It’s finally official, Finding Neverland will open in the West End during summer next year. However, this is not the first time that fans have gotten excited at such an announcement. Gary Barlow recently revealed in a podcast interview that the show is currently expected to open on the West End in “summer 2025”. Will fans finally see the show come to London’s theatre district?
This year, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry have announced the Tony Award nominations! These two have quickly become household names within theatre communities worldwide. Globally known for multiple roles, it’s no question why they were chosen to present this year’s nominations. The Tony Award is Broadway’s biggest honour to achieve and there are several stellar nominees in the mix who are up for the award.
After Chita Rivera passed away earlier this year on 30th of January, a petition for renaming a broadway theatre after her has surfaced. The Broadway actress had recently celebrated her 91st birthday when she passed, and was a true Broadway legend during her career. She has long inspired other Latin Americans to pursue dreams of Broadway careers in theatre and if the petition is successful she could very well add another first to her list of accomplishments.
Welcome to the European theatrical stage, Disney’s Hercules! The latest stage adaptation for Disney’s 1997 animated film has officially opened in Hamburg, Germany as of 24 March. After having a first look, it’s great to see so much of the original score has been kept and a great cast has been chosen for their adopted roles.
178 Off-Broadway theatre workers join IATSE in massive majority ‘Yes’ vote. This is a historic movement for all involved in the industry and could inspire other Off-Broadway theatre workers to similarly join in. With the results being announced just a mere few days after Off-Broadway’s show Titaníque, this could potentially be the start of a massive movement for all Off-Broadway workers.
After a successful run in Chicago, BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical is set to make its premiere on Broadway early next year. Although exact dates and venue have yet to be announced, after several closures on Broadway late last year, there is no shortage of where the musical could appear.
Elton John achieves EGOT status after being the recipient of an Emmy Award for Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium. This achievement was greatly deserved as Elton John has had a lengthy career since his debut album back in 1969 (later released in the U.S. in early 1975). He was one of the first openly gay artists and gave a voice to the LGBTQ+ community. Although he claims he has retired from touring, the artist still does the occasional show and is rumoured to be working on a new album.
Some of the best known musicals coming to the UK in 2024 are new and returning fan favourites. A portion of these musicals are transfers from Broadway in New York but there are a few that will be making their world premiere with their sights set high.
Angelica Ross makes Broadway history as the first trans woman to play a lead role in Chicago, as Roxie Hart. Ross joins a small group who have performed major roles on Broadway as trans actors. Best known for her commercial music releases, and for previous roles in Pose and American Horror Story, 41-year old Angelica […]
Help is on the way, dears! Mrs. Doubtfire The Musical is coming to the UK for a month-long run in Manchester in the autumn of 2022. Fresh from the success of the Broadway production that has taken the US by storm, the world’s favourite nanny is jetting back to her “motherland” to wow audiences across […]
The Entertainment & Performing Arts Industry Conference (EPIC) is an exciting new global event that is going to be held online across 24 hours on January 10, 2022. This event has been created for Arts and entertainment industry professionals as well as people in training or those who are interested in the entertainment industry. The […]
Kneehigh Theatre has sadly announced the news that they are closing, following the pandemic and artistic differences after four decades in business. Kneehigh is a Cornwall based theatre company with a local, national and international profile. For 40 years they created vigorous, popular and challenging theatre and performed with joyful anarchy.
Hamilton star Giles Terera has released the first episode of a brand new podcast titled Hamilton and Us. Terera is best known for his Olivier award-winning role as Aaron Burr, and was accordingly appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to theatre. He announced the exciting news in a post on Twitter on 27th May.
Samuel Edward Wright, best known for his role as Sebastian in the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, has sadly passed away at the age of 74. The actor and singer had been ill with prostate cancer for three years, and died peacefully in his sleep at his home in New York on 24 May 2021.
2018 has been an exciting year from TheatreArtLife! We now have 120 contributors, all live entertainment and theatre professionals working around the globe who write articles for us each month who share their journey, advice, wisdom, and experiences from the industry. We are so grateful for our staff of volunteers who run our website and […]
The 2017-18 Broadway season is officially in the rear view mirror and culminated in the Tony Awards a few weeks ago. Since then I’ve been reflecting on the season and about stage managers. Because stage management is what I think about. And I wondered why there isn’t a Tony Award for the stage manager?
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