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Gossip: Russell Season Extends, Pigott-Smith Lear???

tdsadmin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:02:17 +0000

Speaking to theatregoers at last night’s Whatsonstage.com Outing to Educating Rita, Tim Pigott-Smith revealed that producers have asked the cast to extend the run of the Willy Russell season at Trafalgar Studios. The season, which was originally prod…

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News: Jennifer Saunders Pens Book for Spice Girls Viva

tdsadmin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:00:02 +0000

Comedy legend Jennifer Saunders, best known for her collaborations with long-term comedy partner Dawn French, has been signed up by Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer to write the book for the Spice Girls musical Viva Forever, which, as previously repo…

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News: Donmar Premieres Bee Musical, Revisits Schiller

tdsadmin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:23:06 +0000

The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will receive its UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse in February. The musical will be the first production in the Donmar’s newly announced season for the first half of…

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Gossip: Jennifer Saunders on Board for Spice Girls Show???

tdsadmin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:41:02 +0000

Comedy legend Jennifer Saunders, best known for her collaborations with comedy partner Dawn French, has apparently been signed up by Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer to work on the new Spice Girls musical. According to the Daily Mail, the duo are pla…

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News: Crossley, Rooper & Margolyes Lead Sheffield My Girl

tdsadmin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:50:06 +0000

Jemima Rooper will star opposite Daniel Crossley in Anna Mackmin’s forthcoming revival of classic musical Me and My Girl at the Sheffield Crucible.According to the Daily Mail, Rooper, who is currently in the acclaimed West End revival All My Sons, wi…

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News: Lindsay & Harman Confirmed for West End Shrek

tdsadmin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:49:36 +0000

Nigel Lindsay has been confirmed to star in the title role of the forthcoming West End transfer of Shrek the Musical. According to the Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye, Nigel Harman, who starred opposite Lindsay in Guys and Dolls in the West End in 2005, h…

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Photos: 1st Night Photos: Freeman Parties for Court Park

tdsadmin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:03 +0000

Martin Freeman, best known for TV roles in The Office and more recently Sherlock, celebrated his return to the Royal Court last night (2 September 2010, previews from 26 August) in Bruce Norris’ satirical new play Clybourne Park.
Freeman, who was l…

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Gossip: Billy Dances His Way Into White House???

tdsadmin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:10:03 +0000

The Broadway cast of Billy Elliot will find themselves dancing to a different tune on 7 September as they perform at the White House at the invitation of First Lady Michelle Obama. The performance, which is part of the Administration’s first event ce…

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News: Fringe Metamorphoses Transfers to London, 8 Sep

tdsadmin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:30:18 +0000

London theatregoers will have a chance to see Ovid’s Metamorphoses::E8831281387949, one of the most talked-about shows at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, as it makes a direct transfer to Croydon Warehouse, where it will run for three weeks from 8…

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News: RSC & Hampstead Set Season of World Premieres

tdsadmin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:20:02 +0000

Further to its building and programme plans in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Royal Shakespeare Company also announced today (1 September 2011) that it will premiere three new plays next spring at London’s Hampstead Theatre, where earlier this year i…

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