[30 April] The producers of Blood Brothers have announced that they have opened a new booking period, with bookings now being taken until 1st March 2008.
Blood Brothers tells the story of two twins who are separated at birth, but whose paths cross again when they are older.
The musical is set in Liverpool and contains the song 'Tell Me It's Not True'.
Blood Brothers is currently booking until 1 March 2008 more...

[23 April] Bill Kenwright is proud to announce that Cabaret, currently playing to at the Lyric Theatre, has extended its run, with booking now extended until 1st March 2008.
Kander and Ebb's remarkable musical turns the pre-war Berlin of 1931 into a dark and sexually charged haven of decadence, its extraordinary and morally ambiguous inhabitants determined to keep up appearances as the real world - the world outside the comfortable sanctuary of the cabaret - prepares for the nightmarish chaos of war. Its stage and screen awards include 8 Oscars, 7 BAFTA's and 13 Tony Awards.
Join the legendary Sally Bowles live at the Kit Kat Klub: "a shimmering masterpiece of a show guaranteed night after night! It's divine decadence darling!"
Cabaret is currently booking until 1 March 2008 more...

[23 April] The fourth booking period of Dirty Dancing, currently playing to packed houses, has gone on sale today.
'That was the summer of 1963, when everyone called me baby and it didn't occur to me to mind...'
Take yourself back to Kellerman's and relive the romance and pure dance energy of the blockbuster film - live on stage.
A spectacular show featuring all of the songs from the best selling movie soundtrack of all time!
Including ' (I've Had) The Time Of My Life', 'Hungry Eyes', 'Hey Baby' and 'She's Like The Wind'.
Experience the passion and excitement that is Dirty Dancing - you'll have the time of your life!
Dirty Dancing is currently booking until 18 October 2008 more...

[10 April] Patricia Hodge will join the cast of Matthew Warchus’ hilarious and critically acclaimed production of Boeing-Boeing, currently playing to packed houses at the Comedy Theatre, in the role of Bertha from 30 April until 23 June.  Of the current cast Roger Allam, Mark Rylance, Daisy Beaumont and Michelle Gomez are expected to continue in their roles until 23 June .  Any further recasting will be announced shortly.
Patricia Hodge was last seen in the West End in Michael Frayn’s classic farce Noises Off.  Her extensive theatre credits include The Clean House at the Crucible, Sheffield, His Dark Materials, Money and Summerfolk all for the National Theatre, Heartbreak House at the Almeida, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in the West End, Noel and Gertie at the Comedy Theatre and Separate Tables at the Albery Theatre.   On television she has starred in Hustle, Sweet Medicine, The Falklands Play, Rich Tea and Sympathy and Rumpole of the Bailey.
Boeing-Boeing is currently booking until 20 October 2007 more...

[6 April] Rosamund Pike and Kenneth Cranham are to star in Peter Gill’s revival of Patrick Hamilton’s melodramatic tale Gaslight, which opens at the Old Vic on June 14, 2007 (previews from June 7) for a limited season until 18th August, 2007.
Although Hamilton (whose other big theatrical hit was Rope) originally wrote this atmospheric, psychological thriller for the stage, it was turned into two films, the most famous version being George Cukor's foggy 1944 picture which had Modest Maggie's Angela Lansbury in her debut screen role plus Bergman, Charles Boyer and Joseph Cotten.
Gaslight is an incredibly powerful story of young Bella (Rosamund Pike), a woman abused and psychologically dominated by her husband. While Jack Manningham is out on the town each evening, his wife, stays at home alone, believing she’s losing her mind. She can’t explain the disappearance of familiar objects, the mysterious footsteps overhead or the ghostly flickering of living room gaslights. However, questions about Jack’s behaviour and true identity are aroused following the unexpected arrival of Detective Rough (Kenneth Cranham) more...

[4 April] Jenny Seagrove and Anthony Andrews are to star in Alan Strachan’s revival of Somerset Maugham’s play The Letter. The production will run at the West End’s Wyndham’s Theatre only for a limited season – from 1st of May to 11th of August, 2007 (previews from 19th April).
Based on an actual crime of passion that caught Maugham’s attention during one of his travels in the Far East , The Letter focuses on Leslie Crosbie (Jenny Seagrove), the wife of a Malaysian rubber planter, who is accused of murdering a local playboy – a crime she claims was carried out in self defence. Utterly convinced of her innocence, her husband hires a family friend Howard Joyce (Antony Andrews) to defend her. However, the eve before the case comes to trial, a mysterious letter comes to light, casting doubt on Leslie's integrity and threatening to cost her everything more...

[2 April] Tickets for ever-popular high-school musical Grease are now on sale. The show is set to premiere on the 8th of August (previews from 25 July 2007), and will mark the culmination of ITV's tie-in talent show 'Grease is the Word', in which a panel of judges formed of David Gest, top theatre producer David Ian and West End star Sinitta will search for unknown performers to take on the lead roles of Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski..
Grease is written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey and directed by David Gilmore. It also contains songs by B Gibb, J Farrar, L St Louis & S Simon more...

[1 April] Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, a humourously musical retelling of the Biblical story of Joseph is coming back to the West End this summer.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat started as a school musical in 1968 and was then expanded into a full stage show. It received its Broadway premiere in 1982 and has been seen in the West End at the London Palladium (now home to The Sound of Music) and most recently in Bill Kenwright’s production, which featured former reality TV star Suzanne Shaw as the narrator and ran at the New London for two-and-a-half years until it closed in September 2005.
Set in Ancient Egypt, this amazingly colourful show tells the story of Joseph, son of Jacob. The favoured son, he is betrayed by his jealous brothers and sold into slavery and driven to Egypt. Though beset with adversity, Joseph perseveres through wit and faith and becomes the governor of Egypt, second only to the Pharaoh. This all the sets the scene for when he meets his brothers who have come to Egypt to purchase food more...