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2010 Olivier Award Nominations and Winners
The West End's Olivier Awards nominations are out and lots of trans-Pacific transfers are on the list, including the Broadway transfer of Spring Awakening, now on the West End, and the West-End transfers of A Little Night Music and Billy Elliot, now on Broadway. The official awards ceremony took place on March 21. Here are…
Continue reading ➞ 2010 Olivier Award Nominations and Winners
A Big Broadway News Roundup
Next to Normal Looking to Launch a National Tour [picapp align="none" wrap="false" link="term=Next+to+Normal&iid=4959751" src="f/b/a/b/63rd_Annual_Tony_c2b6.jpg?adImageId=9327539&imageId=4959751" width="234" height="180" /] Brian Yorkey, the book writer and lyricist for Broadway's Next to Normal, told Playbill.com, "A tour is in the works. David Stone's at work putting it together. I think it will launch later this year, in the fall…
Two new Billys for Broadway
Billy Elliot The Musical will welcome two new boys into the rotation of the title role! The lucky two are Dayton Tavare, who played Billy in Sydney and Melbourne, and Liam Redhead, straight out of Canada’s National Ballet School. Both boys were chosen from more than 1, 500 who auditioned for the role. They will…
A round-up of the latest casting changes
David Bologna leaves Billy Elliot David Bologna, whose performance as Michael earned him a nomination for a Tony Award in Billy Elliot the Musical, plays his final performance on Sept. 27. Laura Michelle Kelly and Christian Borle join the cast Mary Poppins Laura Michelle Kelly, who originated the title role in Mary Poppins on the West…
Soon starring actors “stolen” from other Broadway shows, the west end and the silver screen
It's common for actors to drop out and rotate around as new things start up, but there's an awful lot of moving around right now. Below is a consolidation of where Broadway is now "stealing" its talent from: Stolen from other Broadway shows Actors Savannah Wise and Wesley Taylor are leaving Rock of Ages on…
Casting changes for Billy Elliot on Broadway
Alex Ko will step into the title character in Broadway's Billy Elliot as Kiril Kulish departs the show in early October. He will join David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Tommy Batchelor in the Billy rotation beginning the week of Oct. 5. Also leaving the production are Haydn Gwynne, the current Mrs. Wilkinson, and David Bologna,…
Continue reading ➞ Casting changes for Billy Elliot on Broadway
Casting changes for Shrek, Rock of Ages, Burn the Floor, Wicked, Chicago and Billy Elliot
There have been lots of casting changes announced in recent weeks, so rather than making you read multiple entries, I thought I would do a lovely roundup of all of them for you! STARTING AUGUST 17 Rock of Ages Don Stephenson (The Producers, Dracula, By Jeeves, Titanic, Private Lives, Parade, Wonderful Town) temporarily steps in…
Harada, Larsen, McClure, Thomas, Chase, Harris, Bareett & Ryan join Broadway casts; Epstein a national tour
July marked a whole lot of casting changes for Broadway and touring productions. Here are some of the biggest changes: Original and Touring Stars Head to Broadway for the End of the Avenue Q Run Ann Harada (9 to 5), who created the character of Christmas Eve in the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q, returned…
Casting Changes on Broadway; Tour News
On Broadway: Six Feet Under's Justina Machado will takeover the role of Daniela in Broadway's In the Heights. Chelsea Morgan Stock is now playing Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid. Will Chase (Rent, Aida, The Full Monty, Miss Saigon) to Join Cast of Tony-Winning Billy Elliot as Tony, Billy's older brother. On Tour: Guys and…
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