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Drag Race star WILLAM and Comedian DREW DROEGE Join Hit Musical TITANIQUE

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Willam (RuPaul’s Drag Race, A Star is Born) and Drew Droege (Bright Colors and Bold Patterns, “Search Party”) will join the off-Broadway company of the 2023 Lortel Award-winning Best Musical Titanique. Drew Droege will take over the role of “Ruth” beginning Thursday, August 31, and Willam will play “Victor Garber” beginning Tuesday, September 5. Now in its second smash year, Titanique – the irresistibly funny and irreverent send-up of the blockbuster film Titanic, driven by the songs of pop icon Céline Dion – continues its award-winning run at the Daryl Roth Theatre (101 East 15th Street, NYC), extended through January … Continue reading Drag Race star WILLAM and Comedian DREW DROEGE Join Hit Musical TITANIQUE

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Accidental Death of an Anarchist Announces Post-Show Panel Discussion In Patnership with Inquest

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Playful Productions today announces a post-show panel for Accidental Death of an Anarchist taking place on 5 September in partnership with charity, INQUEST. INQUEST supports and campaigns alongside families bereaved by deaths in police custody, and has partnered with the production since its inception. The panel will discuss the issues arising from deaths in custody, and the opportunities for people to take action.  It will be chaired by Head of News and Politics at JOE Media, Oli Dugmore with participants including Executive Director of INQUEST, Deborah Coles, Marcia Rigg, a campaigner whose brother Sean Rigg died in police custody in 2008 and Director of Accidental Death of an Anarchist Daniel Raggett.    Tom … Continue reading Accidental Death of an Anarchist Announces Post-Show Panel Discussion In Patnership with Inquest

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Casting Announced For Imposter 22 At The Royal Court Theatre

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The Royal Court Theatre, in collaboration with Access All Areas, today announces the initial casting for Imposter 22 by Molly Davies (God Bless the Child, A Miracle). The production has been created from an original idea by neurodivergent Royal Court Associate Director Hamish Pirie, and is a co-creation with seven learning disabled and autistic artists who also perform in the piece. Directed by Pirie, these artists and performers are Kirsty Adams, Cian Binchy, Housni Hassan (DJ), Dayo Koleosho, Stephanie Newman, Lee Phillips and Charlene Salter. Anna Constable will also perform as an alternate to Stephanie Newman, with further casting to be announced. The production runs from Saturday 23 September – Saturday 14 October 2023, with … Continue reading Casting Announced For Imposter 22 At The Royal Court Theatre

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Bloody Elle and Boy Out The City to premiere in the West End this september

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For a limited season, this September, the Lyric Theatre will host two new pieces of work, which have received rave reviews from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. First seen in 2021 at The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, Bloody Elle, is a critically acclaimed show which is loud, proud and unapologetically queer. It’s a story from then, for now which was since played at Soho Theatre and was nominated for ‘Best Regional Production’ at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2022. Boy Out The City premiered in 2021 at Westival Music and Arts Festival followed by a London premiere at the Turbine Theatre. For the past 2 … Continue reading Bloody Elle and Boy Out The City to premiere in the West End this september

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Shakespeare@ to rebrand at The Curtain and to present a new production of Romeo & Juliet this fall

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Shakespeare@, Jersey City’s premier classical theatre, announced today they will re-launch as The Curtain, with an all-new production of William Shakespeare’s classic Romeo & Juliet. Directed and Adapted by Sean Hagerty, The Curtain’s Romeo & Juliet will play the Nimbus Arts Center (329 Warren Street), in downtown Jersey City just steps from the PATH train, with performances beginning Thursday, September 28th ahead of an opening night set for Saturday, September 30th. The show is set to run through Sunday, October 22nd. Tickets, all priced at an accessible $25, are now available for purchase at TheCurtain.org. Leading the cast are Aria Shaghasemi (series regular on CW’s “The Originals” & spin-off “Legacies”) as ‘Romeo’ … Continue reading Shakespeare@ to rebrand at The Curtain and to present a new production of Romeo & Juliet this fall

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Crimes on Centre Court to visit Greenwich Theatre this september ahead of UK Tour

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Award winning producer New Old Friends in association with MAST Mayflower Studios are delighted to announce their UK tour of hilarious tennis-based murder mystery Crimes on Centre Court which will visit Greenwich Theatre 13 September ahead of a UK tour. Crimes on Centre Court is based on a story from the award-winning podcast Comedy Whodunnits for your ears? (#2 in iTunes fiction chart) and toured to great acclaim in 2022.Expect mirth, murder and mayhem (with a side of tennis) in this deucey treat. When Lord Knows, the chair of The Whombledun International Invitational Tennis Tournament, dies his son, Hugh, is suspicious. The police won’t take the case, so Hugh … Continue reading Crimes on Centre Court to visit Greenwich Theatre this september ahead of UK Tour

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Bronco Billy – The Musical to make its UK premiere at Charing Cross Theatre this january

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West End favourite Emily Benjamin, currently appearing as alternate Sally Bowles in Cabaret, will star in the award-winning new Wild-West End show Bronco Billy – The Musical, which will premiere in the UK in 2024. Bronco Billy – The Musical will play at the Charing Cross Theatre … Continue reading Bronco Billy – The Musical to make its UK premiere at Charing Cross Theatre this january

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Tony and Emmy Award-winner Mandy Patinkin returns to the West End

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The Dodgers and Staci Levine are delighted to produce Broadway’s master songman, Mandy Patinkin, accompanied by Adam Ben-David on piano, in Mandy Patinkin Live in Concert at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue in London’s West End for strictly eight performances only from Tuesday 7 November 2023.  This is the first time Mandy has appeared on the West End stage since 2009.  Tickets go on sale from 10am today, Friday 18 August. To some fans, he’s the Tony Award-winning revolutionary from Evita who grew into a bonafide Broadway star in Sunday in the Park with George.  To others, he’s the Emmy Award-winning Best Actor, for his portrayal … Continue reading Tony and Emmy Award-winner Mandy Patinkin returns to the West End

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Casting announced for the European premiere of Lynn Nottage’s CLYDE’S

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With Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s Next to Normal currently running at the theatre, Donmar Artistic Director Michael Longhurst and Executive Director Henny Finch today announce full casting for the European première of Clyde’s which reunites double Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and director Lynette Linton as a follow up to their Donmar smash hit Sweat which transferred to the West End. Linton directs Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ (Letitia), Patrick Gibson (Jason), Gbemisola Ikumelo (Clyde), Sebastian Orozco (Rafael) and Giles Terera (Montrellous). The production opens on 19 October, with previews from 13 October and runs until 2 December. It’s kind of a ritual, we speak the truth. Then, let go and cook. In the bustling kitchen of a run-down Pennsylvania truck stop, the formerly incarcerated staff … Continue reading Casting announced for the European premiere of Lynn Nottage’s CLYDE’S