Tag Archives | Stephen Schwartz

Palladium concert to celebrate 50th anniversary of Pippin

Tony Award winner Alex Newell will take centre stage in a 50th anniversary concert production of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O Hirson’s Tony Award-winning musical Pippin at the London Palladium this spring.

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Wicked – Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh and Touring

Wicked was reviewed at the Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh where it runs until 14 January 2024. The tour continues until 12 January 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Release date for film of The Prince of Egypt musical

The film of the hit West End production of The Prince of Egypt The Musical will be screened in selected cinemas across the UK and internationally on 19 and 22 October 2023.

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Laura Pick to star as Elphaba in Wicked UK and Ireland tour

Laura Pick will reprise her acclaimed performance as Elphaba when the multi-award-winning musical Wicked embarks on its third UK and Ireland tour in December.

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Wicked to embark on 10 city UK and Ireland tour from December 2023

Multi-award-winning musical Wicked will embark on its third UK and Ireland tour in December 2023. Opening at the Edinburgh Playhouse on 7 December 2023, the lavish 2023/2025 touring production which will feature a cast, orchestra, company and crew of 82 people will bring the magic of Oz to 10 cities.

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Alexia Khadime and Lucy St Louis will lead the 2023 Wicked West End cast

Alexia Khadime will return to the role of Elphaba for the third time in the hit West End production of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre next spring alongside Lucy St. Louis who will step into the role of Glinda after playing Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre.

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Wicked encore for Mark Curry’s Wizard

The hit London production of Wicked will welcome back actor and presenter Mark Curry as The Wizard from 18 October 2022. The former Blue Peter presenter who previously played The Wizard at the Apollo Victoria as part of the 10th anniversary London cast in 2016/2017 will step back into the role following Gary Wilmot’s last […]

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West End Wicked is booking extended into May 2023

Five hundred thousand new tickets have gone on sale for hit show Wicked at the Apollo Victoria with public booking now extended until 28 May 2023. The ninth longest-running West End musical of all time and the fifth longest-running musical currently playing in the West End, Wicked plays Tuesday-Saturday evening performances with matinees on Wednesday, […]

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Children of Eden – London School of Musical Theatre

Children of Eden, performed by London School of Musical Theatre students, continues at the Union Theatre, London until 18 December 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s a simple piece which more or less follows the Biblical account of the creation on into the descendants of Adam and Eve, blighted by […]

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Lucie Jones, Ryan Reid, Sophie-Louise Dann and Gary Wilmot to join Helen Woolf in 2022 cast of Wicked

Lucie Jones (Elphaba), Ryan Reid (Fiyero), Sophie-Louise Dann (Madame Morrible) and Gary Wilmot (The Wizard) will lead the new London cast of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre from 1 February 2022. They will join Helen Woolf, who returns from maternity leave to continue her acclaimed performance as Glinda, Carina Gillespie (Nessarose), Nicholas McLean (Boq), […]

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The Theatre Channel – Stephen Schwartz special

The Theatre Channel – Stephen Schwartz special (Episode 8) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Theatre Channel’s focus on the phenomenal career of Stephen Schwartz, doyen of musical theatre, film for his work with Disney, and even an opera (Séance on a Wet Afternoon), is time restrained to a mere taster, but […]

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Final curtain for West End’s The Prince of Egypt in early 2022

The Prince Of Egypt will take its final bow at London’s Dominion Theatre at the end of its current booking period on 8 January 2022. Already seen by 180,000 people, the confirmation of the closing date for the stage musical version of the popular DreamWorks Animation film was accompanied by the announcement of three extra […]

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Children of Eden 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert – Cadogan Hall

Children of Eden 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Stephen Schwartz’s musical Children of Eden is an odd beast. First performed in 1991, Schwartz’s music and lyrics combine with a book by John Caird to tell two Biblical tales from the Book of Genesis. Act I […]

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Godspell – Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre

Godspell continues at Ye Olde Rose and Crown, London until 10 October 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s been 50 years since John-Michael Tebelak’s musical retelling of the gospel of St Matthew – scored with songs by Tebelak’s fellow Carnegie Mellon University alumni Stephen Schwartz – opened Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane […]

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Stephen Schwartz joins Wicked London’s 15th birthday celebrations

Stephen Schwartz is joining current and former cast members to celebrate 15 years of hit show Wicked at the Apollo Victoria. Commenting on the latest landmark event in the Wicked story, the multi-award-winning composer of the magical musical about the Witches of Oz said: “I’m thrilled to be in London and in the audience at […]

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New production of Godspell to play London’s Ye Olde Rose and Crown

CR8TRACT Theatre’s new production of Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak’s Godspell will play 16 performances at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre in East London from 25 September until 10 October 2021. Originally due to debut at the Walthamstow venue in May this year, the production is directed and choreographed by Brendan Matthew who also […]

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A conversation with Stephen Schwartz: Pippin, that Wicked movie and an astonishing career as a composer

When STEPHEN SCHWARTZ was just 26 years old, he had three successful shows running on Broadway simultaneously. Four and a half decades later, with Wicked about to join The Prince of Egypt in reopening after the Covid closures, and Charing Cross Theatre’s psychedelic production of Pippin extending its run to 3 October 2021, the legendary […]

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Second extension for Pippin at the Charing Cross Theatre

Stephen Schwartz has helped to announce a second extension for director Steven Dexter’s critically-acclaimed production of the Tony Award-winning musical Pippin at London’s Charing Cross Theatre. The multi-award-winning composer who flew into London from New York to attend a performance of the show and meet the company recorded a special video confirming the magical show […]

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There’s still ‘Magic to Do’ at Charing Cross Theatre as 5-star Pippin continues until 3 October

Eight outstanding performers bring the tale of Pippin to vivid, vivacious life, they start the show declaring that they’ve got ‘Magic To Do’ true to their word, they deliver something magical indeed – sheer delight from start to finish – Attitude ★★★★★ That’s just one of the five-star reviews written about director Steven Dexter’s new […]

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The Theatre Channel Episode 8 will celebrate the work of Stephen Schwartz

The work of multi-award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz will be in the spotlight when the popular pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series The Theatre Channel returns next month. Presented by Adam Blanshay Productions, Park Theatre, Playbill and The Theatre Café, the special episode will be narrated by Schwartz who will also join the resident […]

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Star-studded cast for Children of Eden concert

Ruthie Henshall is among the high-powered West End cast assembled for the 30th anniversary concert performances of Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s Children of Eden this autumn. A member of the musical’s original London cast, Henshall (Chicago, Cats) will appear alongside Alice Fearn (Come From Away, Wicked), Carl Spencer (Hamilton, Motown: The Musical), Adam Pearce (The […]

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Pippin – Charing Cross Theatre

Pippin continues at the Charing Cross Theatre, London until 14 August 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Ever since I laid my hands on the Broadway cast recording I’ve loved this Stephen Schwartz score. Its dreamy ballads in the hands of its central character Pippin, the son of warmongering Charlemagne, its […]

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Ryan Anderson returns to the role of Pippin at Charing Cross Theatre

Ryan Anderson (West Side Story, Curve Theatre, Grease UK tour) will return to the role of Pippin when director Stephen Dexter’s new version of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Pippin opens at London’s Charing Cross Theatre later this month. The actor who first played the title role last summer at the Garden Theatre will be […]

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The Prince of Egypt returns to London as planned despite roadmap delay

The Prince of Egypt will resume performances at London’s Dominion Theatre on 1 July as planned with a full company of 154 bringing the hit stage musical version of the popular animated film to socially distanced audiences. With tickets on sale for performances up to 8 January 2022, the producers had allowed for delays to […]

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Summer run for Pippin at Charing Cross Theatre

Director Stephen Dexter’s new version of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Pippin will be the reopening production at London’s Charing Cross Theatre. Running from 30 June until 14 August 2021, the innovative re-imagining of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson’s well-loved musical will be performed in the round by an ensemble cast of eight. Welcoming […]

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Clive Rowe to join The Prince Of Egypt at the Dominion

Clive Rowe will join the cast of The Prince Of Egypt when the hit stage musical version of the popular animated film resumes performances at London’s Dominion Theatre on 1 July 2021. An Olivier Award winner for his performance as Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Richard Eyre’s Guys and Dolls, Rowe (Me and My Girl, Chichester Festival […]

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Wicked to return to celebrate 15 years in the West End

Wicked will be weaving its magic in the West End once again later this year with performances at the Apollo Victoria resuming from 15 September 2021 just two weeks before the Broadway and West End hit marks its 15th anniversary at its London home with a special celebratory performance on 28 September. Tickets for the […]

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Dates for the return of The Prince of Egypt

The hit stage musical version of the popular animated film The Prince of Egypt will resume performances at London’s Dominion Theatre on 1 July 2021 with public booking now extended until 8 January 2022. The stage musical based on the popular animated film was just days into its world premiere season when the pandemic hit. […]

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Three hit online shows to return to streaming platforms

Ginger Quiff Media has unveiled plans for the return of three hit digital productions: musicals Godspell 50th Anniversary Concert and Falling Stars, and the drama Little Wars. Announcing the decision to make the three productions available online, Thomas Hopkins of Ginger Quiff Media said: “It’s an incredibly tough time for the industry, which once again finds […]

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Unlimited: The Songs of Stephen Schwartz – Thespie.com

Unlimited: The Songs of Stephen Schwartz is streamed by Thespie.com. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is the first of Thespie’s four streamed December concerts under the Reunited banner, the reunion in this case being nine performers who have all appeared in Stephen Schwartz’s huge hit Wicked in its first 14 […]

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Godspell 50th Anniversary Online Concert

Godspell 50th Anniversary Online Concert – available to watch until 29 August 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ From Godspell in 1971 to Prince of Egypt, six weeks into its West End run when Covid-19 reared its ugly head and put theatreland into a coma, Stephen Schwartz has been a massive […]

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More tickets available for Garden Theatre’s Pippin

Extra tickets are being made available for The Garden Theatre’s upcoming production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Pippin after tickets for the original 12 performances sold out within 72 hours. Following on from the recently extended critic and audience-pleasing production of Fanny and Stella, the second production will now play the new outdoor venue […]

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New version of Pippin to play Eagle Garden Theatre

Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Pippin will be the second production at the new South London outdoor venue The Garden Theatre next month. Following on from the recently extended critic and audience-pleasing production of Fanny and Stella, the new production of Pippin will play the venue in the beer garden of The Eagle in Kennington, London […]

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Fans star in music video for The Prince Of Egypt

Fans of new musical The Prince Of Egypt feature in a new music video for the show’s most famous song ‘When You Believe’. The video has been created following an appeal to fans of the show to upload their own video performance of the Oscar-winning song originally performed by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. A […]

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Star-packed online concert to mark Godspell’s 50th

West End favourites Ruthie Henshall, Ria Jones and Jenna Russell will be among the star names joining an online charity concert marking the 50th anniversary of Godspell next month. Presented by Thomas Hopkins and Michael Quinn for Ginger Quiff Media in association with Hope Mill Theatre, the Godspell 5oth Anniversary Concert will stream worldwide on 27, […]

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CD Review: Rags The Musical – Original London Cast Recording

RAGS THE MUSICAL – Original London Cast Recording (Ghostlight Records – download) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Rags The Musical is my all-time favourite Strouse/Schwartz score. I absolutely loved the original (almost) Broadway version and, when I worked for a production company in London in the 1990s I tried desperately to get the […]

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London cast recording of Rags – release date announced

Ghostlight Records will release Rags – The Musical: Original London Cast Recording in digital and streaming formats on 15 May 2020 with a physical CD to be made available later in the year. The first recording of the show since Sony’s 1991 album of the Broadway cast and the first to include the newest version […]

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CD Review: The Prince Of Egypt – Original London Cast

THE PRINCE OF EGYPT – Original London Cast (Ghostlight Records: 791558460131) Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ When I started playing this album I was a little impressed – I thought to myself ‘If the rest of this cast recording is as powerful as the opening number, ‘Deliver Us’, then we are in […]

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Prince Of Egypt cast album to be released

Ghostlight Records will release the original cast recording of the new musical The Prince Of Egypt on digital and streaming formats on Friday (3 April 2020). Produced by DreamWorks Theatricals (a division of Universal Theatrical Group), Michael McCabe and Neil Laidlaw, the new stage musical based on the much-loved animated film opened at London’s Dominion […]

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The Prince of Egypt – Dominion Theatre

The Prince of Egypt continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 31 October 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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Prince Of Egypt Dominion debut extended until October 2020

In the week when new musical The Prince Of Egypt celebrated its opening night in London, the show’s producers announced a seven-week extension to its limited run at the Dominion Theatre. Produced by DreamWorks Theatricals (a division of Universal Theatrical Group), Michael McCabe and Neil Laidlaw, the new stage musical based on the much-loved animated […]

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View an exclusive gallery of new images from The Prince Of Egypt at the Dominion Theatre

The Prince Of Egypt, the brand-new musical that officially opens tonight (Tuesday 25 February 2020) at London’s Dominion Theatre, has added seven extra weeks to its limited engagement with 100,000 new tickets now on sale to 31 October 2020. So there’s no better time to reveal our exclusive gallery of production images taken by Musical […]

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Child cast announced for Prince Of Egypt

The producers of the upcoming London premiere of The Prince Of Egypt have announced the six young performers lined up to join the 42-strong company at the Dominion Theatre. Mia Lakha, Iman Pabani and Hannah Selk will share the roles of Young Miriam, Leah and Young Hebrew Girl with Leo Babet, Jonah Collier and Taylor […]

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Rags: The Musical – Park Theatre

Rags: The Musical continues at the Park Theatre, London until 8 February 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In an early scene of this musical about the New York Jewish immigrant experience in the early 20th century, Carolyn Maitland’s expert seamstress Rebecca is berated by Jack (Jeremy Rose), the dressmaker for […]

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Alice Fearn and Emma Hatton feature in Park Theatre fundraiser celebrating Stephen Schwartz

Two of West End Wicked’s Elphabas, Alice Fearn and Emma Hatton will share the stage later this month for a special gala fundraiser at the Park Theatre in North London celebrating the work of the hit show’s composer Stephen Schwartz. Presented by Aria Entertainment and Hope Mill Theatre in association with Park Theatre, The Spark […]

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One-night only celebration of Stephen Schwartz will raise funds for the London transfer of Hope Mill’s Rags

Aria Entertainment and Hope Mill Theatre will continue their on-going successful partnership with Stephen Schwartz with a special gala fundraiser celebrating the writer’s work. Timed to raise funds to help finance the London transfer run of Hope Mill’s critically-acclaimed production of Schwartz’s Rags The Musical at the Park Theatre in North London, the show on […]

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Full cast announced for The Prince of Egypt

The producers of the new stage musical version of The Prince Of Egypt have revealed full casting details and released the first scenic design illustration by Kevin Depinet for the show’s London premiere early next year. As previously announced Luke Brady (Sweeney Todd, Chichester Festival Theatre, West End, St George and the Dragon, Shakespeare’s Globe, […]

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Luke Brady, Liam Tamne, Christine Allado and Alexia Khadime join the West End cast of The Prince of Egypt

Luke Brady, Liam Tamne, Christine Allado and Alexia Khadime will head the cast of the new stage musical version of The Prince of Egypt which is due to receive its London premiere early next year. RADA-trained Brady (Sweeney Todd, Chichester Festival Theatre, West End, St George and the Dragon, Shakespeare’s Globe, National Theatre) will play […]

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Full creative team announced for The Prince of Egypt

The producers of the stage musical version of The Prince of Egypt have revealed the full creative team for the London premiere of the show early next year. As previously announced the musical will be directed by Scott Schwartz (Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame) and choreographed by Sean Cheesman (So You Think You Can […]

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Nikki Bentley and Helen Woolf are the new Elphaba and Glinda in West End’s Wicked

Wicked touring stars Nikki Bentley, Helen Woolf and Kim Ismay will return to the roles of Elphaba, Glinda and Madame Morrible in the hit Apollo Victoria Theatre production of the West End and Broadway smash in July. Joining the previously announced Alistair Brammer as Fiyero, the stars of the most recent UK and Ireland tour […]

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