Pop Idol star Will Young will make his West End debut as the Emcee in a revival of Cabaret. Young will star in a new production helmed by Rufus Norris (Festen). The production will tour the U.K. for four weeks before playing London’s Savoy Theatre beginning October 3. No further casting has been announced.

Cabaret is a 1966 ...

Melanie Chisolm, the Brit pop star best known as “Mel C” of the Spice Girls, will join this summer's revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar at London’s 02 Arena, according to the Telegraph. She will star as Mary Magdalene, a role previously reported to be played by X Factor judge ...

Anthony Rapp - Without You, based on Rapp’s bestselling memoir Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical ‘Rent,’ will open at London's Menier Chocolate Factory this summer. The show will run from August 29 to September 15, following bookings in Boston and Edinburgh. The show features music by John Keaney, David Matos, Joe Pisapia and Anthony ...

Harrison Dowzell becomes the 30th boy to play the title role of Billy Elliot in the West End musical. Dowzell, who joins the cast of Billy Elliot on May 14, will alternate the role of Billy with Harris Beattie, Kaine Ward, Ryan Collinson and Adam Vesperman. He will be the 65th boy to play the role worldwide, including Jamie Bell ...

Dora the Explorer Live! Search for the City of Lost Toys is set to open at the West Ends' Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue for a limited engagement beginning August 28. Presented by Nickelodeon, Life Like Touring and Daniel Sparrow & Mike Walsh Productions, the production is set to run through September 16. 

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A stage play adapted from the hit British film The Full Monty will open at the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield next spring, according to The Daily Mail. Simon Beaufoy has adapted his 1997 Oscar-nominated screenplay for the stage.

The Full Monty tells the story of a father who, in order to raise some quick cash to maintain custody of his ...

Des O'Connor is set to play Professor Marvel/the Wizard in the West End production of The Wizard of Oz. O'Connor begins his run May 22 at the London Palladium. 

The Wizard of Oz tells the classic story of Dorothy Gale and her adventures in the enchanted land of Oz. In addition to the classic numbers from the ...

Comedian/composer Tim Minchin will play Judas Iscariot in a revival of Jesus Christ Superstar at London’s 02 Arena this summer, according to the Guardian. He will star opposite former Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger as Mary Magdalene in the Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera. The role of Jesus will be cast via Lloyd Webber’s latest reality ...

Shameless star Anne-Marie Duff will star as the title role in Donmar Warehouse’s production of the ancient tragedy Berenice, according to the Daily Mail. Adapted by Alan hollinghurst, the story of a royal love triangle will be directed by Donmar’s artistic chief, Josie Rourke. Berenice is set to run at the Donmar from September 27 through November 24 ...

Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow has been offered the role of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies in the forthcoming musical adaptation of Finding Neverland, according to U.K.’s Daily Mail. The previously announced production will star Julian Ovenden as Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie and is set to open at Leicester’s Curve Theatre in September. With music by Scott Frankel ...