Month: June 2009

The producers of Michael Jackson tribute show Thriller – Live, currently showing at the West End’s Lyric theatre, have released a statement in response to yesterday’s news of the death of the pop singer. As […]

Welcome to another new regular feature on Whatsonstage.com. Every week our theatregoer reporter Corinne Furness trawls the web to find some of the best gems from the myriad theatre-related blogs and condense them into one […]

Gerard Alessandrini conceived, wrote, co-directed and originally starred in the cult satirical revue show Forbidden Broadway, which premiered in 1982 in New York, where it just finished its record-breaking 27-year run earlier this year. In […]

Nina Bawden’s children’s novel Carrie’s War has never been out of print since it was published in 1973, and has been serialized twice on television. This new stage adaptation by Emma Reeves (first seen at […]

Three West End productions have recently announced extensions to their booking periods, including Cameron Mackintosh blockbuster Oliver! which is now setting out its stall at Drury Lane through to early 2011. At the New London, […]

It may seem like a bold move by Chichester to stage a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's first musical when the National Theatre's 1998 revival continues to cast such a long shadow. This is a […]

Australian stage star Helen Dallimore, who made her West End debut in 2006 as the original Glinda in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria, returns to London to star as novelist Ernest Hemingway’s wife Mary in […]

There was something of an EastEnders reunion at the opening of Carrie’s War last night (25 June 2009, previews from 18 June), with Shane Richie, Jake Wood and Alex Ferns among those who turned out […]