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Watch The Live Hamilton Mixtape Ham4Ham Performance Today

Broadway, Events, Features, Hamilton The Musical, News, Video
Watch the live Ham4Ham Mixtape Performance today

The Hamilton Mixtape, a new album featuring artists from the worlds of rap, pop and R & B, putting their own unique stamp on the songs from Hamilton, is being presented today in a live-streamed concert at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. The Hamilton Mixtape features artists including The Roots, Usher, Kelly Clarkson, Ashanti, John Legend, Andra Day, Dessa and Watsky amongst others is being released tomorrow. Copies can be purchased from Amazon.co.uk. Hamilton broke box-office records this week when it made the most money ever in a single week by a Broadway show, a whopping $3.3 million. Hamilton beat Wicked which held the record at $3.2 million made during a week where it held 9 performances, one more than in a normal performance week. Click on the You Tube link below to Watch the Ham4Ham live stream at approx 6pm GMT. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HAMILTON IN LONDON  

Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins To Star In Carousel

Concerts, News, West End
Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins to star in Carousel

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical Carousel is to be produced at the English National Opera starring Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins as Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan. The production will be presented for 41 performances only from 7 April 2017 to 13 May 2017 at the London Coliseum. Following the success of Sweeney Todd and Sunset Boulevard, this new semi-staged production will be directed by Lonny Price. The production will feature the award-winning ENO 40 piece orchestra and chorus. Fifteen years after getting caught up in an armed robbery and taking his own life, the charming carousel barker Billy Bigelow gets a chance to return to earth and make amends. Discovering that his daughter Louise has grown into a lonely, troubled teenager, haunted by her father’s legacy, Billy vows to restore pride to his family. Carousel features a sumptuous score by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and … Read more

Rufus Hound Hosts Twelve Musical Theatre Stars At Actor’s Church

Concerts, Events, News, West End
Book tickets for Musical Theatre Stars at Christmas

Rufus Hound will host a charitable concert on the Sunday before Christmas (18 December 2016) at The Actor’s Church in Covent Garden featuring an incredible line up of musical theatre stars. The concert will be held in aid of Children with Cancer UK. Rufus Hound will be joined by Ramin Karimloo, Cassidy Janson, Ben Forster, Emma Kingston, Peter Polycarpou, Sandra Marvin, Jordan Shaw, Emmanuel Kojo, Carole Stennett, Norman Bowman, and Chris Johnson. The concert will also feature the Musical Theatre Masterclass Choir – a group of talented students from the London performing arts school, run by Michael Xavier. Michael says: “I am so grateful to these incredible musical theatre stars who are performing in this very special Christmas concert. They are already so busy, starring in hit west end shows like Phantom of the Opera, Murder Ballad, Motown, The Bodyguard, In the Heights, Beautiful and Stepping out. It’s incredibly generous … Read more

Alfie Boe and Michael Ball Score Gold Together

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Michael Ball and Alfie Boe Together Album Review

Two of the world’s greatest voices in the world Alfie Boe and Michael Ball have reached Gold status in only 15 days with their new album Together. Debuting in the UK album charts at Number 2 this month, they look set to score one of the biggest-selling records of 2016. Sitting just behind Little Mix, Bruno Mars and Metallica, this unique coupling of operatic tenor and musical theatre star are still sitting comfortably in the Top 5, whilst undertaking a sell-out tour of the UK. A TV special Ball and Boe: One Night Only will air on December 9, 2016 (the only ITV special this side of Christmas). Michael Ball and Alfie Boe are two of the most cherished performers in the UK. Between them, the two critically-acclaimed artists have achieved accolades and triumphs galore and received a plethora of prestigious awards, record-breaking sales and chart successes. Over his extraordinary … Read more

Half A Sixpence Extends to April 2017

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Half A Sixpence extends its run at the Noel Coward Theatre until April 2017

Following rave reviews for the new production of Half A Sixpence and its incredible leading man Charlie Stemp, producer Cameron Mackintosh announced today that the show would extend its run at the Noel Coward Theatre until 22 April 2017. Read our review for Half A Sixpence. This completely fresh stage adaptation takes David Heneker’s original songs adding a revised book by Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey, School Of Rock), adding new songs from British musical theatre team George Stiles and Anthony Drewe (Mary Poppins, Just So, Betty Blue Eyes). Arthur Kipps, an orphan and over-worked draper’s assistant at the turn of the last century, unexpectedly inherits a fortune that propels him into high society. His childhood companion, Ann Pornick, watches with dismay as Arthur is made over in a new image by the beautiful and classy Helen Walsingham. Both young women undoubtedly love Arthur – but which of them should he … Read more

Alan Menken’s Christmas Carol Comes To Lost Theatre

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Lost Theatre presents A Christmas Carol The Musical

This Christmas LOST Theatre will present a very Broadway take on a classic festive tale as Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol – The Musical, from the Broadway team of Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid), Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical) and Mike Ockrent (Crazy For You, Me and My Girl). Follow Scrooge on his journey with the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future as he searches for the true meaning of Christmas in this classic transfixing journey. Suitable for all the family, this energetic and fun musical is the perfect feel good theatre show. A Christmas Carol – The Musical is co-directed by Mark Magill and Martin John Bristow with musical direction by Randy Smartnick. Cast includes Piers Graham, Katrina Winters, Rebecca Westberry, Jessica Finn, Rachel Dobell, Michal Horowicz and Natalie Morgan. A Christmas Carol – The Musical will be presented at LOST Theatre from 19 – 31 … Read more

Flashdance UK Tour

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Book tickets for Flashdance the musical UK Tour

The Flashdance UK Tour has just been announced by producers for 2017 and tickets are now on sale. Flashdance – The Musical is the inspiring story of Alex, and 18-year-old welder by day and “flashdancer” by night. Alex dreams of training at the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy so that she can become a professional dancer. A romance complicates her ambitions, can Alex harness it to drive her dreams. This classic 80’s musical features the songs Maniac, Manhunt, Gloria, I Love Rock & Roll and the title song Flashdance – What A Feeling that all features in the iconic film. Flashdance – The Musical is based on the Paramount Pictures film with a screenplay by Tom Hedley and Joe Eszerhaus and story by Tom Hedley. Flashdance will star Joanne Clifton as Alex and Ben Adams as Nick until 9 December 2017. Casting for the tour is to be announced.  The Flashdance … Read more