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⭐ COMPANY CASTING CALL FOR BROADWAY RUN IN 2020 ⭐ Casting call announcements have appeared that seemingly confirms the reports of a Broadway transfer of the Olivier Award-winning production of Company, to open in 2020. I really hope some of the West End cast get a chance to star in Continue Reading

⭐ EXCLUSIVE – KINKY BOOTS UK CINEMA SCREENING DATED ⭐ The filmed performance of West End hit musical Kinky Boots, filmed at the Adelphi Theatre London, will hit UK cinema screens on Tuesday 4th February & Sunday 9th February 2020. Kinky Boots is the winner of every major Best Musical Continue Reading

⭐ BRENDA EDWARDS JOINS SISTER ACT TOUR ⭐ Brenda Edwards will play the role of Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act – The Musical. The role will be specially rewritten for an older actress. Whoopi Goldberg commented about the casting of Brenda Edwards: “Reinventing the role of Deloris for an Continue Reading

⭐ AMÉLIE THE MUSICAL TO TRANSFER TO THE OTHER PALACE ⭐ Amélie The Musical – based on the much-loved, five-time Oscar®-nominated film, will transfer to The Other Palace this Christmas following its current UK tour. Starring Audrey Brisson as ‘Amélie Poulain’, and the original Watermill cast, this beloved story of Continue Reading

⭐ NANNY MCPHEE STAGE MUSICAL SET FOR 2021 ⭐ Dame Emma Thompson gave an long-awaited update on the anticipated Nanny McPhee musical. During an interview with Radio 1’s film critic, Ali Plumb, she said the following when asked about it: “Yes we are a birthing it in a couple of Continue Reading

⭐ PAUL TAYLOR-MILLS TO PRODUCE NEW PRODUCTION OF TORCH SONG TRILOGY – DIRECTED BY DREW MCONIE ⭐ Paul Taylor-Mills has announced he will be producing a new production of Harvey Fiersteins’ Torch Song Trilogy, to be be directed by Drew McOnie. This will be debut production of the new theatre, Continue Reading

⭐ QUEEN’S THEATRE TO BE RENAMED IN HONOUR OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM ⭐ Cameron Mackintosh⁩ has revealed that the ⁦Queen’s Theatre will become the Sondheim Theatre in honour of musical genius Stephen Sondheim. “Steve’s the first living artist to have his name on a theatre on the Avenue” said Mackintosh. In Continue Reading

⭐ HALLE BAILEY IS ARIEL IN THE LITTLE MERMAID REMAKE ⭐ Chloe x Halle member Halle Bailey is ready to become part of Disney’s world. The R&B singer has been tapped to play Ariel in Disney’s next live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. Although director Rob Marshall has spent the Continue Reading

⭐ BEHIND THE CANDELABRA MUSICAL ADAPTATION ANNOUNCED ⭐ A musical based of the life of Liberace is in development, it has been announced. The project will be based on the HBO film Behind the Candelabra. Producer David Permut has acquired the rights to the film, which starred Michael Douglas as Continue Reading