Amber Riley, who played soul diva Mercedes Jones on Glee, auditioned for " and won " the central role of Effie in Dreamgirls, which will start previews at the Savoy Theatre, London, in Novem…
The legendary Phantom Of The Opera star, 74, told BAZ BAMIGBOYE he's 'nervously excited' about appearing in a musical version of L.P. Hartley's The Go-Between in the West End from late May.
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Top Broadway actor Andy Karl has won the coveted 'Bill Murray' role in a new, musical version of the beloved comedy film Groundhog Day, which will run at the Old Vic.
Alicia Vikander sent The Danish Girl screenplay on to her father, Svante Vikander, a psychiatrist based in Alicia's homeland, Sweden, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane will play fictional funnyman Paul Finchley in Channel 4's four-part National Treasure, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
Alicia Vikander sent The Danish Girl screenplay on to her father, Svante Vikander, a psychiatrist based in Alicia's homeland, Sweden, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
Kit Harington will mark his return to the stage by playing the titular role in Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus in April at the Duke of York's Theatre in London, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
Audra McDonald (pictured), the most lauded actress on Broadway, will be making her West End debut portraying legendary singer Billie Holiday, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
Lily James (pictured) who starred in Downton Abbey, will play the bard's tragic heroine in Romeo And Juliet as part of the Kenneth Branagh season at the Garrick Theatre, write BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
Strictly star Helen George will play the title role in After Miss Julie, playwright Patrick Marber's adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
Once upon a time, Daisy Ridley spent a Christmas working at a shopping mall, playing an elf. When she was upgraded - to a Princess! - she was over the moon.
Matthew Perry is returning to the London stage in a play he wrote in ten days about 'four broken people yearning for love'.
Matthew Perry is returning to the London stage in a play he wrote in ten days about 'four broken people yearning for love'.
Once upon a time, Daisy Ridley spent a Christmas working at a shopping mall, playing an elf. When she was upgraded - to a Princess! - she was over the moon.
Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn were the inspirations for the female lovers at the heart of Carol, one of the year's best films, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
The play's the thing for Andrew Scott, who played Moriarty opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock Holmes, and is now in advanced discussions to play Hamlet at London's Almeida Theatre.
Gemma Arterton is going to 'let her hair down' when she portrays actress and royal mistress Nell Gwynn, in swirling skirts and bloomers, on the West End stage.
Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton are hoping to soar in the pop charts whenthey perform on the soundtrack of the forthcoming movie about ski-jumper Eddie The Eagle is released, says BAZ BAMIGBO…
Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson told me about the time she tore a strip off Johnny Depp, directing a volley of expletives at the poor man that turned the air blue, writes BAZ BAMIGB…
Sheridan Smith is putting her own stamp on Fanny Brice in the first London revival of the musical Funny Girl in half a century, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
She's the breakout star of TV's Orange Is The New Black and now Uzo Aduba will make her London theatre debut as one of two subversive servants " Zawe Ashton plays the other.
It's going to be a whole new world for former Sugababes singer Jade Ewen and West End actor Dean John-Wilson, who are in early negotiations to play Aladdin and Jasmine in Disney musical Alad…
Sheridan Smith will lead the show that made Barbra Streisand a star from a tiny, award-winning fringe theatre into the West End. Funny Girl will run in Southwark before moving to the Savoy.
BAZ BAMIGBOYE EXCLUSIVE: The actress portrays molecular biologist Rosalind Franklin, a pioneer in the discovery of DNA in the Fifties, in West End play Photograph 51.
Lydia, who portrayed Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall on stage at Stratford, followed by runs in the West End and on Broadway, has been picked by Richard Eyre to star in Little Eyolf.