Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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 c…
SOURCE: musicalsdaily.com at 06:18PMThe 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 Childr…
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 08:22AMTuesday, October 14, 2025
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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMFriday, October 3, 2025
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…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:31AMMonday, September 22, 2025
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 tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMFriday, June 20, 2025
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 opportu…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:40AMShakespeare'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-…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:31AMFriday, June 6, 2025
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 Wood…
SOURCE: traffic.megaphone.fm at 03:29AMThursday, May 22, 2025
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. Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMWednesday, April 30, 2025
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 t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMWednesday, April 23, 2025
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 Cro…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:23PMWith 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 sat…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:06AMThursday, April 3, 2025
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 Musica…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 01:59AMFriday, March 7, 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 t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMFriday, January 10, 2025
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 Lond…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:47AMMonday, December 16, 2024
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 fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMWednesday, December 11, 2024
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 Fa…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:06PMWednesday, September 18, 2024
... 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 ...
SOURCE: Google at 02:36PMWednesday, September 4, 2024
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…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:57AMFriday, August 30, 2024
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 t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32PMWednesday, August 7, 2024
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 t…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:34PMWednesday, July 24, 2024
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, w…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:02PMSunday, July 21, 2024
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 Br…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:54PMSaturday, July 6, 2024
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 t…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:54AMFriday, July 5, 2024
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMSaturday, June 29, 2024
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 …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:18AMSunday, June 16, 2024
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'.
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:42PMThursday, June 13, 2024
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 provide…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 04:12AMSaturday, June 8, 2024
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 (T…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:36AMTuesday, June 4, 2024
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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMWednesday, May 29, 2024
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 Damn…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:24AMTuesday, May 28, 2024
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 …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:12PMSunday, April 7, 2024
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 …
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:37AMTuesday, February 6, 2024
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMTuesday, December 26, 2023
