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Production News: Broadway’s Colman Domingo and Forrest McClendon to star in...

Colman Domingo and Forrest McClendon, who starred in the original Broadway production of The Scottsboro Boys, will return to the musical in the Young Vic’s production later this year. Domingo will...

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Shenton's View: Unofficial festivals around town

Sometimes you don’t need to ring-fence a city or a particular month of the year, or even publish a brochure, to make a festival. While Edinburgh of course is now in full swing, with the official...

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Shenton's View: Autumn highlights: What I’m most looking forward to in the...

Just yesterday I was noting how the London and regional theatres are both waking up from their recent Edinburgh and summer induced slumbers – I had 13 openings listed for this week alone (and I didn’t...

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Analysis & Opinion: The year in review: London

In a year of contracting state funding for the arts, the audience for the theatre has been growing – thanks, in part, to digital developments and renewed broadcast interest. The Olivier Awards returned...

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News: Young Vic’s The Scottsboro Boys to transfer to West End

The Scottsboro Boys is to transfer to the Garrick Theatre in the West End this autumn, following its run at the Young Vic last year. It will run from October 4, with press night on October 20 and will...

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Shenton's View: Deja vu in the West End as Evita and Cats return

The simultaneous announcement last week that not one but two Andrew Lloyd Webber classics are to return to the West End later this year has once again demonstrated his undisputed knack for achieving...

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Shenton's View: Bravo to those putting in the hard graft to make new musicals...

A flood of new musicals will be arriving in the West End from New York this autumn. There are British premieres for the 2010 Tony-winning Memphis and the current Off-Broadway hit Here Lies Love, plus...

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Shenton's View: John Kander and Susan Stroman on the making of The Scottsboro...

I won’t deny that it is one of the considerable perks of my job that I sometimes meet my heroes. They say you should never meet your heroes, but I am happy to say that sometimes it works out. It’s...

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Shenton's View: Mark Shenton’s theatre picks: October 30

This week saw the West End transfer of one new British created musical, Sunny Afternoon, which wowed the critics, including me at Hampstead Theatre and again now at the Pinter. But can we create an...

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News: Gillian Anderson and Scottsboro Boys score Young Vic a double win at...

Gillian Anderson scooped the best actress prize at the 60th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, while The Scottsboro Boys was named best musical – securing a double win for the Young Vic. Anderson...

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Shenton's View: Some musicals I’m just crazy about

I’ve had an exhilarating few days catching up with new productions of a couple of classic modern musicals and revisiting an already classic brand-new show, too. Musicals, of course, are never shy of...

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Shenton's View: The awards offering a different take on the year’s theatre

We’re in the middle of awards season. And while the world ponders over whether Eddie Redmayne or Benedict Cumberbatch (two actors who began their careers on the London stage) will emerge from the...

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Shenton's View: Is the West End playing it safe? There’s plenty of evidence...

You shouldn’t judge any theatre by commercial success, and especially not by an ability to transfer shows to the West End or Broadway. Those are ruthless marketplaces where the things that do well are...

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Shenton's View: Welcome to the cheap seats – if you can find one

I reckon I’ve sat in the top balconies of just about every single theatre in London. It’s how I began my theatregoing life as a teenager newly arrived in London. Every now and then I’d find myself...

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Unofficial festivals around town

Sometimes you don’t need to ring-fence a city or a particular month of the year, or even publish a brochure, to make

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Autumn highlights: What I’m most looking forward to in the next few months

Just yesterday I was noting how the London and regional theatres are both waking up from their recent Edinburgh and summer induced

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The year in review: London

Mark Shenton revisits some of the key themes and shows from the past 12 months in the capital and sets out his highs and lows

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Young Vic’s The Scottsboro Boys to transfer to West End

The Scottsboro Boys is to transfer to the Garrick Theatre in the West End this autumn, following its run at the Young

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Deja vu in the West End as Evita and Cats return

The simultaneous announcement last week that not one but two Andrew Lloyd Webber classics are to return to the West End later

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Bravo to those putting in the hard graft to make new musicals happen

A flood of new musicals will be arriving in the West End from New York this autumn. There are British premieres for

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