Breaking News: Grammy Winner Carrie Underwood to Star in NBC's Live Broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Updated: 2012-11-30 15:29:01
Five-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood will star in the coveted role of Maria von Trapp in NBCs live broadcast of The Sound of Music, based on the original Broadway musical, it was announced today by Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment. The live telecast of The Sound of Music will be a three-hour event on a date to be announced near the holidays in 2013.
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London Theatre Breaks Musicals , plays , shows , hotels and attractions for theatre breaks in London midweek or weekend Skip to content Skip to content BOOK NOW Site map Musicals Readers Offers Plays Just Theatre Tickets Theatre Wiki Wanamaker New London Theatre Viva Forever Reviews Posted on November 29, 2012 by admin Viva Forever is the new Spice Girls musical at the Piccadilly Theatre , written by Jennifer Saunders and produced by the team from Mamma Mia so there is a certain pedigree there which has raised expectations for a new British musical hit in the West . End Viva Forever poster Although Viva Forever has been created as a theatrical vehicle for about twenty of the Spice Girls vibrant and anthemic songs from the 90s , there is a real story weaving the whole thing together into a
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London Theatre Breaks Musicals , plays , shows , hotels and attractions for theatre breaks in London midweek or weekend Skip to content Skip to content BOOK NOW Site map Musicals Readers Offers Plays Just Theatre Tickets Theatre Wiki Weekend Theatre Breaks Wanamaker New London Theatre Posted on November 28, 2012 by admin A new London Theatre No , not THE New London Theatre , A new London theatre . The news is that a brand new Sam Wanamaker’s Blue Plaque theatre has started being built in London . This new theatre is being constructed in order to work in conjunction with the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre The Globe is an open air theatre or partially so , which means it isn’t open all the year round so the new one will have a roof . It’s named after the man who was instrumental in getting the
Weekend Theatre Breaks in London If you need to travel any distance to get to see that big London show you’ve been promising yourself then the best way to justify it is to make a weekend out of it with … Continue reading →Weekend Theatre Breaks was originally posted at London Theatre Breaks blog
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WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Ticket Deals Reviews Star Watch Theatres Awards Gift Vouchers Visiting London Broadway Tickets NEWS Star Interviews Binkie Blog Stage Spy Official Press Releases Videos Jesus Christ Superstar DVD released The DVD and Blu-Ray live recording of Jesus Christ Superstar has been released . today The UK arena tour production of Jesus Christ Superstar is out now on DVD Following the recent UK arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s smash-hit musical , Universal has released a special live recording of the show featuring the stellar cast that included the winner of ITV’s search for a Jesus , Ben Forster , alongside Spice Girl Melanie C as Mary Magdalene , comedian and writer Tim Minchin as Judas and Radio One
WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Ticket Deals Reviews Star Watch Theatres Awards Gift Vouchers Visiting London Broadway Tickets NEWS Star Interviews Binkie Blog Stage Spy Official Press Releases Videos Theatre stakes are high in Audience Awards It’s all getting very . competitive Recent years have seen an increase in the number of theatre awards that include categories voted for by the theatregoing public , which means the opportunity for producers to lobby their fans . hard It’s not quite as intense as the multi-million dollar campaigns run by Hollywood movie studios lobbying Academy members during an Oscars campaign , but in West End terms the prize is just as . high An audience award win is not just good for straplines on posters and ,
London Theatre Breaks Musicals , plays , shows , hotels and attractions for theatre breaks in London midweek or weekend Skip to content Skip to content BOOK NOW Site map Musicals Readers Offers Plays Just Theatre Tickets Theatre Wiki Carmen Theatre Break The Book of Mormon Musical Posted on November 18, 2012 by Linda The Book of Mormon Musical fresh faced young men The Book of Mormon musical is coming to the West End. The Book of Mormon is opening at the Prince of Wales Theatre in March 2013. The producers have decided to bring over the current Los Angeles production cast members Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner as the two Mormon Elders sent to Uganda to spread the Christian . word I’m really not sure what the UK audience is going to make of it The Mormons, as we call them , are really
Carmen will be a theatre break with a difference. An opera rather than a musical and The Royal Albert Hall rather than a West End venue. It can be hard to find breaks to operas rather than plays or musicals, … Continue reading →Carmen Theatre Break was originally posted at London Theatre Breaks blog
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WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Ticket Deals Reviews Star Watch Theatres Awards Gift Vouchers Visiting London Broadway Tickets NEWS Star Interviews Binkie Blog Stage Spy Official Press Releases Videos Beautiful Thing to get West End revival starring Suranne Jones To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Jonathan Harvey’s breakout play Beautiful Thing , a new production will be staged in the West End this . Spring Suranne Jones to play Sandra in Beautiful Thing Running at the Arts Theatre from 13 April 2013 following a short UK tour , the play will star TV and stage actress Suranne Jones as Sandra , Jamie’s mother . The director is Nikolai . Foster When the play premiered at the Bush Theatre in 1993 it proved to be a turning point in gay drama
, WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Ticket Deals Reviews Star Watch Theatres Awards Gift Vouchers Visiting London Broadway Tickets NEWS Star Interviews Binkie Blog Stage Spy Official Press Releases Videos Julie Walters , Miranda Hart to star in Mousetrap fundraiser 60 years is a long time to be doing anything , including reigning a commonwealth , so it’s hats off to The Mousetrap for keeping those murders coming night after night since it opened at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London on 25 November 1952. Julie Walters and friends to star in The Mousetrap gala As a fabulous way of garnering some interest in the show , a special one-off gala performance of the murder mystery will be played at the show’s current home , the St Martin’s Theatre ,
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WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Ticket Deals Reviews Star Watch Theatres Awards Gift Vouchers Visiting London Broadway Tickets NEWS Star Interviews Binkie Blog Stage Spy Official Press Releases Videos Theatre influencers announced in hClub100 list Time Out and The Hospital Club in London have announced their annual Top 100 list of movers and shakers in the UK’s creative and media . industries Tim Minchin as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar a h.Club100 influencer In the theatre category the Top Ten influencers included Tim Minchin , following his Matilda and JSC success , actress Sheridan Smith who has just completed a run in Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic , and Tony Award-winner James . Corden The performance category the Top Ten names included
London Theatre Breaks Musicals , plays , shows , hotels and attractions for theatre breaks in London midweek or weekend Skip to content Skip to content BOOK NOW Site map Musicals Readers Offers Plays Just Theatre Tickets Theatre Wiki New Musicals for Theatre Breaks Top Musicals for Theatre Breaks by Coach Posted on November 13, 2012 by admin Musicals Chart for Theatre Breaks Top Musicals Chart theatre breaks by coach The stats are in for October and we can reveal which shows have been most popular with our theatre breaks customers on coach trips to . London The musical which comes out on top is The Lion King a long running family musical with fabulous costumes and big sound original musical rhythms . Set in the jungle with a cast of animals in human form the uplifting moral tale unfolds in
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WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Ticket Deals Reviews Star Watch Theatres Awards Gift Vouchers Visiting London Broadway Tickets NEWS Star Interviews Binkie Blog Stage Spy Official Press Releases Videos Loserville to close at the Garrick Theatre Loserville is to close at the Garrick Theatre on 5 January 2013. Loserville at the Garrick Theatre . Photo : Roy Tan Originally booking until 2 March , the new musical by Busted’s James Bourne and Elliot Davis will close early at the Garrick Theatre . It opened on 17 October 2012. The producers said that they were sorry to announce that Loserville the Musical will be closing” and that it had been an incredibly difficult . decision” The show started life at the West Yorkshire Playhouse earlier this year ,
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WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Ticket Deals Reviews Star Watch Theatres Awards Gift Vouchers Visiting London Broadway Tickets ALL OFFERS Ticket Offers Theatre Dinner Packages London Theatre Breaks BOOK TICKETS Also Available : Group bookings Theatre Dinner deals Theatre Hotel Breaks Buy Gift Vouchers A Chorus of Disapproval Save up to 28 off tickets Save up to 28 on tickets to see A Chorus of Disapproval at the Harold Pinter Theatre in . London Enjoy a special offer on the smash-hit West End comedy by Alan . Ayckbourn A Chorus of Disapproval Ticket Offer An all-star cast feature in Trevor Nunn’s sparkling revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s classic comedy A Chorus of . Disapproval Rob Brydon Gavin Stacey makes his West End theatre debut in the comedy ,
London Theatre Breaks Musicals , plays , shows , hotels and attractions for theatre breaks in London midweek or weekend Skip to content Skip to content BOOK NOW Site map Musicals Readers Offers Plays Just Theatre Tickets Theatre Wiki The Bodyguard London New Musicals for Theatre Breaks Posted on November 6, 2012 by admin There are several new musicals opening in London’s West End over the coming season and in the New Year so these present fresh opportunities for theatre breaks to those who may have already seen most of the old favourites that have been around for some time . It was beginning to look as though genuine new musicals were becoming something of a rarity , with revivals more the order of the day for risk averse investors in expensive stage productions , but let me point out some
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London Theatre Breaks Musicals , plays , shows , hotels and attractions for theatre breaks in London midweek or weekend Skip to content Skip to content BOOK NOW Site map Musicals Readers Offers Plays Just Theatre Tickets Theatre Wiki Going to See a Musical How Long is The Show The Bodyguard London Posted on November 4, 2012 by Linda The Bodyguard . London previews from November 6th The Bodyguard. London hosts this new musical version of The Bodyguard which opens for pre-views from November 6th at the Adelphi . Theatre Based on the film which starred Kevin Costner and the late , great , Whitney Houston . The role of Rachel Marron will be played by Heather Headley  and the male lead, Frank Farmer will be played by Lloyd Owen . Many of us will remember the story of the film .
London Theatre Breaks Musicals , plays , shows , hotels and attractions for theatre breaks in London midweek or weekend Skip to content Skip to content BOOK NOW Site map Musicals Readers Offers Plays Just Theatre Tickets Theatre Wiki Les Miserables Going to See a Musical How Long is The Show Posted on November 3, 2012 by Andy West End Musicals How Long Each Performance Will Last I thought I’d try and bring together all the information I can find about the duration of performances for the main West End musicals . I’ll look for length of show plus the name of the musical and possibly theatre to make sure I’ve got the right version , then put this useful data onto the appropriate page on the theatre wiki Why would the length of show be useful Well for a number of reasons I can think . of You