Photos: First Look at the Stage Premiere of MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
All new production photos have been released for the global stage premiere of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro. The production welcomed its first audiences to the Barbican during previews this week and will open officially next Tuesday, 18 October.
Photo Flash: First Look at Rodgers & Hammerstein's ALLEGRO at Southwark Playhouse
Production photos have been released for the professional European premiere of
Rodgers & Hammerstein's ALLEGRO. The musical opened on Broadway in 1947, their third collaboration for the stage following Oklahoma! and Carousel, and has been revived by producer Danielle Tarento and director Thom Southerland, the award-winning team behind Grey Gardens, Grand Hotel, Titanic, Parade and Mack & Mabel. Southerland is working on a new adaptation of the book and the production will have brand new orchestrations. The production runs 5 August-10 September at the Large at Southwark Playhouse.
Cast Set for Sell a Door's AVENUE Q and SEUSSICAL in Hong Kong, Nov 2014
Fresh off the back of its recent UK & Ireland Tour, Sell a Door's smash hit musical AVENUE Q lands in Hong Kong November 2014. Under the same gut-busting direction (by Cressida Carre), the talented cast revive their roles, giving voice to a cast of shameless fuzzy fur and felt which sold scores of tickets up and down the UK.
BWW Interviews: AVENUE Q's Jacqueline Tate!
Jacqueline Tate is returning to a role she's done before - and she couldn't be happier about it. She's playing Christmas Eve in Sell-A-Door's new production of Avenue Q, which is about to head off around the UK after a run at the Greenwich Theatre, and so far it's proving a resounding success.
SOUTH PACIFIC Tour to Make Final Stops in Woking and Sheffield
Since last October 2011, the most acclaimed production ever of Rodgers and Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC has been thrilling audiences and breaking records in theatres across the UK, playing to well over half a million people, becoming the best-selling show of the Season in venues including Wimbledon and Stoke-on-Trent, and the best-selling two-week musical ever to play in Glasgow and Milton Keynes.
Samantha Womack Extends in SOUTH PACIFIC Tour
Samantha Womack is now confirmed to be playing Nellie Forbush for additional cities in 2012 on the current nationwide tour of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical SOUTH PACIFIC. Originally, she was going to finish in Oxford, but it is now confirmed that she will continue in the tour in Southampton, Birmingham and Liverpool.
SOUTH PACIFIC Ends Run at Barbican Theatre October 1
The most acclaimed production ever of Rodgers and Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC comes to the end of its seven-week season at London's Barbican Theatre this Saturday 1 October. SOUTH PACIFIC is currently playing to over 85% financial capacity at the Barbican and is already sold out several dates across the UK tour, where extra performances have had to be added.
AVENUE Q Opens 5th Year in the West End with New Home & Cast
After a hugely successful run at the Gielgud, the eternally popular musical Avenue Q will move to the Wyndham's (almost back to where it started at the Noel Coward in 2005). The 'Pant Wettingly Funny' show will continue performances at the Wyndham's from March 19, booking until the end of September 2010 - marking Avenue Q's fifth year in London's West End. Due to the change in theatre programming Stephen Daldry's multi award-winning production of An Inspector Calls will close a week early on Saturday 13 March to facilitate the transfer of Avenue Q to the Wyndham's.