Harvey, Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, recently revived by star director Lindsay Posner, is set to arrive at the Theatre Royal Haymarket after opening at the Birmingham REP and embarking on a mini UK tour.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy Harvey comes to the West End
By Oliver Mitford Monday, January 26 2015, 09:18


Hay Fever will transfer to the West End
By Oliver Mitford Tuesday, January 20 2015, 09:59
Hay Fever, Noel Coward’s most famous play will arrive in the West End in April of this year, flying into the Duke of York’s Theatre for a limited run of three months.
Felicity Kendal will reprise her staring role in Lindsay Posner’s acclaimed revival that was first seen at the Bath Theatre Royal in July 2014. The production then went on complete a hugely successful Australian tour.


Gypsy comes to the West End in March 2015
By Oliver Mitford Wednesday, December 10 2014, 15:24
The West End transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre’s acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Gypsy has been confirmed for a 35 week run, starting 30 March 2014.
The production staring Imelda Staunton as the iconic figure of Mamma Rose, will play at the Savoy Theatre in the heart of London’s West End from 30 March to 28 November 2015, replacing Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the hit show currently calling the Savoy Theatre home.


Motown the Musical will open in the West End next year!
By Oliver Mitford Thursday, November 27 2014, 13:49
The producers of Motown The Musical have finally broken the silence surrounding the speculated arrival of this Broadway success. They have now confirmed that the production will play in London in 2015, but an exact date has yet to be confirmed.
The original Broadway production of Motown The Musical is due to close in New York at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on 18 January, but word is that it may return to the bright lights of the Big Apple in 2016.


Hit Broadway musical Kinky Boots looks for a London home
By Oliver Mitford Thursday, November 20 2014, 16:33
There were reports a few months back that the multi Tony Award-winning new musical Kinky Boots would be making the long journey over the Atlantic to London’s West End.
The latest news is that the planned transfer of the show with music by Cyndi Lauper is delayed, but still going ahead. The hold-up seems to be down to finding a West End venue to house the production, as every theatre is currently hosting all manner of musical, plays, dance and opera. The producers of the hit Broadway musical will be banking on a production closing in London’s theatreland, paving the way for Kinky Boots, bringing the British made story back home.
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