I like to keep things cheerful here at LBO in the face of relentless bad news for the theatre industry but I know that as enthusiastic theatre goers you care about our struggles to reopen, so here’s what’s been going on.
West End Theatre News and Reviews
02 Aug
News 
This Week's Theatre Related Covid News
By Phil Willmott Sunday, August 2 2020, 07:13
01 Aug
News
Random, Gratuitous and Gorgeous – 3 Male Covers of Female Show Tunes
By Phil Willmott Saturday, August 1 2020, 23:46
![Jeremy Jordan sings "Let It Go" from Frozen](/news/public/news/.jeremy-jordan-let-it-go_s.jpg "Jeremy Jordan sings "Let It Go\" from Frozen")
In straight theatre there’s a criminal lack of extraordinary female roles. In musicals it’s a different story and women regularly get some show stopping songs that any male performer would covet.
01 Aug
News
Celebrating Oliver’s Lionel Bart on the Anniversary of his Birth
By Phil Willmott Saturday, August 1 2020, 20:35
Lionel Bart, writer of classic musical OLIVER! and a central figure in the West End of the 1960s, was born on this date, 1 August, in 1930.
Having directed revivals of two of his shows FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE and BLITZ, I'm a big fan of his earthy, witty lyrics and irresistibly catchy tunes.
27 Jul
News
Enjoy West End Stars Singing the Most Uplifting Show Tune of Recent Years
By Phil Willmott Monday, July 27 2020, 16:15
Welsh West End performer Steffan Rhys Hughes has reassembled his group of fellow performers from Wales for a follow up their recent version of Rent's "SEASON OF LOVE", which you can watch here:
27 Jul
News
Gorgeous Footage of Two Broadway Legends!
By Phil Willmott Monday, July 27 2020, 16:01
Thank you to reader James Horne, who brought this to my attention.
The AJ Hunsucker facebook page is always full of fascinating footage from past and present American Theatre. This clip features Ethel Merman and Gypsy Rose Lee discussing the Broadway production of GYPSY on The Gypsy Rose Lee Show in 1967.
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