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⭐ 9 TO 5 WEST END CAST UPDATE ANNOUNCED ⭐ New cast updates have been announced for the West End production of 9 to 5. Louise Redknapp is returning as the sassy office supervisor Violet from 10th February until the West End run concludes on 23rd May (excluding 12th – Continue Reading

⭐ HOPE MILL THEATRE ANNOUNCES OPEN AUDITIONS TO FIND THEIR CINDERELLA ⭐ Will the slipper fit? Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester is looking for the star of its 2020 production of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella – and has announced details of how performers can apply for forthcoming auditions at the Continue Reading

⭐ ROMAN HOLIDAY MUSICAL SET FOR CURVE THEATRE LEICESTER – DIRECTED BY NIKOLAI FOSTER ⭐ The UK premiere of the musical adaptation of Oscar winning film Roman Holiday, which starred Audrey Hepburn, is set to play at Leicester’s Curve Theatre. Roman Holiday is a jukebox musical, with music & lyrics Continue Reading

⭐ CYNTHIA NIXON TO DIRECT BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF LANDMARK LESBIAN DRAMA – LAST SUMMER AT BLUEFISH COVE ⭐ Cynthia Nixon will direct the first-ever Broadway production of Jane Chambers’s landmark lesbian drama Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, it has been announced. The 40th anniversary production will be produced by Harriet Continue Reading

⭐ EUROPEAN PREMIER OF NEW MUSICAL – DIVA: LIVE FROM HELL – ANNOUNCED ⭐ The European premier of the darkly comic musical Diva: Live From Hell has been announced. As president of the drama club and star of every school show, Desmond Channing spent most of his short life in Continue Reading

⭐ DAVID FYNN TO RETURN TO SCHOOL OF ROCK TO CLOSE SHOW ⭐ Olivier nominated David Fynn is to return to the West End production of School of Rock, to close the show. Fynn returns to the role of Dewey Finn, after originating the role in the West End production. Continue Reading

⭐ BROADWAY STAR DESI OAKLEY TO COVER WEST END’S WAITRESS DUE TO CAST ILLNESS ⭐ Broadway star Desi Oakley has been flown over to London, by the producers of Waitress, to perform in the show this coming week. This is following a recent spate of cast illnesses. Oakley, who was Continue Reading

⭐ WICKED FILM ADAPTATION UPDATE ⭐ During an interview with Elaine Paige, on Elaine Paige on Sunday, Stephen Schwartz gave an update on the highly anticipated film adaptation of his smash-hit musical Wicked. Schwartz commented: “There will be a movie of Wicked, I can say that definitely. When that movie Continue Reading

⭐ NATIONAL THEATRE & BRET MCKENZIE DEVELOPING MUSICAL ADAPTATION OF THE BRIEF AND FRIGHTENING REIGN OF PHIL ⭐ A new musical version of George Saunders’ cult story, The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil, has been announced. In a collaboration, from the National Theatre and Oscar-winning songwriter and half of Continue Reading

⭐ HAIRSPRAY LIVE! STAR MADDIE BAILLIO JOINS CINDERELLA MOVIE MUSICAL – STARRING IDINA MENZEL & BILLY PORTER ⭐ Hairspray Live! star Maddie Baillio has joined the cast of the upcoming Cinderella movie musical. She and Charlotte Spencer will play the stepsisters in Sony’s musical re-imagining of the fairytale. She joins Continue Reading