Andrew Lloyd Webber Archive

Love Never Dies Delayed Due to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Health

It’s the sequel to Phantom of the Opera. And Andrew Lloyd’s Webber’s Love Never Dies was scheduled to make it’s Broadway debut later this year in November. Now there’s word that the opening will be delayed until Spring of 2011, owing to issues with the famed composer’s health. You may recall that we reported Lloyd Webber’s [...]
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Big Names Broadway Bound

Denzel Coming To Broadway It’s official. Two time Oscar winning actor Denzel Washington is headed for The Great White Way this spring. Washington will co-star with Viola Davis in the upcoming revival of August Wilson’s Fences. Set in the 1950s, Fences is the sixth in Wilson’s ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle. Like all of the Pittsburgh plays, this one [...]
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Good News & Bad News from Broadway

Neil Simon Revivals Closed & Canceled Call it a sign of the times – the tough economic times, that is. After opening on Broadway barely a week ago, the new revival of Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs is already history. According to the New York Times, the show, which opened on October 25th, played its final [...]
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Coming to Broadway…

FELA! After a rousing off-Broadway reception in 2008, the new musical Fela! is now Broadway bound. Fela! uses stirring Afrobeat music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), to tell the story of Fela Anikupalo Kuti’s controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician. Here’s a little sneak preview of what Broadway [...]
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The ShowBus Buzz

Wishful Drinking September 22nd marks the start of previews for Carrie Fisher’s autobiographical show, Wishful Drinking. In the production, Fisher recounts the true and intoxicating tale of her life as a Hollywood legend, told with the same wry wit she poured into bestsellers like ‘Postcards from the Edge.’ The daughter of Hollywood legends Eddie Fisher and [...]
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