Dean-Charles Chapman is returning to the London production of Billy Elliot on November 23. The young performer, who has previously played the parts of Small Boy and Michael in the smash musical, will now take on the title role at the Victoria Palace Theatre.

Chapman, a 12-year-old Essex native, was a part of the original cast when he played Small ...

Ian Hart burst on to the scene as the Liverpudlian drama school dropout who landed the starring role of John Lennon in Backbeat, Iain Softley's 1993 film (soon to be a stage play) about the early days of the Beatles. Since then, he's worked regularly on screen—in The End of the Affair as well as Harry Potter ...

Broadway’s Tony-winning revival of Hair is getting ready to let the sun shine in at the West End’s Gielgud Theatre. The original Broadway cast of the peace-loving hippie musical, directed by Diane Paulus, will cross the pond to begin previews on April 1, 2010, and open on April 14. According to a production news release, this will be ...

The London production of La Cage aux Folles will close on January 2, 2010. As previously reported, Douglas Hodge will reprise his Olivier Award-winning performance as Albin in the Broadway-bound production from November 30-January 2. The show played for over a year at the West End’s Playhouse Theatre.

La Cage aux Folles, directed by Terry Johnson, began life at ...

Oscar winner Rachel Weisz, Tony winner Mark Rylance, Tony nominee Simon Russell Beale and Broadway newcomer Ken Stott (who will soon star in God of Carnage on the Great White Way) have all been shortlisted for 2009 Evening Standard Theatre Awards. The prestigious awards will be handed out on November 23 at the Royal Opera House.

The awards are chosen ...

Michael Ball is bound for the murderous title role in Sweeney Todd. The production, which has also tapped Oscar nominee Imelda Staunton as Mrs. Lovett, is set to open at the Chichester Festival Theatre in summer 2011, according to The Daily Mail. The revival of the 1979 Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler musical, which is expected to transfer to the West ...