Luke Striffler

Billy Porter To Make UK Directorial Debut with THIS BITTER EARTH
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 18, 2025

A new production of This Bitter Earth by Harrison David Rivers will mark the UK directorial debut of Grammy Award, Emmy and three-time Tony Award winner, Billy Porter. The major new London production opens at the Soho Theatre on Wednesday 18 June.

Feature: Bridesmaids: The Unauthorized Movie Musical Parody of cult classic debuts in Las Vegas at The Orleans.
by Debbie Hall - Sep 28, 2022

Bridesmaids: The Unauthorized Movie Musical Parody, based on the 2011 hit movie Bridesmaids, debuted at The Venue inside The Orleans Hotel & Casino to rousing laughter and applause.

ANGEL OF ARKANSAS to Premiere at Notoriety Live
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 24, 2022

“Angel of Arkansas,” a new show by Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor, creators of Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical “Bandstand,” will receive a premiere concert-style presentation at Notoriety Live in the 175-seat Renkus-Heinz Theatre on Sunday, Jan. 30, at 2 p.m. 

BWW Feature: ANGEL OF ARKANSAS TO PREMIERE AT NOTORIETY LIVE
by Debbie Hall - Jan 20, 2022

Angel of Arkansas, a new show by Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor, will premiere in the 175-seat Renkus-Heinz Theatre at Notoriety Live at Neonopolis on Jan. 30.

BWW Feature: FRIENDS! THE MUSICAL PARODY at The D Las Vegas
by Debbie Hall - Oct 11, 2018

The television show Friends remains a perennial favorite beginning from its first broadcast in the 1990s to its rebroadcast on various streaming services, TBS and Paramount Network. FRIENDS! The Musical Parody, the live comedic production, brings the beloved show to a new audience with its debut at the D Las Vegas on Oct. 26.

BWW Review: FOREVER PLAID, St James Theatre Studio, April 8 2016
by Gary Naylor - Apr 10, 2016

Gary Naylor sees the kind of show that will never will never appear in the nominations for prestigious awards, but was an ideal way to spend a Friday night up West.

Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of FOREVER PLAID at St. James Theatre - Jon Lee, Keith Jack & More!
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 25, 2016

Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Guy James present FOREVER PLAID, directed and staged by Grant Murphy, at St. James Studio, London from 5 - 24 April 2016. Press Performance: Friday, 8 April at 8pm. The full cast for three-week run of Forever Plaid at St. James Theatre Studio will feature Jon Lee alongside Keith Jack, Matthew Quinn and Luke Striffler. Meet the cast below!

Jon Lee, Keith Jack & More to Star in FOREVER PLAID Limited Run at St. James Theatre Studio
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 7, 2016

Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Guy James present FOREVER PLAID, directed and staged by Grant Murphy, at St. James Studio, London from 5 - 24 April 2016. Press Performance: Friday, 8 April at 8pm. The full cast for three-week run of Forever Plaid at St. James Theatre Studio will feature Jon Lee alongside Keith Jack, Matthew Quinn and Luke Striffler.

BWW Reviews: PUSS IN BOOTS, Greenwich Theatre, December 1 2013
by Gary Naylor - Dec 2, 2013

Gary Naylor sees another traditional panto at one of London's great panto theatres.

BWW Reviews: HAIRSPRAY, Bristol Hippodrome, August 7 2013
by Kathryn Pintus - Aug 8, 2013

Kathryn Pintus reviews Hairspray at the Bristol Hippodrome.

BWW Reviews: HAIRSPRAY, Birmingham Hippodrome, May 22 2013
by Jenny Antill - May 23, 2013

The roof got lifted off the Birmingham Hippodrome last night with the rapturous audience reaction to Stage Entertainment's UK touring production of Hairspray. With big hair and fun aplenty, you will not find a show with so much energy and attack as this one. With wide appeal across the board due to the 2007 film starring John Travolta as the loveable Edna Turnblad, Hairspray has something for everyone. It is great to see a younger audience drawn to the theatre; very few shows these days have such power. Hairspray is topical, has good morals, catchy music by Marc Shaiman and brilliantly choreographed dance routines by Jerry Mitchell - the show has everything!

STAGE TUBE: AVENUE Q's Princeton Helps Out at Wyvern's Ticket Office
by James T Harding - Feb 23, 2012

Check out this video of Princeton from AVENUE Q taking phone calls at the Wyvern Theatre's Ticket Office. The UK tour of AVENUE Q will run at the Wyvern from March 26-31.