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Clear your schedules, the auditions are over and the televised search for Dorothy in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of The Wizard of Oz (WOO) is on. The search begins on….
FRIDAY 26TH MARCH 2010 AT 9PM
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It has now been announced that Flashdance – The Musical will be tearing into London later this year with a production planned for the Shaftesbury Theatre with an expected opening date of 27th September 2010 according to WhatsOnStage.com.
The show which is based off the film of the same name premiered at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth in July 2008 before embarking on a nationwide tour. It features music by Robbie Roth, lyrics Robert Cary and book by Cary and Tom Hedley.
Flashdance tells the story of a welder and exotic …

One of the longest running musicals in London’s West End, The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre has added an additional 4 months to its booking period which will take it to the 31st January 2011.
The Disney production originally opened around 10 years ago (11 in October this year) on the 19th October 1999 and tells the story of a lion cub destined to be king but faces fierce competition from another who wants the crown for himself. Mufasa is currently played by Shaun Escoffery.
The musical features 15 songs …

Blood Brothers at the Phoenix Theatre has opened an extra 4 month booking period taking it through to the 27th November 2010.
Set in Liverpool Willy Russells production follows twin brothers who at birth were seperated only to later find each other when their paths crossed once more.
The production first opened on the 27 August 1988 at the Albery Theatre before transferring to its current home at the Phoenix Theatre.
Former Spice Girl Melanie Chrisholm will continue to star as the twins mother, Mrs Johnstone until the 24th April 2010.
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The Phantom Sequel, Love Never Dies opened at the Adelphi Theatre on the 9th March 2010 and now the reviews are in.
Love Never Dies follows Christine Daae 10 years after the original story when she accepts an invitation to perform at New Yorks fabulous playground of the world – Coney Island. Soon after she lands with her family she discovers who exactly the anonymous person who invited her over to sing is.
Guardian by Michael Billington
In short, the show has much to commend it and the staging is …

Billy Elliot The Musical will soon be celebrating it’s 5th Birthday at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London and to celebrate the current Billys headed down to meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street.
The Billys, Dean-Charles Chapman, Tom Holland, Ollie Gardner and Fox Jackson-Keen took time out of their busy rehersal schedules to visit the Prime Minister in the Cabinet room.  The four of them were also introduced to other members of parliment Alistair Darling, Peter Mandelson and Margaret Hodge, the Minister for Culture and Tourism.
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Christopher Timothy has now been cast alongside David Essex in the musical, All The Fun Of The Fair which opens at the Garrick Theatre from the 20th April 2010.
Timothy is probably most well known from his screen work most notably All Creatures Great And Small and has continued to pursue this line of work in the daytime soap, Doctors. He is not however shy of stage work having appeared in many West End shows including Journey’s End, See How They Run and Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead.
All The Fun …

Casting news for the upcoming london musical The Fantastics has been announced.   The cast includes London stage regulars Clive Rowe, David Burt, Hadley Fraser, Edward Petherbridge and Paul Hunter who will be joined by Lorna Want, Luke Brady and Carl Au.
The musical which opens at the Duchess Theatre this summer is a show which has set the world record as the longest running musical for its nearly 50 year run in New York tells the story of two fathers who cunningly use reverse psycology and a dividing wall to …

On Sunday 21st March 2010 from 18:30 at the Park Lane’s Grosvenor House Hotel the Laurance Olivier Awards 2010 will be held but for the first time ever their will be a twist – theatregoers around the world will be able to watch the entire event (awards and performances) LIVE through a dedicated player on the Official London Theatre Guide website at http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk.
Until 2003 London’s most prestigious theatre awards ceremony had been televised and shown on BBC2 after the event. Since then however the most coveted London theatre awards …

Dancing On Ice Head Judge and Olympic gold medal-winning ice-dancer, Robin Cousins is dancing his way into Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre to play Teen Angel from the 29th March 2010.
Cousins is no stranger to the stage having previously appeared in such shows as Cats, The Rocky Horror Show and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Although he is perhaps more well known for his medal winning exploits, collecting the gold medal at the World Free Skating Championships, the European Championships and the Winter Olympics.
Grease tells the story of a high …