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By Phil Willmott Tuesday, March 19 2019, 11:13
It’s been announced that the Broadway musical based on Disney's massive hit movie musical will transfer to London, opening at a newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane this autumn.
The press release landed in our in-box at 7am with a typically breathless round up of stats and comments from the key people involved.
By Phil Willmott Monday, March 18 2019, 09:32
I’m really intrigued by the next offering from English National Opera at their home The Coliseum. It’s a new piece called JACK THE RIPPER: THE WOMEN OF WHITECHAPEL and it’s by Iain Bell and Emma Jenkins.
By Phil Willmott Monday, February 18 2019, 10:13
Now here’s a project that’s dripping with class.
I caught up with Sir Nicholas Hytner just before he opened his stunning new theatre THE BRIDGE. We were taking about what kind of productions would feature there and high on his shopping list was something, anything, starring national treasure Dame Maggie Smith - perhaps best known these days for playing the formidable duchess of Grantham in TV’s DOWNTON ABBBEY.
By Phil Willmott Monday, February 11 2019, 10:31
The little Jermyn Street Theatre, around the corner from PHANTOM OF THE OPERA often has some very classy productions indeed, performed in their very intimate space.
By Phil Willmott Monday, February 4 2019, 09:28
London is to get a new jukebox show, MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, featuring the music of vintage rock star Sting.
Unusually dance is to be the central feature of the piece. But if you’re a fan - don’t worry it’s still going to feature all his hits including Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Walking On The Moon, Englishman in New York, Shape of My Heart and Fields of Gold.
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