I am a diehard fan of plays and musicals. I remember lining up at half-off ticket booths in the morning to score the best tickets for shows, and then running from one theater to another all in a day around West End and Broadway.
A hit. A very palpable hit. So says a character in the new West End production “Shakespeare in Love,” quoting “Hamlet.” And so say most London critics about the stage version of the Tudor-set rom-com that charmed its way to seven Academy Awards in 1998.
Twenty-three years on Broadway and 12 years at the West End has done nothing to exhaust the original chaotic allure and energetic charisma of “Stomp.”
We Will Rock You” won’t be rocking in London much longer. The long-running musical set to the songs of rock band Queen will close May 31, after 12 years and 4,600 performances in London’s West End.
Ballet Manila’s long-running “Ballet & Ballads,” with its unique fusion of dance and song numbers, has always been a crowd-pleaser.
Seventeen-year-old Filipino-American Eva Noblezada has been cast to portray the titular character Kim for the upcoming West End revival of “Miss Saigon,” reports The Daily Mail.
Andrew Lloyd Webber says London’s Olympic Games will force most of the capital’s theaters to close for the summer.
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