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Lily Allen announces UK theatre tour for her West End Girl album

The British pop star will perform her headline-grabbing fifth album from front to back in a run of dates next March

The Guardian - UK

Broadway's biggest theatre group takes 50% stake in huge new Olympia playhouse

Shubert Organization previously ran the West End’s Waldorf Theatre from 1905 to 1909

Evening Standard

Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt to star in West End staging of The Last Five Years

The production, marking 25 years of the musical, will be staged at the London Palladium, where Zegler recently performed in Evita.

Evening Standard

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Rachel Zegler wants to perform Evita on Broadway

Rachel Zegler hopes to get the chance to perform Evita on Broadway after earning widespread acclaim for her portrayal of Eva Peron in the West End revival of the musical earlier this year.

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Lily Allen announces first new album in seven years: ‘I’m nervous’

‘West End Girl’ will detail the singer’s relocation to New York with now ex-husband David Harbour

The Independent UK

Rachel Zegler to perform Evita classic on Strictly Come Dancing

The Snow White actress will bring her acclaimed West End portrayal of Eva Perón to the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom later this month

Evening Standard

Phantom of the Opera Star Ben Lewis Dies Aged 46: Tributes Flow for 'One of the Greats' of Musical Theatre

Musical theatre star Ben Lewis dies aged 46. Remembered for his iconic roles in Phantom of the Opera and Love Never Dies across Australia and West End.

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Les Miserables at 40: from flop to phenomenon, why the West End’s longest-running musical endures

Once dismissed as ‘Victor Hugo on the garbage dump,’ Les Mis is now the world’s longest-running musical. As it marks 40 years with a sold-out gala, Alfie Boe and the cast reflect on its appeal beyond the barricades

Evening Standard

The Weir at the Harold Pinter Theatre review: Brendan Gleeson's West End debut is a delight

4/5 Conor McPhearson directs this revival of his 1997 play that proves a splendid vehicle for Gleeson’s debut at the tender age of 70

Evening Standard

Alicia Vikander rehearsed with 'AI Andrew Lincoln' before West End debut

The Ex Machina star admitted she used an AI version of her co-star to prepare for her role in The Lady from the Sea

Evening Standard

Steven Spielberg Showed Up To Support Rachel Zegler In The West End (And I Can't Imagine What It Would Be Like To Have The Director In Your Corner)

What a rainbow high of an evening.

Cinemablend

Please take your seats, the carnage is about to begin: what will Quentin Tarantino’s West End debut look like?

The director has announced he’s turning to theatre, and mounting a play in London soon. The matinee coach parties may need to brace themselves

The Guardian - UK

Moment prolific thieves are caught as Met Police vow West End crime crackdown

Extra 80 officers join team focusing on hotspots around Oxford Circus and Regent Street

Evening Standard

Cameron Mackintosh in tribute to ‘wry, generous and utterly original’ Tom Lehrer

The West End impresario said US song satirist Lehrer, who has died aged 97, ‘was a very special kind of genius’.

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The Guardian - UK

Judy Loe obituary

Actor who started in the West End in Hair, and went on to TV dramas including Casualty, Holby City and Inspector Morse

Evening Standard

Fleur East on stepping into Tina Turner’s shoes in the West End: ‘It’s an honour and a responsibility’

EXCLUSIVE: The London-born star says portraying the What’s Love Got To Do With It hit-maker, who overcame a traumatic past to become one of the greatest performers of all time, has given her a renewed sense of purpose

Latin Times

Andrew Lloyd Webber Hails Rachel Zegler‑Led EVITA as the "Best Performed" Version Yet

Jamie Lloyd's bold new West End revival of Evita at the London Palladium has been met with glowing acclaim and not least from its legendary composer. In a video shared on the production's social media, Andrew Lloyd Webber greeted the cast after a performance and proclaimed it "the best performed…

Evening Standard

Strictly’s Johannes Radebe to make West End debut as Kinky Boots’ drag queen

The South African dancer will play drag queen Lola in the award-winning musical at London Coliseum next year.

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The Independent UK

‘It’s Frozen times 10’: Disney’s Hercules musical goes from zero to hero on the West End

IN FOCUS: As Disney prepares to launch its next juggernaut musical, Isobel Lewis speaks to the creatives and cast about the herculean task of translating the Greek myth cartoon to the stage – and why being faithful to the source material isn’t always the way to go

Evening Standard

Rachel Zegler’s West End Evita performance sparks criticism as fans fall ill in soaring heat

Around 200 fans gathered outside the West End venue in 30C heat, with emergency services reportedly called just minutes before Zegler’s big performance

Evening Standard

West End passersby see Rachel Zegler sing Don’t Cry For Me Argentina on balcony

The actress plays Eva Peron in Jamie Lloyd’s new production of hit musical Evita at the London Palladium.

The Guardian - UK

Paying Evita audience upset as Don’t Cry delivered offstage to West End passersby for free

Paying audiences divided over staging in which they get video feed of Rachel Zegler singing on balcony to passersby

Evening Standard

Rachel Zegler’s bold Evita move divides West End theatre fans

One of the musical’s most iconic scenes has been given an unconventional twist, outraging some audience members

Evening Standard

West End star Elaine Paige ‘astonished’ to be given Damehood

She became an overnight star in the 1970s with her portrayal of Eva Peron in Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical Evita.

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Bob Geldof blasts 'sociopathic loser' Elon Musk in fiery rant at Live Aid musical

Bob Geldof didn't hold back as he branded Elon Musk a "prime w*****" at the opening night of Just For One Day: The Live Aid Musical on London's West End.

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