After over six years on Broadway, Mary Poppins is set to close on March 3, 2013. The sudden scheduling of the announcement has sparked heated speculation and insinuation in the Broadway wor…
The musical based on Disney's 1964 film will end its six-year run on March 3 as "Aladdin" gears up for a 2014 debut.read more
Mary Poppins will close at Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theater on March 3 to make way for Disney's next big, Broadway show Aladdin, according to The New York Times. At the time o…
The Broadway production of Disney's Mary Poppins will fold up its umbrella this spring at the New Amsterdam Theatre, according to reports in the New York Times and the New York Post. Sou…
The New York Times is reporting that MARY POPPINS will close on Broadway on March 3, 2013 to make way for renovations , followed by its next tenant 'A musical adaptation of the company's 199…
After the March 3 closing, the New Amsterdam Theater will be renovated over several months before "Aladdin" moves in.
Stiwt, Rhos, Wrexham: Gareth Thomas, former Welsh rugby captain, prolific try scorer and the first professional rugby union player to come out as gay while still playing, dominates the poste…
Richmond Theatre, London: Like a good, old-fashioned brass lamp, the Richmond Theatre's Aladdin is made of solid, sparkly and familiar stuff. Former Hear'Say member and Dancing on …
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Theatre Royal, Norwich: Austerity? There's none on display among the golden-coloured sets and flying carpets of this lavishly dressed production which delivers a slickly flowing parade …
Marina, Lowestoft: This Aladdin is blessed with an A-list baddie in Nigel Pivaro whose Terry Duckworth has caused more than his fair share of trouble among the cobbles in Coronation Street. …
Theatre Royal, Winchester: This is the most disappointing Winchester pantomime I have seen for several years. Aladdin has a poor script, the company are less impressive than in many of their…
It's panto quiz time - oh yes it is! Do you know your Aladdin from your Abanazar and your Widow Twankey from your Wishy Washy? We've put together 20 questions to test your festive theatrical…
O2, LondonThere aren't many pantos that begin with a funeral " and fewer still in which that turns out to be the highlight of the show. This gothic and mournfully witty scene, set in a gloom…
Orchard, Dartford: When it comes to sheer spectacle at Christmas, Qdos are difficult to beat. Aladdin might easily be the most opulent of the traditional pantomime cannon but even so, the le…
There was just one problem with this supremely entertaining pantomime and it persisted right until the end, no matter how witty the script, how exuberant the musical performances and how cha…
The Plaza, Stockport: In The Guardian this week, John Altman revealed that it was liberating to play an "out-and-out villain". He was talking about his famous role as 'nasty&#…
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford: Kit Hesketh-Harvey virtually repeats last year's evil villain role, this time as Abanazar, but it doesn't matter because he plays it with such rel…
The North Wall, Oxford: Creation's Christmas productions tend to eschew the pantomimic for the eccentric and enchanted, and this Aladdin, penned by Lizzie Hopley, is no exception. At ti…
Landor, London: Within three years Above The Stag's pantomime established itself as one of the modest successes of the London fringe. With their home in Victoria demolished earlier this…
The Theatre at the O2, London: I've already experienced two of the worst 'live' entertainment nights of the year at the O2, with the loud and vacuous Jesus Christ Superstar ar…
Wyvern, Swindon: When Keith Chegwin starred as Buttons at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon last Christmas, it was announced he would be returning this year in Jack and the Beanstalk. Plainly, h…
Inside the vastness of the O2 Centre there is a new temporary theatre structure seating (not very comfortably) 1,900 people marking the return to pantoland of Lily Savage, Paul O'Grady's sca…
Corn Exchange, King's Lynn: Confidence is the name of the game at King's Lynn. Three years in, Jordan Productions' Aladdin is flying as high as that magic carpet. It's got a c…
Producers of Aladdin " A Wish Come True starring Paul O'Grady at the O2 have cancelled tomorrow’s matinee to carry out "crucial technical works". Michael Rose and Chris Moreno, the pro…