Theatre News — Sunday, 10 July 2011

By
Sharon
on July 10, 2011Posted in: News, Theatre
  • Ever wonder why Disney didn’t make a stage musical of Aladdin?  We now have one — it just started performances at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre.  Directed by Tony winner Casey Nicholaw.
  • Trevor Nunn will direct Ralph Fiennes and Elisabeth Hopper in The Tempest, beginning 27 August at Theatre Royal Haymarket.  (Courtesy Playbill Online.)
  • Antony Sher and Tara Fitzgerald will star in a London revival of Arthur Miller’s Broken Glass this fall.  (Also courtesy Playbill.)
  • In the continuing efforts to save London’s Dress Circle Theatre shop, musical theatre performers are gathering for a Benefit Gala on 7 August at Her Majesty’s Theatre.  Looks to be a great show!
  • Mark Rylance, who won the Best Actor Tony for his performance in Jerusalem, will join the production as it returns to the West End this fall.  (Reports What’s On Stage.)
  • October will see a 25th Anniversary concert celebration of Phantom of the Opera at London’s Royal Albert Hall.  (Courtesy What’s On Stage.)