November 07, 2009

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"Thank Heaven You're Here": Grey Gardens Premieres in Japan
07 Nov 2009
The Tony-nominated musical Grey Gardens makes its international debut in a Japanese-language production at Tokyo's Theatre Creation beginning Nov. 7.

Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton Expected to Star in Sweeney Todd at U.K's Chichester Festival Theatre
06 Nov 2009
Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton are set to star in a new production of Sondheim's 1979 Broadway musical Sweeney Todd, that will open at Chichester Festival Theatre in the 2011 summer season, ahead of a projected West End transfer.


Manville, Head and Abili to Appear in London's New Six Degrees of Separation
06 Nov 2009 -- Lesley Manville, Anthony Head and recent RADA gardaute Obi Abili are to lead the cast of the Old Vic's new production of John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation, under the direction of David Grindley.

The Fantasticks, Staged by Japanese Director Amon Miyamato, to Play West End
06 Nov 2009 -- Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's 1960 musical The Fantasticks, whose original Off-Broadway production ran for some 42 years and became the world's longest-running musical, is to receive a new West End outing in 2010.

Jonathan Pryce to Transfer to Wet End in Liverpool Production of Pinter's The Caretaker (06 Nov 2009)

Fiona Shaw to Reprise T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land at London's Wilton's Music Hall (05 Nov 2009)

National Theatre Wales Announces First Year's Work, Including "Lost" Osborne Play and Michael Sheen Passion Play (05 Nov 2009)

An Inspector Calls to Call Again at West End Wyndham's Theatre (04 Nov 2009)

Pascal, Ellis and Quast Will Be in Night of 1000 Voices Sondheim Tribute in London (04 Nov 2009)

Prick Up Your Ears Posts Early Closing Notice in West End (03 Nov 2009)

U.K's Empty Space Peter Brook Awards Honor Edinburgh's Forest Fringe and London's Cock Tavern (03 Nov 2009)

Britain's Ambassador Theatre Group Purchases Live Nation's 16 U.K Theatres, Including West End Houses (03 Nov 2009)

West End Production of The Shawkshank Redemption to Shutter Nov. 29 (03 Nov 2009)

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