EXCLUSIVE: Louis McCartney describes himself as “a West End baby” because before he was cast to play boyish-looking monster Henry Creel in the Stranger Things stage show The First Shadow, he’d never performed on stage in his life.
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Naman Ramachandran Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, writers of Tony-winning musical “Six” have set their next production “Why Am I So Single?” “This big fancy musical follows two besties through the ups, and mostly downs, of their dating lives in the era of Tinder (and Bumble and Grindr and Hinge and Feeld). This musical extravaganza about love, dating, friendship – and bees – explores the weird and wonderful hilariousness of being single,” reads the show description.
“A celebration of friendship and love, ‘Why Am I So Single?’ asks how two super interesting, super cool, super fun pals could possibly still be single. This extraordinary and totally
unexplainable situation faced by our fabulous duo is made even more complicated by the fact that, on a completely unrelated note, they also need to find a really great topic for their next musical.” The lead cast includes Jo Foster (“& Juliet,” “Just For One Day”), Leesa Tulley (“Six,” “Kin”) and Noah Thomas (“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”).
The show features choreography by Ellen Kane (“Dear England”). The producing team includes Kenny Wax (“The Play That Goes Wrong”), Ameena Hamid (“Woman Life Freedom!”) and George Stiles (“Six”).
The production is directed by Lucy Moss; the orchestrator, vocal arranger and musical supervisor is Joe Beighton; the set designer is Moi Tran; Max Johns is the costume designer; the lighting designer is Jai Morjaria; the sound designer is Paul Gatehouse; and music production is by Future Cut. The production manager is Phoebe Bath with the casting direction from Harry Blumenau and Sarah-Jane Price from Harry Blumenau Casting.
EXCLUSIVE: Louis McCartney describes himself as “a West End baby” because before he was cast to play boyish-looking monster Henry Creel in the Stranger Things stage show The First Shadow, he’d never performed on stage in his life.
Ted Lasso star Brendan Hunt is over the moon as he welcomes his second child with his fiancée Shannon Nelson.The couple are super happy to introduce their 'beautiful and perfect' new baby boy, Archiebald Felix Nelson, to the world. Shannon shared a lovely message on Instagram saying that little Archie had "decided to join us" and that they felt "so lucky" to have him. She posted a photo of actor Brendan, 51, holding their son in the hospital while wearing a hair net and mask.
REM, Amy Winehouse, Florence & The Machine, Adele, The Killers and Nick Cave. It was also the venue for Kings Of Leon’s first UK show in 2006.The former Edwardian dance hall has been used as a music venue since 2001, when it was restored by its current owners, Charlie Raworth and Emma Hutchinson.Now, Bush Hall has confirmed its future as a music establishment is under threat and they are four months away from “making a hideous decision” about whether to cease hosting live music events.
Special “Black Out” performances of Jeremy O. Harris‘ stage production Slave Play were well-received by the Broadway community in 2019 when producers of the controversial, acclaimed and emotionally complex play about race relations announced that they would set aside a relatively few performances to invite all-Black audiences, an effort to welcome a group traditionally marginalized or even excluded by Broadway.
Hayden Christensen is opening up about his Star Wars experience.
EXCLUSIVE: BBC commissioning executives are booked to see the award-winning musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge, which opens Wednesday night at the Gillian Lynne Theatre following its transfer from a sold-out season at the National Theatre. This column told you a year ago that StudioCanal’s RED Production company is developing the musical into a TV drama series.
There are so many major music industry stars in power couples!
James McAvoy and Claire Foy star in mystery thriller My Son, an English-language remake of 2017 French film Mon garçon.Directed by Christian Carion, who also helmed the French original, the film follows absent father Edmond Murray (McAvoy) who returns to Scotland to search for his missing son with his ex wife Joan (Foy).McAvoy was only given the character’s backstory while shooting the film, with his dialogue for Edmond improvised throughout.After saving Ethan from the child kidnapping ring, Joan and Edmond are seen standing in a field as their son operates a remote control quadcopter. Edmond then bids Ethan farewell but promises he’ll eventually be back, as he’s taken away by Inspector Roy (Gary Lewis).Roy and Edmond drive off, with it made clear that he’s been arrested.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Netflix is getting into the business of Broadway. The streaming behemoth is producing the upcoming play “Patriots,” from “The Crown” creator Peter Morgan. The show, set in 1991 after the fall of the Soviet Union, is about Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, a billionaire who helped orchestrate the ruthless rise of Vladimir Putin.
Game of Thrones star Kit Harington will return to the London stage in the upcoming production of Jeremy O. Harris’ acclaimed and controversial Slave Play.
Naman Ramachandran “Slave Play” writer Jeremy O. Harris feels confident that casting “Game of Thrones” star Kit Harington in the production’s West End run won’t be a “distraction.” In a new interview with The Guardian, Harris said Harington was recommended to him by “Game of Thrones” star Gwendoline Christie and he would not have agreed to his casting if Harington had wanted to “make it the Jon Snow experience.” “Kit was saying ‘I don’t want this to be Kit Harington in ‘Slave Play,” this is an ensemble play and I’m not even the lead,’” Harris said.
Christopher Nolan wrote the sweetest note to Cillian Murphy after casting him in Oppenheimer.
Residents in Glasgow's West End have been evacuated from their homes tonight after emergency services swarmed the street.
Naman Ramachandran A key audience participation segment of the London West End adaptation of Henrik Ibsen‘s 1882 play “An Enemy of the People” left people in tears, star Matt Smith told the BBC. In “An Enemy of the People,” when Dr. Stockmann (Smith) makes an unbelievable discovery about the healing waters in his local baths, he holds the future of the town in his hands, but those with everything to lose refuse to accept his word.
Unfortunately, each year, numerous TV shows have to come to an end.
Naman Ramachandran Ryan Calais Cameron’s Olivier nominated “For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy” has unveiled a new cast for its return to London’s West End. In the play, six young Black men meet for group therapy, and let their hearts and imaginations run wild. Starring in the roles of Onyx, Pitch, Jet, Sable, Obsidian and Midnight are Tobi King Bakare (“I May Destroy You”), Shakeel Haakim making his professional debut, Fela Lufadeju (“Santiago”), Albert Magashi (“Dear England”), Mohammed Mansaray (“Gassed Up”) and Posi Morakinyo (“Mandela”) respectively.
Elton’s Prada has found its Devil: Vanessa Williams has been cast as Miranda Priestly in the upcoming West End production of the Elton John-Shaina Taub stage musical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada.
Naman Ramachandran Vanessa Williams will take on the role of queen of fashion Miranda Priestly in the London West End stage adaptation of “The Devil Wears Prada.” “The Devil Wears Prada” is a new musical based on the hit 2006 film and bestselling 2003 novel. It features an original score by Olivier and Tony Award winner Elton John (“Tammy Faye,” “Billy Elliot: The Musical,” “The Lion King”), direction and choreography by three-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell (“Kinky Boots,” “Legally Blonde,” “Pretty Woman,” “Hairspray”), lyrics by singer-songwriter Shaina Taub (“Suffs”) and book by Kate Wetherhead (“Ever After,” “Submissions Only”), The story follows fresh out of college, aspiring journalist Andy who scores a job at the prestigious Runway magazine working for fashion’s most powerful and terrifying icon – editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly.
EXCLUSIVE: Succession’s Sarah Snook, now the toast of the town for her dazzling one-woman performance playing 26 characters in a breathtakingly innovative staging of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, will likely head to Broadway early in 2025 once she’s had a break, and if she wants to do it.
Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny will not be rekindling their relationship anytime soon. The supermodel and the Puerto Rican singer were rumored to be working things out following their split at the end of 2023 and their reunion on New Year’s Eve, but the pair appear to be over for good.Bad Bunny is still Jacquemus’ muse in new photoshoot for ‘Les Sculptures’ collectionBad Bunny turns up the heat in steamy photos after rumored split from Kendall JennerHailey Bieber’s winter outfit includes fuzzy thong bikini and matching bootsAnd while Bad Bunny and Kendall were spotted at the Super Bowl, the pair did not spend time together and even sat in different suites.