UK Live Entertainment News - Rumour
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Is An Austin Powers Musical in Development?
Comedy legend Mike Myers is said to be in talks about creating a new Broadway musical based around his legendary buck-toothed secret agent Austin Powers Myers has already agreed to write and star in a fourth big screen instalment of the hugely successful film franchise global takings of over m ...
A Fish Called Wanda the Musical Moves Closer
A musical adaptation of the hit crime-comedy film A Fish Called Wanda has moved closer to production with John Cleese revealing that he has done a deal for the rights with MGM and will be meeting a producer in New York in December after years of wrangling with the Hollywood ...
Shakespeare in Love Coming to the Stage?
The Oscar-winning film Shakespeare in Love is being developed for the stage according to reports in the entertainment industry bible Variety Disney Theatrical the company behind the hit West End adaptations of The Lion King and Mary Poppins is undertaking the project whilst playwright Tom Stoppard is rumoured to be ...
Demon Barber Tipped for West End Transfer
The Chichester Festival Theatre production of Sweeney Todd has been tipped for a West End transfer next year The production which officially opens tonight at the Sussex venue features an all-star cast that includes Michael Ball as the fabled Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Imelda Staunton as the bloodthirsty ...
Rowan Atkinson in Simon Gray Revival
Rowan Atkinson will return to the West End in in a revival of Simon Gray’s black comedy Quartermaine’s Terms according to an article by Charles Spencer in the Telegraph Atkinson was last seen on stage playing ‘Fagin’ in Oliver at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane Paul McGann Amanda Drew and ...
Novello Going Crazy after Betty Blue Eyes?
Timothy Sheader’s Open Air Theatre production of Crazy for You is rumoured to be moving to the Novello Theatre in October following the announcement that Betty Blue Eyes will close at the end of September after disappointing ticket sales The Regent's Park show has picked up several four and five ...
The King’s Speech to be heard in West End?
Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech seems set to be adapted for the stage and could open in the West End as early as March next year according to theatre industry rumours The movie which picked up four Academy Awards in including Best Picture starred Colin Firth as King George VI ...
Will Lloyd Webber Sell the Palace Theatre?
The sale of the Palace Theatre by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group may happen in the future according to reports from The Stage The venue currently home to Priscilla Queen of the Desert was one of the theatres which were subject to a takeover bid from a consortium led ...
Beatles Play Aiming for West End Premiere?
Backbeat the screen-to-stage adaptation of the film about the early years of The Beatles in Hamburg could be seeking a West End premiere later this year according to rumours from WhatsonStage The play was first seen at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre in February where it was co-directed by Iain Softley ...
Singin’ in the Rain Seeks West End Shelter?
The Chichester Festival Theatre production of Singin’ in the Rain is the latest show from the influential Sussex venue to be tipped for a West End transfer later this year The story closely follows the plot of the movie that starred Gene Kelly as ‘Don Lockwood’ - a leading silent ...
