Legally Blonde celebrates Oliver Awards success

Tonight, 13 March 2011, as a further 180,000 tickets are released for sale, Legally Blonde The Musical celebrates at the 2011 Lawrence Olivier Awards winning Best New Musical, with Sheridan Smith collecting the Best Actress in a Musical Award for her critically acclaimed performance as Elle Woods and Jill Halfpenny picking up the award for and Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical.

Christopher Sieber to Join Harvey Fierstein in La Cage Aux Folles

Two-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber will join the cast in the role of Georges in the Tony Award-winning revival of La Cage aux Folles at the Longacre Theatre.

Casting announced for Jerusalem on Broadway

Casting has been announced for the Broadway production of The Royal Court Theatre’s JERUSALEM

2011 Oliver Award nominations announced

The nominations for the 2011 Olivier Awards were announced this morning with LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL, CLYBOURNE PARK, ALL MY SONS and LA BETE all receiving nominations.

La Cage Aux Folles welcomes Tony Award-Winner Wilson Jermaine Heredia

Wilson Jermaine Heredia, one of the original stars of Rent and the 1996 Tony Award-winner for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, will join the cast of the Tony Award-winning revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street).

Jeffrey Tambor to star opposite Harvey Fierstein in La Cage Aux Folles

Six-time Emmy Award nominee Jeffrey Tambor (“Arrested Development,” “The Larry Sanders Show”) will make his Broadway musical debut as Georges opposite four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein as Albin in the Tony Award-winning revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES.

David Tennant and Catherine Tate to star in Shakespeare's Much About Ado About Nothing

David Tennant and Catherine Tate are to appear together on stage for the first time in a new production of William Shakespeare’s timeless comedy Much Ado About Nothing directed by Josie Rourke.

Tom Stoppard's Arcadia to play on Broadway

ARCADIA, Tom Stoppard’s “dazzling masterpiece, a piece of theatrical heaven” (The Daily Telegraph), will return to New York this spring for a limited engagement in an acclaimed new production directed by five-time Tony Award nominee David Leveaux.

Time Out's editors reveal their picks of the most influential people of 2011

A woman in a man’s world, Sonia Friedman nevertheless has more courage than any other British commercial producer.

Mark Rylance to star on Broadway in Jerusalem

Tony and Olivier Award winning star Mark Rylance (La Bête, Boeing-Boeing) will recreate his wildly acclaimed, multi award-winning performance as Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron on Broadway in the Royal Court Theatre production of Jez Butterworth’s universally heralded new play, JERUSALEM.