Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Duncan Sheik, best known for co-creating the musical Spring Awakening, has died aged 56.
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Andrew Barth Feldman to star in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s NERO
Broadway star Andrew Barth Feldman will make his London debut in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s NERO at Southwark Playhouse Elephant later this year.
London School of Musical Theatre – Alice by Heart
Alice by Heart is performed by two casts of London School of Musical Theatre students at the Bridewell Theatre, London until 2 May 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Concert to mark 15th anniversary of London debut of Spring Awakening
The 15th anniversary of the original London production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s multi-award-winning Spring Awakening will be celebrated with a special concert production this summer.
Spring Awakening – Almeida Theatre
Spring Awakening continues at the Almeida Theatre, London until 22 January 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was more than ten years ago that the rock musical Spring Awakening had its premiere in the UK at the Lyric Hammersmith. Based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind, it explores the […]
Five Questions With: Amara Okereke
AMARA OKEREKE plays Wendla in the Almeida Theatre’s revival of award-winning musical Spring Awakening, running from 7 December 2021 to 22 January 2022. Amara won The Stage Debut Award for Best Actress in a Musical for playing Cosette in Les Misérables. Her other theatre credits include The Boy Friend (Menier Chocolate Factory); Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival […]
CD Review: Some Lovers – Various Artists
SOME LOVERS – Various Artists (Broadway Records – DIG20821 – Digital Download) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Burt Bacharach is one of the world’s most acclaimed, award-winning composers/songwriters. His music is as diverse as his audiences, spanning generations and continents, as he is celebrated both as a pop culture icon and […]
Almeida to stage first London revival of Spring Awakening
The first London revival of the Broadway hit Spring Awakening is one of six new productions planned for the new season at London’s Almeida Theatre. Directed by the venue’s artistic director Rupert Goold with a cast including Amara Okereke winner of the 2018 Stage Debut Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Les Misérables […]
Bacharach and Sater’s Some Lovers – casting details
The Bodyguard’s Ben Richards will return to musical theatre to star in the European premiere of Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some Lovers at the upcoming From Page to Stage Summer Festival at The Other Palace. Richards [pictured left] will be one of four actors cast to play two characters, Ben and Molly, caught between the […]
Full West End rep company for From Page to Stage
A cast of 56, more than 50 composers and writers, and an 18-strong creative team will form a musical rep company in the West End for this year’s From Page to Stage Summer Festival at The Other Palace. Aria Entertainment’s annual event will bring a packed programme of new musicals to its new home at […]
From Page To Stage festival – Bacharach’s Some Lovers heads line-up
Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some Lovers will receive its fully presented European premiere as part of this year’s From Page To Stage summer festival. Bacharach’s second original musical is a surprise inclusion in the line-up for Aria Entertainment’s annual event which moves to its new home at The Other Palace for three weeks this […]
Original Bacharach musical Some Lovers heads for London workshop
Members of the creative team behind Promises, Promises, due to begin previewing on Friday (13 January), have revealed they are working on the European premiere of Burt Bacharach’s second original musical Some Lovers. Aria Entertainment’s Katy Lipson and Senbla’s Ollie Rosenblatt will present an industry-only workshop reading of the show written by music legend Bacharach and […]
Spring Awakening – Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York
Spring Awakening continues at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York until 24 January. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When the original production of the musical Spring Awakening closed on Broadway in January, 2009, it had racked up 859 performances and claimed eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Now the piece is back on Broadway […]
