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You don't have to tell us here at #StageFaves what an absolutely amazing job understudies do. They're as big as the stars they cover, as far as we're concerned. So we wholeheartedly second t…
Join #StageFaves founder Terri Paddock at Lazarus Theatre's THE BEGGAR'S OPERA on Tuesday 15 November 2016 for a post-show debate on John Gay's ground-breaking, 18th-century musical satire a…
Oh what a sad night. The New York production of JERSEY BOYS, which tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, recently announced that it will be closing in January after more tha…
Following this week's #Wicked10, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will be the next long-running West End musical blockbuster to mark a major milestone. The Andrew Lloyd Webber classic celebrates its…
We've rounded up our favourite fan tweets from last night's incredible #Wicked10 gala, marking the tenth anniversary of WICKED at the West End's Apollo. We think these ten tweets really capt…
Can you believe it? Tonight (Tuesday 27 September 2016), WICKED marks ten thrillifying years in the West End! The team behind the show have been painting the town green this week, and we're …
#Wicked10 was an extraordinary West End occasion. This British cast should be recorded for posterity. Who agrees? Dries Janssens, from our friends at the Musical Theatre Appreciation Society…
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, which had its West End premiere in 2011 after success on Broadway, returns to London for Christmas after extensive UK-wide touring, with a cast of rockabilly #StageFa…
Londoners only have a few more weeks to see Sheridan Smith in her acclaimed turn as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL, but audiences across the country can rest easier. Sheridan will be reprising th…
Here come THE GIRLS! What a wonderful assemblage of #StageFaves divas who will be strutting on and stripping off in Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's new British musical. Based on the true story, …
Fancy a Wild West-style festive jaunt to Sheffield? It's worth toting your guns anywhere to see Anna-Jane Casey as Annie Oakley. And she's now joined in the full cast, announced today, of th…
A role in the London premiere of David Bowie's posthumous musical is a pretty good way to follow up an Olivier Award nomination. Amy Lennox (nominated for Kinky Boots, pictured with her then…
HALF A SIXPENCE and SHOW BOAT are both in the running for UK Theatre Awards as are #StageFaves Charlie Stemp, Emmanuel Kojo, Rebecca Trehearn, Clare Burt, Jennifer Saayeng, Nina Toussaint-Wh…
When you know someone can do the job, why wouldn't you ask them back? After Rachel Tucker's current tenth birthday return run in WICKED, another popular former 'Elphaba', Dutch star Willemij…
On Friday, Haydn Oakley was announced for the UK premiere of An American in Paris in the West End. Five days later, he's announced to star in another UK premiere of another Broadway musical,…
Best known for its radically modern adaptations of classic plays from the canon, Lazarus Theatre company makes its #StageFaves debut as it turns to musicals. The company, under artistic dire…
You're never too old to become a #StageFave. At the age of 70, Jane Asher is adding her West End musical debut to an extraordinary list of credits in a career spanning six decades. She'll pl…
David Fynn is swapping his TV comedy roles in the likes of The Inbetweeners, Sherlock, Game of Thrones and Undateable to play Dewey Finn (a distant, fictional relation?) in the Broadway tran…
After the death of Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks has earmarked 2017/8 for a London production of the Young Frankenstein, the musical based on his film which starred Wilder as the Doctor. Far ahead…
Former Girls Aloud member Sarah Harding has been forced to temporarily depart her musical theatre debut role in Bill Kenwright's touring production of Ghost " The Musical due to a throat inf…
MUTED - a musical written by two multi-talented #StageFaves, Tim Prottey-Jones and Tori Allen-Martin - premieres as part of the inaugural season at brand new fringe theatre The Bunker, open…
The hit West End production of Wicked is now booking until 4 November 2017, it has been announced as the new cast begin performances in the show...
She became a star overnight stepping up as Sheridan Smith's understudy in FUNNY GIRL, and now Natasha J Barnes is headlining a West End show in her own right. This CINDERELLA will go to the …
On Golden Pond has inspired the new musical OUT THERE, which is written by Loserville's Elliot Davis and James Bourne and stars #StageFaves legend Dave Willetts. The full cast is announced f…
She just finished a long run in SHOW BOAT in the West End on Saturday and before than Sheffield, but Rebecca Trehearn isn't taking a break. She's back treading the musical boards in a few we…
