Alex Ritman Distribution and production banner Signature Entertainment has promoted two of its most senior execs. Elizabeth Williams, previously director of acquisitions and TV, has been upped to chief commercial officer.
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In a four-star review, I called director Jamie Lloyd’s imaginative revival “jolting” and “absolutely gut-wrenching,” and added that Scherzinger “stops you in your tracks” with her “breathtaking” turn. A few weeks after writing that, I went back to see it a second time.The acclaimed show is just what Lloyd Webber needs to recover from the one-two punch of “Phantom of the Opera” closing after 35 years and his “Bad Cinderella” flopping after just a few short months.Everybody on Broadway has been jetting over to the UK to watch his electric “Sunset,” which takes its final bow in the West End on Saturday.
And that begs the question: Why isn’t the musical coming to New York sooner when it’s the hottest show out there right now?Big hits like “Rent” and “Hamilton” smartly seized upon their off-the-charts demand off-Broadway and zoomed uptown inside of three months. “Rent” made the leap in only one.
Waiting too long can be perilous.Sources said the holdup has to do with some Norma Desmond-sized egos.The Shubert Organization actually offered the show a spring slot at the Barrymore Theatre where Barry Manilow’s “Harmony” is struggling to fill seats, sources said. It’s a relatively small theater, but comparable to “Sunset”’s London house, the Savoy.
And Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along,” which plays the even more intimate Hudson, grossed nearly $2 million there last week.(“Sunset” cost $2.5 million in the UK and will cost about $17 million in New York, a source said.)But director Jamie Lloyd turned the Shuberts down. Usually it’s the producers who do that, but, an insider said, “Jamie is calling all the shots.”Added a wag: “He’s parlaying a sure smash winner into a non-event.” And he’s is being undermined by his own
.Alex Ritman Distribution and production banner Signature Entertainment has promoted two of its most senior execs. Elizabeth Williams, previously director of acquisitions and TV, has been upped to chief commercial officer.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Media and entertainment veteran Kim Williams is to be appointed the next chairperson of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Australian federal prime minister Anthony Albanese’s office announced on Wednesday. Williams takes over from the departing Ita Buttrose and will have a five-year mandate. He joins at a moment when the ABC is enduring a moment of editorial turbulence.
Kensington Palace stated at the time that the Princess of Wales will remain at the London Clinic to recover from her "planned abdominal surgery" for 10-14 days and is not expected to restart her official engagements until after Easter. Once the Princess leaves hospital, it is thought she will continue her recuperation at the family's Windsor home, Adelaide Cottage.
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awards season, providing the nominees a chance to rest and process the past couple of months, which have been filled with some of the most prestigious and demanding events in the entertainment industry. This year’s Academy Awards will be hosted on March 10th, with the nominees being announced on January 23rd. Now is the perfect time to take a few guesses at the list of possible nominees.
A celeb from TV show Still Game popped into a Glasgow restaurant on Thursday night and was blown away by the cuisine she was served.
The Traitors star Ross Carson has become one of the most composed contestants on the show with his easygoing nature and openness, despite having to subtly say goodbye to his team player and mum Diane. During Wednesday night's eerie episode (17 January) viewers were left "heartbroken" as Diane left the show after drinking from the 'poisoned chalice' that was handed over to her by Traitor Miles during a secret mission.
A new presenter is set to join the This Morning team with the ITV show welcoming regular guest Sian Welby as a main anchor. Sian, 38, frequently appears on This Morning after joining the team in 2023, and hosts a number of segments including Sian's What To Watch list.
Shrinking” co-stars have a group text chain, but Ford, their fellow cast member, is not included in the conversation. “Harrison’s definitely not on it. You could say it’s a group chat minus one,” she told The Post ahead of the Emmy Awards, airing on Jan.
Bill Hayes has died.
The stars of The Way Home hopped in the photo booth at the season two premiere of their show at The Whitby Hotel on Tuesday (January 7) in New York City.
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Manilow opened up about those days, clearing up some misconceptions about his time in the baths.“What do you think, they were fucking in front of us?” the singer asked the interviewer, perhaps joking. He went on to say that those in attendance were “just an audience. A great audience, too.”Why did Manilow decide to perform in such a sexualized venue? It’s simple – like so many other musicians trying to make it, he needed the money.
“Charles in Charge” actress Nicole Eggert has been diagnosed with breast cancer.The 51-year-old revealed that she was diagnosed in early December 2023 with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer, exclusively to People.After gaining 25 pounds in three months, feeling “terrible pain” in her left breast and a lump during a self-exam, she decided to make an appointment with her doctor. “It really was throbbing and hurting,” she told People. “I immediately went to my general practitioner and she told me I had to immediately go get it looked at.
Bella Ramsey has arrived at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards!
Peaky Blinders movie will begin filming this year, creator Steven Knight has confirmed.Speaking to the Radio Times in December, Knight revealed that he’s almost finished writing the film’s script, and that production should get underway in the middle of 2024.“I’m just working on the final bits of it at the moment,” he said. “I just sit down at the keyboard and start.
Nicole Scherzinger is bringing her performance as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard to Broadway.
The hit London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard is heading to Broadway later this year and bringing star Nicole Scherzinger and the rest of the West End principal cast with it.
The Traitors winner Hannah Byczkowski has revealed her anger that her experience on the show was nothing like what she expected - admitting she was "raging" and "annoyed" that she never got to be a traitor.The psychological reality show, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, will return to BBC One on Wednesday night with a new batch of contestants hoping to win a game of deception and detection and take home £120,000. Hannah, who shared the prize pot with Aaron Evans and Meryl Williams in the first series, said it will be a different experience for participants in the second instalment.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director John Williams recently told The Times UK that he’s not ruling “anything out” when it comes to staying retired from film scores. The five-time Oscar winner turns 92 years old on February 8. Back in June 2022, Williams teased his retirement by telling the Associated Press that his work on “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” would probably be his last.
Country music is one of the oldest, most popular genres of music in history. And Hank Williams, a country music icon, was one of the leading U.S. singers of the 1940s.