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Dateline:
27th February, 2005
I Love You
in Jermyn Street
Off-Broadway hit, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, is
to play at London's Jermyn Street Theatre from 3rd to 26th March (previews
from 1st). Directed by Phil Willmott, this "Seinfeld set to music"
stars John Payton, Lucy Hunter-James, Mark Hilton and Jo Cook, who play
over sixty parts between them.
For this production, the action of the show has been changed to England.
Schwimmer to Lead in
Some Girls
David Schwimmer, best known for Friends, is the latest US TV
star to make a West End debut. He will star - the only male - in Neil
Labute's Some Girls which runs at the Gielgud from 24th May (previews
from 12th) to 13th August.
A second new Labute play - This Is How It Goes - runs at the
Donmar from 1st June (previews from 26th May) to 9th July. Directed
by Moises Kaufman, it dissects an inter-racial love triangle whilst
questioning our notions of truth. It follows Tim Supple's revival
of David Greig's The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once
Loved in the Former Soviet Union (13th April - 21st May, previews
from 7th April).
Sky Poll for Top Actors
The question as to who are the top British actors and actresses of all
time will always cause controversy. A Sky TV poll has come up with one
answer:
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Actors
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Actresses
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| 1 |
Sean Connery |
1 |
Judi Dench |
| 2 |
Anthony Hopkins |
2 |
Julie Walters |
| 3 |
Alec Guinness |
3 |
Elizabeth Taylor |
| 4 |
Michael Caine |
4 |
Helen Mirren |
| 5= |
Laurence Olivier |
5 |
Julie Andrews |
| 5= |
Richard Burton |
6 |
Maggie Smith |
| 7 |
Cary Grant
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7= |
Thora Hird |
| 8 |
John Mills |
7= |
Vanessa Redgrave |
| 9 |
Richard Attenborough |
9 |
Kate Winslet |
| 10 |
Peter Sellers |
10 |
Emma Thompson |
Harry and Sally to
Tour
In April Bromley's Churchill Theatre will be the starting point for a
national tour of When Harry Met Sally. The production, which opens
on 6th April, stars Johnny Wrather (Coronation Street) and Gaby
Roslin.
After Bromley it goes on to Richmond, Salford, Bath, Westcliff, Bradford,
Cambridge, Reading, Woking, Norwich, Glasgow, Brighton, Malvern, Canterbury
and Newcastle, ending on 30th July.
Millie Goes on Tour
The West End production of Thoroughly Modern Millie is to tour
from March, also starting at the Churchill in Bromley (8th March). Donna
Steele, who was Amanda Holden's understudy in the West End, plays Millie,
whilst Mrs Meers will be played by Lesley Joseph in England and Wales
and Elaine C Smith in Scotland.
The tour, which ends on 12th November, takes in Milton Keynes, Birmingham,
Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Stoke-on-Trent, Woking, Wolverhampton,
Edinburgh, Cardiff, Plymouth, Liverpool, Bristol, Southampton, Norwich,
Wimbledon and Nottingham.
The Big Life
Extends
Ska musical The Big Life, the biggest hit in recent years at
the Theatre Royal Stratford East, has extended by one week to 12th March.
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