"accomplice of barber/serial killer Sweeney Todd; in some versions, she is also his lover. She makes and sells meat pies made from Todd's victims. Usually, Mrs. Lovett is depicted as a childless widow, although in some depictions (but very rarely) Mr. Albert Lovett is shown. Before she goes into business with Todd, she is on the verge of poverty, with her premises being filthy and infested with vermin. In the musical, she laments her pies are the worst ones in London. While she feels no remorse about killing people and serving them as pies, she is sometimes shown to have"
"Plague! The Musical Plague! The Musical is a musical with book, music and lyrics by David Massingham and Matthew Townend. It is a dark comedy based loosely on the events of the Great Plague of London in 1665-1666. Plague premiered in 2008 at The Questors Theatre in Ealing, London before transferring to C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it was named a 2008 sell out show. A new production was performed at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was again performed at C venues with London previews at Upstairs at The Gatehouse. It is 1665 and Clive Hucklefish"
"the most successful musicals in the history of London’s West End, such as ""The Phantom of the Opera"", ""Les Misérables"", ""Cats"", ""Chicago"", ""Evita"", ""Jesus Christ Superstar"", ""Mamma Mia!"", ""Miss Saigon"", ""West Side Story"" and ""Wicked!"", presented songs from the aforementioned musicals. The four leading stars in Singapore were Mike Sterling, Shona Lindsay, Tom Solomon and Jayne O’Mahony. In Kuala Lumpour and Jakarta, Jayne O’Mahony were replaced by Yildz Hussein. In November 2016, the British Theatre Playhouse collaborated with Worldwide Entertainment in order to present in Singapore Let’s Dance – Paul Roberts Sings David Bowie. The show opened in Cé La"
"Sound of Music"" was featured on an episode of ABC News' 20/20. The school's production of ""Jekyll & Hyde"" earned a 2016 top high school musical theatre program award from the American High School Theatre Festival and an invitation to perform ""Les Miserables"" at the 2017 Fringe Festival in London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2017, the school earned a second top theatre program award for its productions of ""Les Miserables"" and ""Funny Girl."" In 2018, the school premiered the nation's first high school production of Disney's Newsies (the musical). Other recent stage productions have included: The King's Academy offers"
"biscuits, and to control the idea of biscuits,' it prohibits decadent sweetmeats, such as the Gypsy Cream.' The musical was performed at the Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, and at the 1999 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was revived in 2005 at the Sallis Benney, Brighton, and was revived and it's still being played at Brighton's ""The Lantern Theatre"" since November 2017. The show is also featured on tour at various other locations through-out the United Kingdom. Reeve provided cartoons for many books including those in the ""Horrible Histories"" and the ""Murderous Maths"" series and wrote the Buster"
"so, then you are a criminal! In post-war London, the Ministry of Biscuits casts its sinister shadow over every tea-time and elevenses in the land. Established to 'control biscuits, and to control the idea of biscuits,' it prohibits a decadent sweetmeats, such as the Gypsy Cream.' The musical was first performed at the Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, followed by a national tour including a visit to the 1999 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was revived in 2005 at the Sallis Benney, Brighton. and again in November–December 2017. In 2001, Neary teamed up with fellow Brighton character comedian, Graham Darg, to create ""Sean"
"Black"" is the second longest running stage play. Written by Catherine Johnson, ""Mamma Mia!"" is the West End's longest running jukebox musical. Richard O'Brien's 1973 West End musical ""The Rocky Horror Show"" has been ranked among the ""Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"". Peter Shaffer's 1979 play ""Amadeus"" premiered at the National Theatre. Elton John composed the music for ""The Lion King"" (lyrics by Rice) and ""Billy Elliot the Musical"", with both running for over a decade on the West End. Eric Idle's ""Monty Python's Spamalot"" made its West End debut in 2006. ""Matilda the Musical"" (an adaptation of Roald Dahl's"
"but failed to win any. The previous record for nominations without a win was eleven, held by ""Steel Pier"" and the original production of ""Chicago"", both also by Kander and Ebb. The musical's twelve nominations were second only to ""The Book of Mormon"", which garnered fourteen nominations that year. Nevertheless, ""The Scottsboro Boys"" played in US regional theatres in 2012 and moved to London in 2013, where, after a sell-out production at the Young Vic, it moved to the West End in 2014. As she is waiting for a bus, a lady lifts a corner of a cake box she's"
"with the casting or Harold Prince's production and the show was subsequently revised for a London staging directed by Gale Edwards. The production included the Boyzone number-one hit ""No Matter What"", which only left the UK charts when the price of the CD single was changed to drop it out of the official top ten. His ""The Beautiful Game"" opened in London and has never been seen on Broadway. The show had a respectable run at The Cambridge Theatre in London. The show has been re-worked into a new musical, ""The Boys in the Photograph"", which had its world première"
"in London at Southbank Centre. The one night only production was the first to have a child ensemble playing its array of schoolgirls. Amanda Abbington played Miss Minchin and Danny Mac as Captain Crewe. The performing rights to the musical are available from Musical Theatre International. ""Note: taken from Music Theatre International's website"" Sara Crewe is in trouble from the outset. She has been sent to her room without supper for coming to the table barefoot. Becky, a young maid about the same age, smuggles a muffin upstairs to Sara, and peppers her with questions about what life was like"
"were varied. On March 20, 2018 on the popular American quiz show, ""Jeopardy!"", the host Alex Trebek supplied the statement: """"Bumblescratch"", set in 1665-1666 London starts with a plague and ends with this other disaster."" to which the contestant correctly posited, ""What is the Great Fire of London?"" Bumblescratch Bumblescratch is an original sung-through musical with book, music and lyrics by Robert J. Sherman. The musical premiered at the Adelphi Theatre in London on 4 September 2016 as a one night, celebrity gala charity event in aid of Variety, the Children's Charity (UK). This was done as part of weekend"
"was Claude-Michel Schönberg, with whom Boublil has since collaborated on a number of successful projects, including ""Les Misérables"" and ""Miss Saigon"". ""Les Misérables"" first opened in Paris in 1980. On 8 October 1985, an English-language production of ""Les Misérables"" produced by Cameron Mackintosh and directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird premiered in London at The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Barbican Theatre. The show transferred to the West End's Palace Theatre on 4 December 1985. It is the longest-running musical in West End history. Productions based on the Nunn/Mackintosh staging of ""Les Misérables"" have been staged all over the world, including"
"his musicals never produced in London. An original cast recording was released on the Columbia Records label. (Reissue: Sony Broadway SK 48210). ""Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops"" by Ken Mandelbaum, published by St. Martin's Press (1991), pages 120-23 () The Girl Who Came to Supper The Girl Who Came to Supper is a musical with a book by Harry Kurnitz and music and lyrics by Noël Coward, based on Terence Rattigan's 1953 play ""The Sleeping Prince"". The musical premiered on Broadway in 1963. The story is set in 1911 London at the time of George V's"
"Radio 2), Songs From The Shows (BBC Radio 2), David Jacobs (BBC Radio 2), Ned Sherrin’s Loose Ends (BBC Radio 4), Radio Rhapsody (BBC Radio 3), Mick Batt’s Master Class (Classic FM), Celebrating Sondheim (BBC Radio 2), Celebration of Cole Porter (RTE Dublin), The Wonderful World of Sondheim with John Wilson (Bridgewater Hall with The Hallé Orchestra), Miss Saigon in Concert (Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong National Concert Hall). Glyn has appeared on many cast recordings and albums including ""A Night at the Musicals"" with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the original cast album of ""Miss Saigon"", the ""Les Misérables"""
"Songs from Les Misérables Les Misérables is a sung-through musical based on the novel ""Les Misérables"" by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. Premiering in Paris in 1980, it has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, original French lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, with an English-language libretto by Herbert Kretzmer. The London production has run continuously since October 1985 – the longest-running musical in the West End and the second longest-running musical in the world. There have been several recordings of this material, including ones by the original London cast and original Broadway cast. However, no recording contains the entire"
"Mean Girls (musical) Mean Girls is a musical with music by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and a book by Tina Fey. It is based on the 2004 film of the same name written by Fey, which, in turn, was inspired by the book ""Queen Bees and Wannabes"" by Rosalind Wiseman. The musical premiered at the National Theatre, Washington, D.C., in October 2017 and opened on Broadway in April 2018 at the August Wilson Theatre. A musical adaptation of the 2004 film ""Mean Girls"" was in the works by 2013. News emerged on October 3, 2016—the day of the"
"in London by Cameron Mackintosh (""Cats"", ""Phantom of the Opera"", ""Les Miserables""). He was the co-lyricist for ""The Pirate Queen"", collaborating with composer Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyricist Alain Boublil (""Les Miserables""). With playwright/lyricist Rinne Groff and composer Michael Friedman, Dempsey co-wrote the book and lyrics for the musical adaptation of the movie ""Saved!"", which was produced by Playwrights Horizons in New York City in 2008. An original musical by Dempsey and Rowe, ""Brother Russia"", in which a ""fourth-rate Russian theatre troupe... in a desolate potato field north of Omsk"" proves to be led by the seemingly immortal Rasputin, premiered between"
"Les Misérables (musical) Les Misérables (; ), colloquially known in English-speaking countries as Les Mis or Les Miz (), is a sung-through musical based on the 1862 novel of the same name by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. The musical premiered in Paris in 1980, and has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and original French-language lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel. An English-language libretto and English lyrics were written by Herbert Kretzmer. The London production has run continuously since October 1985, making it the longest-running musical in the West End and the second longest-running musical in the world after"
"The Smallest Show on Earth (musical) The Smallest Show on Earth is a musical based on the 1957 British Lion film, now in the StudioCanal film library, which starred Peter Sellers and Margaret Rutherford. The stage musical incorporates songs by Irving Berlin. It was the idea of director Thom Southerland, who wrote the script for the musical with Paul Alexander. The first production of the musical opened at The Mercury Theatre Colchester on 25 September 2015. The British Lion film is not a musical, so the principal difference between the British Lion film script by William Rose and John Eldridge,"
"""Starlight Express"", ""The Sound of Music"", ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", ""Monty Python's Spamalot"", ""Beauty and the Beast"", ""West Side Story"", ""Jesus Christ Superstar"", ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"", ""The Rocky Horror Show"", ""Fame - The Musical"", ""Never Forget"", ""Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical"", ""Cabaret"", ""Blood Brothers"", ""Saturday Night Fever"", ""Carousel"", ""Footloose - The Musical"", ""Grease"", ""Anything Goes"", ""Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake"", ""Our House"", ""Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story"", ""Carousel"", ""Tap Dogs"", ""Taboo"", ""Flashdance - The Musical"", ""Annie"", ""Annie Get Your Gun"", """", ""Dancing in the Streets"", ""Sister Act"", ""An Inspector Calls"", ""Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"", ""Rock of Ages"", ""Chicago"","
"scary, they stayed with the story."" Selected tracks from the musical is available for streaming from the National Theatre, including ""My Fairy Story"", ""Althea"", ""Amphibiava"" and ""Better Than Good"". Another stage adaption was done to the fairy tale by a Massachusetts director, Emily C. A. Snyder. On 1st July 2018 Alex Parker and Club 11 staged a concert performance of the musical at Cadogan Hall in London. It starred Rosalie Craig returning to the role of Althea, Craig's husband Hadley Fraser as Prince Digby, Trevor Dion Nicholas as King Darius, Gabrielle Brooks as Piper, Louis Maskell as Llewelyn, Norman Bowman"
"show ran at the London Palladium and was the most financially successful show to have ever played there, breaking numerous other impressive records. ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" later transferred to Broadway, but was considered a failure, receiving poor reviews and playing just 319 performances, closing with the loss of a large proportion of the initial $15m investment. The musical has toured extensively in the UK and in Asia, with a revised version of the show touring the United States in 2008. Broccoli co-produced ""Chariots of Fire"", the stage adaptation of the film of the same title. Broccoli's involvement with ""Chariots"
"notable shows to have played successful seasons at the Palace Theatre include, amongst others, the regional premiere of ""Les Misérables"" which ran for 13 months from 1992–93, regional premiere of ""Miss Saigon"" in 2001, ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" in 2006 and ""Mamma Mia!"" over the 2006/07 Christmas season. Broadway musical ""The Wedding Singer"" had its UK premiere at the theatre in 2008 and in December 2008 to March 2009 the theatre hosted a season of the UK tour of ""Mary Poppins"", one of only six theatres in the country to accommodate the tour, both events further cementing the theatre's reputation"
"of Meat in the original London cast of ""We Will Rock You"" and has subsequently played lead roles in West End musicals ""Les Misérables"", ""Wicked"" (which also took her to Broadway), ""Oliver!"" and ""Cats"" as well as appearing in national tours and concert productions of musicals like ""Miss Saigon"", ""Chess"", ""The War of the Worlds"" and ""RENT"". Ellis, who has received several awards and nominations for her performances, has become recognised as the First Lady of West End musicals. She has also worked sporadically in film and television. Though she unsuccessfully auditioned for ""The Voice UK"" in 2012, Ellis had"
"Swindle"" and the more recent return volley by the estranged band members in ""The Filth and the Fury"". The South London reggae scene is notably represented in ""Babylon"" (1980). ""SpiceWorld"" (1997) was a comedy starring pop girl group the Spice Girls. It was a commercial success but widely panned by critics. Early Victorian London was the setting for 2007's musical """". ""K-On! The Movie"" (2011) is the first Japanese animated musical film to be set in London, as it features a band whose music is inspired by British rock music. The band performs their original songs at Jubilee Gardens. London"
"London in 1972, starring Paul Nicholas as Jesus, Stephen Tate as Judas and Dana Gillespie as Mary Magdalene. It was directed by Australian Jim Sharman. This production was much more successful than the original production on Broadway, running for eight years and becoming the United Kingdom's longest-running musical at the time. Dmitri Shostakovich attended this production in London just before his death. He regretted that he could not have composed something like it; he lauded especially a rock band underpinning full symphonic strings, brass and woodwind. One of the earliest foreign productions was a five-day run in Sweden at Scandinavium"
"A very successful director of musicals, in the non-subsidised sector, Nunn directed the musical ""Cats"" (1981), formerly the longest running musical in Broadway's history, and the first English production of ""Les Misérables"" in 1985, also with John Caird, which has been running continuously in London since opening. Nunn also directed the little-known 1986 Webber–Rice musical ""Cricket"", at Windsor Castle. Besides ""Cats"" and ""Les Misérables"" Nunn's other musical credits include ""Starlight Express"" and ""Sunset Boulevard"". He became Artistic Director of the Royal National Theatre in September 1997, a position he retained until 2003. Later London credits include ""My Fair Lady"", ""South"
"to such groundbreaking works as ""Show Boat"" (1927) and ""Oklahoma!"" (1943). Some of the most famous musicals through the decades that followed include ""West Side Story"" (1957), ""The Fantasticks"" (1960), ""Hair"" (1967), ""A Chorus Line"" (1975), ""Les Misérables"" (1985), ""The Phantom of the Opera"" (1986), ""Rent"" (1996), ""The Producers"" (2001), ""Wicked"" (2003) and ""Hamilton"" (2015). Musicals are performed around the world. They may be presented in large venues, such as big-budget Broadway or West End productions in New York City or London. Alternatively, musicals may be staged in smaller venues, such as fringe theatre, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, regional theatre, or community"
"""Epilogue"". Key Notes Songs from Les Misérables Les Misérables is a sung-through musical based on the novel ""Les Misérables"" by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. Premiering in Paris in 1980, it has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, original French lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, with an English-language libretto by Herbert Kretzmer. The London production has run continuously since October 1985 – the longest-running musical in the West End and the second longest-running musical in the world. There have been several recordings of this material, including ones by the original London cast and original Broadway cast. However, no recording"
"a Pulitzer. On May 15, 1994, the original cast of ""Sunday in the Park with George"" returned to Broadway for a tenth anniversary concert, which was also a benefit for ""Friends in Deed"". The first London production opened at the Royal National Theatre on March 15, 1990, and ran for 117 performances, with Philip Quast as George and Maria Friedman as Dot. The production was nominated for six Laurence Olivier Awards, beating ""Into the Woods"", another collaboration between Lapine and Sondheim, to win Best New Musical (1991). Quast won the award for Best Actor in a Musical. The show's first"
"8 October 2005. The Broadway production closed on 18 May 2003, making it the third-longest-running Broadway musical, following ""Cats"" and ""The Phantom of the Opera"". Schönberg oversaw the production of ""Les Misérables"" that returned to Broadway for an intended six-month engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre on 9 November 2006, although it later extended its run. Schönberg's ""Marguerite"" includes music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. Set during World War II in occupied Paris, and inspired by the romantic novel ""La Dame aux camélias"" by Alexandre Dumas, fils, ""Marguerite"" is about the mistress of a high-ranking German officer who"
"Gaumond played Bob Cratchit in a one-off concert version of the Broadway hit ""A Christmas Carol"". After a decade-long success at New York City's Paramount Theatre in Madison Square Garden, the musical adaptation by Alan Menken (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) would be presented for the first time in London. The sold-out concert played at the Lyceum Theatre on Monday 19 December 2016. The London Musical Theatre Orchestra, formed of 32 musicians, performed the fully orchestrated score with a chorus and West End cast, starring Robert Lindsay as Scrooge. Gaumond and Lindsay had previously worked together in ""Dirty Rotten Scoundrels""."
"of Music"", """", ""The Phantom of The Opera"", ""Cabaret"", ""I Love Lucy Live Onstage"", ""Cinderella"", ""The Book of Mormon"", ""Disney's Beauty and the Beast"", ""Sister Act"", ""Disney's Newsies"", ""Wicked"", ""We Will Rock You"", """", ""Once"", ""War Horse"", ""Evita"", performance by Blue Man Group, ""Mary Poppins"", performance by Stomp, ""Fela!"", the 25th anniversary production of ""Les Misérables"", ""Rock of Ages""; ""Memphis"", ""Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"", ""The Addams Family"", ""Shrek The Musical"", ""Million Dollar Quartet"", ""Come Fly Away"", ""The Lion King"", the 2009 revival of ""Hair"", ""In The Heights"", ""Jersey Boys"", ""Disney's Beauty and The Beast"", ""Dreamgirls"", ""RAIN – A Tribute"