A revival of the classic American musical Barnum will be the centrepiece of the 2024 season at the Watermill Theatre this summer.
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Barnum to be revived at the Menier Chocolate Factory
The Menier Chocolate Factory has unveiled plans for the first major London revival of Barnum 36 years after the classic American musical played the West End. Opening on 5 December, with previews from 25 November, the production is due to run until 3 March 2018. The story of P.T. Barnum, the 19th century travelling circus […]
42nd Street to open at Drury Lane in March 2017
A major new re-working of classic backstage musical comedy 42nd Street will open at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane next March. Based on the 1933 Warner Brothers film musical, the new version of the show which premiered on Broadway nearly 40 years ago will begin previewing on Monday 20 March 2017, ahead of a press night […]
Bye Bye Birdie at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre – casting revealed
Casting has been announced for All Star Productions’ next production, a rare professional staging of the classic Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre in Walthamstow, London. With music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams and a book by Michael Stewart, the production will run from 11 August to 4 September […]
Mack & Mabel – Chichester Festival Theatre
Mack & Mabel continues at the Chichester Festival Theatre until 5 September, and then tours the UK and Ireland from 1 October–6 December. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart’s musical, telling of the early days of silent film-making and the relationship between film director Mack Sennett and his greatest star Mabel Normand, has […]
Jerry Herman musical Grand Tour has European premiere at the Finborough Theatre
The European premiere of Jerry Herman’s Broadway musical The Grand Tour will be presented at London’s Finborough Theatre (1 January to 21 February 2015) by producer Danielle Tarento and director Thom Southerland, the same team that brought audiences Titanic, Parade, Mack & Mabel and Victor/Victoria (press nights are 6 and 7 January). The Grand Tour has music and lyrics by Jerry […]
