Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda will return to Broadway after a 46-year absence to perform in 33 Variations.

Fonda will play modern-day musicologist Katherine Brandt who sets out to discover the reason for Beethoven’s fascination with a trivial waltz.
"I am very excited about being in Moises’ new play. I can’t wait to get back on stage with […]

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Sir Ian McKellen is to tread the boards next year with X-Men co-star Patrick Stewart in a new staging of Samuel Beckett’s 1955 play Waiting for Godot.

 
The production, which will be directed by Sean Mathias, will tour the UK before opening in London in April at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
Stewart will play the tramp Vladimir, […]

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Hollywood actress Katie Holmes’ Broadway performance has received mixed reviews after she made her debut in New York’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

The actress wife of Tom Cruise plays Ann Deever in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons which also stars Dianne Wiest, John Lithgow and Patrick Wilson.
The New York Times’ Ben Brantley said: "The show left me […]

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Plans to transfer Take That musical Never Forget to a smaller West End venue have been scrapped, after a reported dispute over downsizing.

The reformed Take That were not involved with the show.
The Stage newspaper claimed the cast was unhappy about changes to the show and potential pay cuts. A spokeswoman for the production refused to […]

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Kenneth Branagh has received rave reviews for his performance in a new staging of Chekhov’s early play Ivanov in London’s West End.

The actor won a thunderous ovation on Wednesday from a first-night audience that included Dame Judi Dench and comedian Ben Elton.
"Performance of the year? Without a doubt," writes the Daily Mail’s Quentin Letts. "He […]

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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - To write about the top of this week’s sales charts, only the first two letters of the alphabet are necessary, because thanks to the film "Mamma Mia!," everything’s ABBA.

Cast and members of Abba appear together at the premiere of the motion picture version of the musical ‘Mamma Mia’ in Stockholm July […]

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Britain’s Got Talent winner George Sampson has signed up to make his West End stage debut in a hip-hop musical.

The 14-year-old from Warrington will appear in street dance show Into The Hoods at the Novello Theatre from 4 August for a four-week stint.
"The show is funky and young and I love the music in it. […]

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