Chocolate Factory Announces European Premiere Of Sondheim's ROAD SHOW, From July 6May 9, 2011Following on from the Menier Chocolate Factory's acclaimed productions of Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim's latest musical, ROAD SHOW, directed and designed by the Tony Award-winning John Doyle and featuring David Bedella, Michael Jibson, Jon Robyns and Gillian Bevan, premieres in a brand new production at the Menier Chocolate Factory on 6 July 2011.
Jonathan Wilkes To Join CHICAGO As Billy Flynn From May 9May 5, 2011Jonathan Wilkes will star as Billy Flynn in the smash-hit West End musical CHICAGO at the Cambridge Theatre from Monday 9 May for seven weeks only, until 26 June. His last West End engagement was as Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show. On tour, Jonathan has starred in We Will Rock You, The Wedding Singer, Guys and Dolls, Tommy, Grease, The Rocky Horror Show and Godspell.
GHOST STORIES Dares You To Spend A Night In A CoffinMay 5, 2011The smash hit show at the Duke of York's Theatre, is challenging four people to spend an entire night sealed inside a wooden coffin on the stage of one of London's oldest and most haunted theatres. Those brave enough to make it through the night without leaving their coffin will be in with a chance of winning two flights to New York.
The BWW Q&A: Jack Shalloo Of HAMLET! THE MUSICALApril 26, 2011Welcome to a brand-new feature, where we find out more about the real person behind the theatre star. We start with Jack Shalloo, who's just finished The Kissing Dance and is about to return to the title role in Hamlet! The Musical.
Che Walker's ZELDA To Open At Charing Cross Hotel, April 28April 20, 2011Zelda Sayre is the belle of Alabama, the outlandish good-time girl who captures the heart and imagination of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. Their life together is one great party, from the madness of Jazz Age New York to the gin-soaked glamour of the Riviera. Then Zelda takes up writing herself - and more than her marriage begins to crack up.
RUMOURS: Landor Theatre Cancels New Musical MOBY DICK?April 18, 2011BroadwayWorld understands that Moby Dick, scheduled for the Landor Theatre, has been pulled from the schedules. This has not yet been confirmed by the theatre or producers, and no official statement has been made.