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Dateline:
14th November, 2004
Primo to Move
to Hampstead
Antony Sher's one-man play, Primo,
which sold out at the National Theatre's Cottesloe, is to transfer to
the Hampstead Theatre in the new year, where it will run from 23rd February
to 19th March.
McGregor Confirmed
for Guys and Dolls
It has been confirmed that Ewan McGregor will play Sky Masterson in
Michael Grandage's forthcomning production of Guys and Dolls.
According to the producers, Megan Mullally (Will and Grace) is
also keen to appear in the show, but scheduling conflicts have to be
resolved before she can commit herself.
The production, which is expected to cost £3m, will be at the
Piccadilly and will go into rehearsal in April next year. The first
preview should be in late May, possibly 23rd.
ENO Does Bernstein
English National Opera is to produce Leonard Bernstein's On the Town
next year, running from 5th March until 19th April. The cast will be
made up of opera singers and music theatre stars. Adam Garcia (Saturday
Night Fever) will play Chip and Caroline O’Connor (Chicago,
Bombshells) Hildy. Also in the cast will be opera singer Willard
White.
The production will be directed by Jude Kelly and the choreographer
will be Stephen Mear.
£5m Advance for
Mamma Mia!
The Edinburgh Playhouse has taken over £5m in advance bookings
for the run of Abba musical Mamma Mia!, which opens on Tuesday
16th November. This is the largest advance ever for any show at the
theatre, including for the 1995 nine month run of Phantom of the
Opera. Mamma Mia! runs for eleven weeks.
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original cast of Acorn Antiques - BBC photograph |
Acorn Antiques
on Stage
Trevor Nunn is to direct Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques, a spin-off
from her TV series As Seen on TV, in the West End next year.
The cast will include Julie Walters, Celia Imrie and Duncan Preston
(who all starred in the TV version) and Sally Anne Triplett. Although,
according to the Daily Mail, rehearsals are due to start next month,
no theatre has yet been named.
The show will feature musical numbers.
C'est Barbican!
Returns
The Olivier-winning X-rated cabaret show C'est Barbican! returns
to the Barbican from 14th December to 9th January. In the show, the
audience, seated at tables, choose from a menu of some thirty acts what
they want to see. The fare, says the company Duckie, ranges “from
the suggestive to the transgressive to the downright offensive”.
Hancock Returns to
the West End
Sheila Hancock, widow of John Thaw, returns to the West End next year
in the Liverpool Playhouse production of The Anniversary which
opens at the Garrick on 26th January (previews from 20th). In the first
production of Bill McIllwraith's play in 1966 she played the daughter-in-law:
in this production she plays the mother-in-law from hell. This production
ran at the Playhouse from 10th September to 2nd October this year.
The play is directed by Denis Lawson and, in addition to Hancock, the
cast features Rosie Cavaliero, Liam Garrigan, Sheila Hancock, Tony Maudsley,
Mark Womack and Madeleine Worrall.
Record Pay Packet for
Lane
According to an interview in the Mail on Sunday, Nathan Lane is earning
£38,000 a week for his performance in The Producers. This
means that, by the time his contract comes to an end (early January),
he will have earned around half a million pounds, a record, it is thought,
for a West End show, although Michael Ball and Elaine Page are thought
to have come close.
Extending
The Old Vic's pantomime Aladdin has extended - by one day! The
show, which stars Ian McKellen as Widow Twankey, has added two extra
performances on Sunday 23rd January.
Also extending are:
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Gielgud) to 22nd January,
2005
- The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty's) to 29th October,
2005
- Les Miserables (Queen's), also to 29th October
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