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Christmas Day On Broadway

Douglas Mayo25th February 201625th December 2014 Broadway, News, West End

As we settle into our Christmas Day schedules with family here in the UK, spare a thought for our Broadway counterparts, many of whom are performing in shows today. A massive 17 Broadway shows will perform today (Thursday 25th December) many at 7pm or 8pm, including Cinderella, Disgraced, Honeymoon in Vegas, Jersey Boys, Kinky Boots, Les Miserables, On the Town, Side Show, Beautiful, Chicago, The Elephant Man, Matilda, Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of the Opera, Pippin, Rock of Ages, Wicked and Motown. Last year in the holiday season over 1 million people saw a Broadway show grossing $113.5 million according to the Broadway League. Here at Britishtheatre.com we’d like to know if you would go to a show in the West End if they were open today? Is Christmas Day one day of the year which should be sacred when it comes to staying closed or is there an audience … Read more

REVIEW: Les Miserables, Queens Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Stephen Collins13th April 201617th December 2014 Reviews, West End

Les Miserables. One Day More at London's Queens Theatre

If you have never seen Les Miserables, this is a good year to see it; if you have seen it, this cast provides fresh approaches and interesting nuance to scenes you think you know very well and characters you think can no longer surprise you.

REVIEW: Les Miserables, Imperial Theatre ✭✭

Stephen Collins16th September 201517th April 2014 Broadway

Les Miserables revived on Broadway in 2014

Reimagining great productions is de rigour on the great musical stages of the world. Sometimes, the reimagining can surpass the original vision. This is not such a case.

Cameron Mackintosh becomes first British producer inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame

Douglas Mayo25th February 201629th January 2014 News

Cameron Mackintosh was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in a ceremony at New York’s Gerhswin Theatre on January 27, 2014

Joseph to hit the silver screen

Editorial Staff11th July 201429th January 2014 News

Joseph and his amazing technicolor dreamcoat

Following the success of the movie musical Les Miserables, Andrew Lloyd Webber has confirmed that plans are afoot for a screen adaptation of his musical Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. In an interview on the BBC’s One Show, Lloyd Webber confirmed that production had already begun. Lloyd Webber was also quick to mention that with the success of Les Miserables, a film version of Cats was “now, for the first time, a real possibility”. Lloyd Webber musicals have already been adapted for the big screen. His musicals Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and The Phantom Of The Opera have enjoyed success with others including Sunset Boulevard awaiting a screen adaptation.

REVIEW: Patti LuPone, Leicester Square Theatre, ✭✭✭✭✭

Editorial Staff6th February 201618th June 2013 Off West End, Reviews

If ecstasy were a fragrance the air would be rich with it, seeping from the overjoyed auditorium