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Tony Winner Diane Paulus Joins Finding Neverland Creative Team

Tony Winner Diane Paulus Joins Finding Neverland Creative Team

The Finding Neverland musical will have a new director when it flies into the West End next spring. Fresh off her Tony win for Pippin, Diane Paulus will take over the Peter Pan-inspired tuner. The X Factor judge Gary Barlow will also write new songs for the production, which already features tunes from Scott Frankel and Michael Korie. James ...

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Full Cast Announced for Donmar Warehouse's The Machine, Starring Hadley Fraser

Full Cast Announced for Donmar Warehouse's The Machine, Starring Hadley Fraser

Casting is now complete for the Donmar Warehouse's production of Matt Charman's The Machine starring West End fave Hadley Fraser and directed by Josie Rourke. The Machine will have its world premiere at Manchester International Festival July 10 through 21, followed by its U.S. premiere at Park Avenue Armory September 4 through 18.

Fraser will star as ...

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Complete Casting Announced for The Color Purple at London's Menier Chocolate Factory

Complete Casting Announced for The Color Purple at London's Menier Chocolate Factory

The complete cast has been announced for the European premiere of the hit musical The Color Purple at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Directed by Tony winner John Doyle, the production will begin performances on July 5, with an official opening night on July 15. The Color Purple will play a limited engagement through September 14.

The cast of The Color ...

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Willemijn Verkaik Will Go Green for West End Debut in Wicked

Willemijn Verkaik Will Go Green for West End Debut in Wicked

Hot off her Broadway debut as Elphaba in Wicked, Dutch stage star Willemijn Verkaik will join the musical’s West End company once again starring as Oz’s misunderstood green girl. Verkaik will assume the role of Elphaba in London beginning November 18. Current Elphie, Louise Dearman, will play her final performance at the Apollo Victoria Theatre November 16. Wicked ...

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Stephen Mangan & Matthew Macfadyen to Headline Perfect Nonsense in the West End

Stephen Mangan & Matthew Macfadyen to Headline Perfect Nonsense in the West End

Jeeves and Wooster are heading to the West End! Stephen Mangan will star as the scatterbrained Bertie Wooster and Matthew Macfadyen will play Jeeves, his intelligent butler in Perfect Nonsense, a new play adapted from the books of P.G. Wodehouse. Co-written by David and Robert Goodale and directed by Sean Foley, performances are set to begin October 30 in ...

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Will Newsies Hawk Papes at London's Piccadilly Theatre?

Will Newsies  Hawk Papes at London's Piccadilly Theatre?

The producers of Disney's Newsies are getting closer to carrying their banner to a prestige venue in London's West End. According to the U.K.'s Daily Mail, Disney is trying to secure either the Piccadilly or the Savoy theaters for the musical's planned spring 2014 transfer. A home could be announced next week.

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Lizzie Cundy, Pippa Fulton and Ariadne the Greek Wag to Open WAG! The Musical on the West End

Lizzie Cundy, Pippa Fulton and Ariadne the Greek Wag to Open WAG! The Musical on the West End

Heads up, wives and girlfriends! A trio of celebrity wags will glam it up on the West End stage in a new production of WAG! The Musical, set to open on July 24 at Charing Cross Theatre for a six-week summer engagement from July 18 through August 24.

Media personality Lizzie Cundy, footballer’s wife Pippa Fulton and Ariadne the ...

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Principal Casting Announced for Dirty Dancing Musical at London's Piccadilly Theatre

Principal Casting Announced for Dirty Dancing Musical at London's Piccadilly Theatre

Principal casting has been announced for the West End return of Dirty Dancing, which begins performances July 13 at London's Piccadilly Theatre. Jill Winternitz and Paul-Michael Jones will reprise their roles from the current touring cast as Baby Houseman and Johnny Castle, respectively.

Dirty Dancing will also feature Charlotte Gooch, who previously played the role of dancer Penny Johnson ...

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Wacky X Factor Musical Sets Dates at the London Palladium; Renamed I Can’t Sing!

Wacky X Factor Musical Sets Dates at the London Palladium; Renamed I Can’t Sing!

The wacky new musical based on the British talent competition The X Factor is getting a facelift. Originally titled X Factor—It’s Time to Face the Musical, the stage show will now be called I Can’t Sing!, according to London’s Evening Standard. I Can’t Sing!, which features infamous judge Simon Cowell as a character, begins performances ...

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Tom Hiddleston-Led Coriolanus, Two World Premieres and More Set for Donmar's 2013 Fall Season

Tom Hiddleston-Led Coriolanus, Two World Premieres and More Set for Donmar's 2013 Fall Season

The Donmar Warehouse has announced its 2013 autumn season, which will include two world premieres, an Avengers star on stage and the U.S. premiere of a new take on a Shakespeare classic. The productions will be presented in London, Manchester and New York. 

The season opens with the world premiere of Nick Payne’s The Same Deep Water As ...

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