‘Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage’

There can’t be more than a handful of females in the civilized world over the age of, oh, say twelve, and under 112 who haven’t felt the impact of ‘Dirty Dancing’.  The same is probably true of quite a few males who won’t admit it.  The low-budget film, released in 1987 and starring Patrick Swayze and [...]

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Keira Knightley scores in the West End

The 25-year-old, British actress, Keira Knightley has received good reviews as she has come back to the West End once more. One review said that she has finally earned her respect among the theatrical community.

When she finished her performance at London’s Comedy Theatre, it could be seen that Gurinder Chadha, director for Bend It Like Beckham, [...]

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Robbie Williams’ the musical

Word is out that Robbie Williams’ life will be made into a musical. The Sun reports that Take That singer discussed with Sally Greene, Old Vic Theatre’s owner, the usage of Williams’ songs as a way to show Robbie’s difficult struggle. Williams gave the approval for a show at the West End.

“He’s excited about the musical [...]

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Hollywood needs the West End for ‘respect’

You can often find stars from Hollywood poking their faces in at the West End, especially when they are tired of the movie scene and need some fresh air or they want to reconnect with their classical training.

Jude Law performed as Hamlet in 2009. In 2007, Josh Harnett played at the Apollo theatre in Rain Man [...]

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Nicki Minaj Tweets the world her flight times

While celebrities in general experience the mass of cameras and enthusiastic fans seeing them off on their next flight, many of them prefer to miss out on it by dashing into their car and vanishing to the stronghold of their homes.

Nicki Minaj, though, prefers to take in the excitement of the situation. That should come as [...]

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Spiderman’s endless problems on Broadway

Arachne the spider goddess is leaving Spiderman, according to the latest reports.  Natalie Mendoza, the actress who has been playing arch-villain Arachne in the accident-prone Broadway production of ‘Spider-Man:  Turn Off the Dark’, is said to be leaving the show, but there is no confirmation or other information as to the reason.

The role requires Natalie as [...]

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Flashdance The Musical fizzles out

“Flashdance The Musical” will end its current performances on 15 January, it has been reported.  Anyone who has tickets scheduled for performances thereafter should notify the box office for refunds.  “Flashdance The Musical” has been on the Shaftesbury Theatre stage since 25 September 2010.

The production will be ending, unfortunately, ahead of schedule.

The musical stage production was [...]

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Lost star Matthew Fox makes a West End date

The very popular Matthew Fox (Doctor Jack Sheppard in Lost) will be coming to old London town next year to act in a play by Neil LaBute. He will be playing in the role of estranged brother to actress Olivia Williams.  In the story, the two are brought together on a rainy evening to collect items [...]

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Ellen Burstyn’s West End début

Ellen Burstyn will make her first ever London stage appearance opposite an all-star cast next year in the play, “The Children’s Hour.”

The 78-year old actress will act the role of a grandmother of one of the pupil’s in the 1934 play by Lillian Hellmann.  Kieran Knightly and Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) portray two teachers accused of [...]

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Elton John retires from song writing, but will still tour

Elton John is admitting that he is no longer capable of writing pop songs.  He says that he cannot compete with young stars for chart position any longer.  He suggests that at his age, 63, he isn’t going to be writing anything new for MTV or VH1.

He says that he is not going to try and [...]

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