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A few days shy of the holiest week of the year for Christians - aptly named Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday and ending with Easter (with Holy Thursday and Good Friday, the most sacred events on the calendar coming between) - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's seminal rock opera JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR was resurrected on Broadway by TOMMY and JERSEY BOYS director Des McAnuff - modeled after the hit Stratford Shakespeare Festival production last year and comprised of many of the same cast members, including all three leads - to hails of praise and hosannas, mostly. While JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR itself will always divide audiences and critics alike - and not merely because of its controversial content and its button-pushing treatment of the hallowed tale it tells - the magnetism and sheer power that Lloyd Webber's propulsive, throbbing rock score imbues gives the show an energy, vitality and life rare to find in even the most earnestly effervescent and energetic of comparable entities - the recently revived and similarly-themed GODSPELL in a revival a few blocks away included. Then, there are Tim Rice's lyrics - oh-so-spot-on in 1970, but still biting and edgy today in McAnuff's hi-tech and elaborately presented new Broadway production. Using the book of John as the jumping off point, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus Christ (Paul Nolan) and his subsequent betrayal by Judas (Josh Young) and sentencing to death at the hands of King Herod and Pontius Pilate (Tom Hewitt). The twelve apostles, Mary Magdalene and her female companions, lepers, Pharisees, priests and others populate the grand story told almost entirely through song - the show is 90% music - and Webber and Rice's score never, ever lets up. While this may not be the most faithful rendering as far as the Bible is concerned, nor the most historically accurate, SUPERSTAR is now available to experience for a whole new generation thanks to this new revival and the timing could not be more ideal. The time is ripe for a revival of SUPERSTAR, and, as Andrew Lloyd Webber himself has recently related, this new production of the show is the best ever as far as he is concerned. High praise indeed - coming from no less than the Lord.

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Peter Huntley Productions, in association with Southwark Playhouse, will present Floyd Collins.

JERSEY BOYS, the award-winning Broadway musical which opened in London's West End at the Prince Edward Theatre on March 18, 2008, will start Sunday performances on January 17th, with curtain up at 3:00pm. The correct performance schedule at the Prince Edward Theatre is now Tuesdays - Saturdays at 7:30pm, with Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3:00pm. Tickets, priced from £20.00-£62.50, are available from the Prince Edward Theatre Box Office on 0844 482 5151 or online at www.jerseyboyslondon.com.

JERSEY BOYS, the award-winning Broadway musical which opened in London's West End at the Prince Edward Theatre on 18 March 2008, will start Sunday performances on 17 January, with curtain up at 3.00pm.

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Simon Greiff (for SimG Productions) in association with Scott Alan announced today that leading Broadway star Stephanie J Block and West End/Broadway star Frances Ruffelle will be joining Scott Alan in Concert for Just Me ... and Them: The Music of Scott Alan at the Leicester Square Theatre in London on Sunday, October 11th 2009.

Simon Greiff (for SimG Productions) in association with Scott Alan, are proud to present: ?Just Me ... and Them: The Music of Scott Alan'. On Sunday 11th October 2009, at the Leicester Square Theatre, Scott Alan will make his official return to the London stage, together with some of today's best and brightest West End Stars.

Simon Greiff (for SimG Productions) in association with Scott Alan announced today that leading Broadway star Stephanie J Block and West End/Broadway star Frances Ruffelle will be joining Scott Alan in Concert for Just Me ... and Them: The Music of Scott Alan at the Leicester Square Theatre in London on Sunday, October 11th 2009.

Sharon McKendrick talks to Scott Alan about his upcoming London concert.

Simon Greiff (for SimG Productions) in association with Scott Alan, are proud to present: ?Just Me ... and Them: The Music of Scott Alan'. On Sunday 11th October 2009, at the Leicester Square Theatre, Scott Alan will make his official return to the London stage, together with some of today's best and brightest West End Stars.

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The London production of the Tony?, Grammy? and Olivier Award-winning musical, JERSEY BOYS, celebrates one year in the West End today. JERSEY BOYS opened to critical acclaim on March 18, 2008 at the Prince Edward Theatre in London. The West End production has won the Olivier Award, UK People's Choice Award, and the What's on Stage Award for Best New Musical.

'JERSEY BOYS', the award-winning Broadway musical which opened in London's West End at the Prince Edward Theatre on 18 March last year, has just triumphed at the Laurence Olivier Awards by winning the coveted ?Best New Musical' Award. This adds to the rich haul of over seventeen major international awards that 'JERSEY BOYS' has won since it first opened in 2006 on Broadway.

The winners in the ninth annual Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards, the only major UK theatre prize-giving decided by the public, were announced today (Sunday 15 February) at a glittering, star-studded evening at the Prince of Wales Theatre.

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