Due to strong audience demand in New York City, an additional screening of the critically acclaimed West End revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along, directe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:21PMMonday, September 23, 2013
A trailer has been released for the critically acclaimed West End revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman, w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMFriday, September 13, 2013
The critically acclaimed West End revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman, will be screened in cinemas acros…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMMonday, September 9, 2013
Producer Cameron Mackintosh announced Sept. 9 that the forthcoming West End return of Miss Saigon set a new record for the largest single-day ticket sales in West End and Broadway history. S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMTuesday, September 3, 2013
The critically acclaimed West End revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman, will be screened in cinemas acros…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMWednesday, August 21, 2013
The London musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which features a score by Tony Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, will have a Broadway run following the completion of direct…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMTuesday, April 9, 2013
After he completes his new musical that tells the story of the Profumo Affair from the perspective of Dr. Stephen Ward, Andrew Lloyd Webber may turn his attention to Jack Black's 2003 fi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:45AMMonday, April 8, 2013
Playwright Peter Morgan will deliver a short speech on the passing of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher prior to the April 8 performance of his new play The Audience at the Gie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMWednesday, April 3, 2013
The British television special "Andrew Lloyd Webber: 40 Musical Years" was broadcast on ITV1 on March 31. Here are highlights from the program, including performances from&nbs…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23PMTuesday, March 12, 2013
Complete casting has been announced for the Tony Award-winning musical The Pajama Game, which will open the 2013 U.K. Chichester Festival Theatre and star Hadley Fraser and Joanna …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMWednesday, February 27, 2013
"The Death of Klinghoffer," the controversial 1991 opera by John Adams, is scheduled to make its much-belated Los Angeles-area debut in 2014. But the producing company won't be L.A. Opera, w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMThursday, February 21, 2013
The West End premiere of Peter Morgan's The Audience, which began previews Feb. 15 prior to an official opening March 5 at the Gielgud Theatre starring Academy Award winner Helen Mirren,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00PMThe Really Useful Group and Frontier Touring have announced that the arena tour production of Jesus Christ Superstar will play Australia beginning May 31, prior to its return to the U.K. in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMMonday, January 14, 2013
The 2012-’13 Broadway season isn’t over yet, and already there are solid plans for 2013-’14. The musical version of Big Fish will make its New York debut in the fall, beginning…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:46PMFriday, January 11, 2013
Looks like he made it. Grammy-winning pop icon Barry Manilow is returning to his New York roots in a big way. In celebration of his upcoming Broadway concert engagement at the St. James Thea…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:27PMCotton Club Parade, the musical revue that played two engagements at New York City Center, will transfer to Broadway for the fall 2013 season. A celebration of the famed Harlem nightclub in …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:50PMThursday, January 10, 2013
Big names, classic plays, family dramas, splashy musicals — the second half of the 2012-’13 Broadway season has something for everyone. Stars from film and television like Tom Hanks,…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:37PMWednesday, January 9, 2013
What year is it again? Anyone scanning the marquees of Broadway this winter could be forgiven the confusion. There’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Glengarry Glen Ross, Who’s Afraid of Virginia …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:38PMTuesday, January 8, 2013
Bette Midler, who began her Broadway career as an understudy in Fiddler on the Roof, has announced plans to return to Broadway for the first time in more than 30 years to star in a one-wom…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:10PMOut goes the flying nanny, in comes the flying carpet. The Broadway production of Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam Theater will close on March 3 and will be replaced by another Disney prope…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:19PMMonday, January 7, 2013
The recent West End production of Neil Simon's 1972 vaudeville comedy The Sunshine Boys, starring Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths, will not arrive on Broadway this season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:15AMWednesday, January 2, 2013
The 50th anniversary revival of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will extend its limited run through March 24, producers announced Wednesday. August: Osage County…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:07PMThursday, December 20, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
A Christmas Fair | Shows for children | Robin Hood And His Merry Mam! | Family-friendly theatre | The Greatest Story Never Told | My Fair LadyA Christmas Fair, MaltonJim Cartwright, who wrot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMFriday, November 30, 2012
A Christmas Carol | Old Money | The Woods/The Wake | Privates On Parade | The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society | Bryony Kimmings: The DIY NativityA Christmas Carol, KirkcaldyThe hotte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThursday, November 1, 2012
NEW YORK—The lights went up again on Broadway Wednesday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, as entertainers headed back to work in a city still wracked by power-outa…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:40AMFriday, October 19, 2012
The London production of Steve Schalchlin and Jim Brochu's musical The Last Session, starring Darren Day as a songwriter battling AIDS, will be recorded by JAY Records in late October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMThursday, August 9, 2012
The critically acclaimed London revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd, which stars Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, will end its limited engagement Sept. 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:24AMTuesday, July 24, 2012
The new West End production of Neil Simon's 1972 vaudeville comedy The Sunshine Boys, starring Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths, may be headed to Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AM 
