The Tony- and Olivier-winning musical will arrive at London's Adelphi in 2027.

The original award‑winning production of Billy Elliot The Musical will embark on a new national tour from November 2026 The post Billy Elliot The Musical Announces Major UK Tour And Limited West End Return ap…

EXCLUSIVE: Beloved musical Billy Elliot will return to London’s West End in February 2027 eleven years after it ended an acclaimed eleven-year run. Writer Lee Hall’s story follows young miner’s son from …

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director; Michael Stotts, Executive Director), recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, is pleased to bring the uplifting, Tony Award-winning musi…

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced complete casting and the creative team for Come From Away, the next production in Paper Mill’s 2025-2026 season. Come From Away will begin performances on Wednesday, Februar…

It’s time for a new generation of young performers to step into the spotlight as the original production of Billy Elliot the Musical gears up for a fresh run. Producers have kicked off a casting call to find …

The producers of the original production of Billy Elliot the Musical have announced a nationwide search for children to play the roles of Billy, Michael and Debbie The post Nationwide Children’s Casting Call …

What will the ballet dancer of the future look like? We visit the hunting lodge where the next generation are being trained – and find huge changes are under way It’s an idyllic autumn day in leafy Richmon…

Broadway Games: Famous Composers and Their Least Famous Shows Many theater fans can readily name shows written by their favorite Broadway composers. Lovers of the classics know Jerry Herman wrote Hello, Dolly!…

Former West End dancer Alexander Loxton is suing police for £600,000, claiming that a foot injury during a stop and search ruined his "premier league" career. The Billy Elliot alum says that he has faced sever…

Director Peter Francis James joins The Old Globe's Kim Heil to discuss Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with an opportunity to closely conn…

Shakespeare's witty comedy opens the 2025 Shakespeare Festival, directed by Peter Francis James, and running June 8 through July 6, 2025. Find tickets at https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/25-season/alls-well-tha…

Eric Woodall joins the pod squad to discuss the 2025 Tony Awards season, with reflections on Broadway trends, productions, performers, and predictions across various categories. Eric Woodall is a nationally …

The complete cast has been revealed for the world premiere of Ginger Twinsies, a deliriously clever send-up of the beloved 1998 film The Parent Trap, written and directed by Kevin Zak. Broadway standout Lakisha…

Perth theatreTwo working-class lads become modern-day highwaymen in this adaptation of the Scottish film but the plentiful songs slow down the story One of the stories British cinema loves to tell is of working…

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the new stage prequel to the hit Emmy-winning Netflix series, has officially opened at the Marquis Theatre in New York. Directed by Stephen Daldry (The Crown, Billy Elliot) an…

With the Broadway arrival of “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” the origin story from the popular Netflix series, comes the question: Will this stand-alone tale appeal — and then satisfy — audiences b…

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) When the season announcement was made last year that Jefferson Performing Arts (JPA) would be producing Billy Elliot: The Musical for its final 2025…

Adaptation of Brecht’s Mother Courage will train people from the north-east to take on their first ever acting roles His plays have been buzzy, hot-ticket openings in the West End and at the National Theatre.…

Billy Elliot The Musical performs 'Electricity' in Covent Garden at the Olivier Awards 2013 with Mastercard. Established in 1976, the Olivier Awards celebrate the world-class status of London theatre, and are …

Watch a first look video at the Royal Danish Theatre's new non-replica production of Billy Elliot in Copenhagen. Elton John and Lee Hall's award-winning musical adaptation of the famous film has been a global…

This week, Elton John’s “Tammy Faye” musical closed on Broadway after only 24 previews and 29 regular performances. Although the show, about the rise and fall of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, concluded…

... Playbill.com. “I got to see this show on Broadway with my mom when I was auditioning for colleges in New York City in 2009,” said play director ...

With The Full Monty, Paramount Theatre completes the trifecta of musicals derived from movies about British deindustrialization, on the heels of 2021’s Kinky Boots and Billy Elliot earlier this year. Book wri…

As a child in Lagos, he felt like Billy Elliot, following a passion for dance despite his family’s disapproval. Now, having found success in France, he’s returned to his native Nigeria to mastermind a pan-A…

Stranger Things; Whoopi in Annie; Etc. By: David Sheward August 7, 2024: Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the stage prequel to the hit Netflix series which is a smash in London, will transfer to Broadway …

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Billy Elliot made a huge splash in London in 2005 before it crossed the Atlantic. The Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on November 13, 2008, where it remained for…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: We're feeling electricity because we're looking back at the 2009 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Billy Elliot! Take a look at the show's opening night at Broadway's Imperial Th…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Israeli production of BILLY ELLIOT, one of the big winners of the 2016 BroadwayWorld Israel Regional Awards, made a special thank you video in response to their winnings announ…

Theatre by the Lake, KeswickThe Penrith town band bring warmth and plangency to an adaptation of the post-Thatcher movie, alive with movement and community spirit Around the end of the 1990s, three popular movi…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: In honor of Throwback Thursday, BroadwayWorld is celebrating the past with a new series that will take you back in time with some of our favorite vintage video features. That's rig…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: We caught up with 'Ugly Betty's' Mark Indelicato at the Imperial as the young actor interviewed Billy Elliot's 3 leading 'men'.

It's Tony time again. Was this an exciting year on Broadway? Yes! Was it a disappointing year on Broadway? Yes! Same as it ever was. And here we go: (A complete list of nominees is provided at the end of this…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Network officially opened last night at Broadway's Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). The play is directed by Tony and Olivier Award winner Ivo van Hove (The Damned), adapted …

There’s a built-in audience for the new Broadway dance musical Illinoise among fans of Sufjan Stevens’ indie rock music and admirers of Justin Peck’s choreography for the New York City Ballet. But even if…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: NETWORK opened just last week at Broadway's Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). NETWORK is directed by Tony and Olivier Award winner Ivo van Hove (The Damned), adapted by Tony…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Dan Cody's Yacht is now in previews ahead of a Wednesday, June 6 opening night at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). The cast of Dan Cody's Yacht feature…

Tom Holland’s above-the-title appearance in Romeo & Juliet will transfer to Broadway, according to an insider quoted in the UK press. The Spider-man star’s return to London’s West End stage (where he …

Jamie Lloyd will direct the star in ‘a pulsating new vision of the immortal tale of wordsmiths, rhymers, lovers and fighters’ Spider-Man star Tom Holland is to return to the London stage for his first major…

Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the first decade of the 2000s. You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included here, but how familiar …

Tammy Faye, a musical about the heavily made-up American televangelist with music by Elton John, is headed to Broadway for the 2024-25 season. In addition to John's music, the score features lyrics by Jake Shea…

Haydn Gwynne, celebrated stage actress of both Broadway and the West End, died on October 20 morning after a brief battle with cancer, according to a statement by producer Cameron Mackintosh. She was 66. Gwynn…

Ms. Gwynne was a beloved member of the U.K. theatre community.

Celebrated actor was nominated for multiple Olivier awards in her theatrical roles and best known for Drop the Dead Donkey and The Windsors on TV The actor Haydn Gwynne has died of cancer at the age of 66. In a…

Actor Haydn Gwynne, who starred in Billy Elliot the Musical on stage, has died aged 66.

40 Years of Broadway: By Request: Differences of Opinion  Before we started our celebration I asked you to make suggestions of the kinds of things we should post about. You had a lot of really great ideas! S…

The end of August, traditionally the dog days of summer, this year brings news of a British movie theater chain allowing dogs to accompany humans at select showings. Would this work for legitimate theater? It…

One of my favorite things about the Imperial Theatre is that long, skinny lobby with its elegant marbled walls and fancy wall sconces. From there, you enter the theater, and make a turn and there it is, the cl…

Aussie Theatre has 2 x double passes to giveaway to Billy Elliot The Musical- at The Star Casino – Gold

The post Billy Elliot The Musical opens on the Gold Coast appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Seen by over 4 million people globally, the Tony Award winning BILLY ELLIOT The Musical is now playing for the

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2022-2023/spamalot/ Book and lyrics by Eric Idle Music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle A new musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture …

Matt Ward Entertainment has secured the rights to tell the story of child prodigy Billy Elliot in a limited season

It has been reported that two different Fred Astaire biopics are currently in the works. To make matters even more complicated, both actors playing Astaire on the big screen, Jamie Bell and Tom Holland, have pl…

Paddington director Paul King will direct the upcoming Fred Astaire biopic starring Tom Holland. Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall is writing the film. Holland played the title role in the stage adaptation of Billy …

Newcastle is set to dress up in ballet shoes and tutus from October next year, with the West End and

Directed by Marc Bruni, D.C.'s Kennedy Center's upcoming production of Guys and Dolls is set to play the Eisenhower Theater October 7–16. Get a look at the rehearsal room for the new revival in the video abov…

Underbelly, EdinburghOutlandish physical antics and a spontaneous stage presence keep Wardeh’s audience laughing as he clowns through a cast of oddball characters Clown is in vogue again, coming at us wide-ey…

(Miriam Gillinsons’article appeared in the Guardian, 7/24.)  Leicester Curve Nikolai Foster’s new version is more like a play with dance and songs, giving ideas around love and loss, community and isolatio…

Leicester CurveNikolai Foster’s new version is more like a play with dance and songs, giving ideas around love and loss, community and isolation, passion and violence room to breathe In director Nikolai Foste…

Nikolai Foster’s vision beautifully evokes a sense of community against a delicately balanced backdrop of political and emotional turmoil in Lee Hall and Elton John’s Billy Elliot The Musical at Curve Leice…

By Gary Stringer Gary Stringer reviews a new production of Billy Elliot the musical now playing the Leicester's Curve Theatre. Until 20 August. This post REVIEW: Billy Elliot the musical, Leicester Curve ✭✭…

Nikolai Foster directs the production starring Sally-Ann Triplett, Joe Caffrey, Luke Baker, and more.

The Billy Elliot and Gentleman's Guide star is playing David, filling in for Christopher Fitzgerald, through July 24.

The Guys and Dolls, Grease and Anything Goes leading lady on fighting to play Mrs. Wilkinson in the new Curve production of Billy Elliot – and why she’d like to see the show return to the West End.

Netflix announced their new partnership with The Duffer Brothers, the creators of Stranger Things. The new play will be will be set within the 'world and mythology of Stranger Things' and produced by Sonia Fri…

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige is giving theater fans an update on all the lastest stage ne…

Revolting children are heading to the screen! Matilda the Musical is heading to Netflix in a new film adaptation this holiday season and we've got your first look at the exciting movie based on Roald Dahl's c…

Infections among workforce lead theatres to cancel performances, with loan repayments, soaring energy prices and the cost of living crisis adding to their woes With infections on the rise in the UK, theatres ar…

By Douglas Mayo Leicester's Curve has announced that their new production of Billy Elliot will be delaying its opening night until 13 July due to COVID This post Curve’s Billy Elliot is delayed due to COVID �…

National Theatre, LondonEmlyn Williams’ 1938 play is a kind of Billy Elliot of the Valleys: the old-fashioned but hugely entertaining and affecting story of a Welsh miner’s son who escapes his class-bound h…

Nikolai Foster will direct the summer production at the Leicester venue.