The winners of the 2010 Olivier Awards were announced on March 21, 2010 at the Grosvenor House in London. There has been a great exchange between London and New York theater this year, including two nominated plays set for the spring Broadway season: Enron by Lucy Prebble and John Logan’s Red (with the winning play, The Mountaintop by Katori ...

Michael Ball may be going green in the West End. The Daily Mail reports that Ball is in early talks to take on the title role in Shrek the Musical, which is expected to take the London stage in 2011.

Shrek the Musical made its debut on Broadway in December 2008, starring Brian d'Arcy James and Sutton Foster as ...

Dance show Tap Dogs will return to London this summer, beginning a limited engagement at the Novello Theatre on June 15. The show, created and choreographed by Olivier Award winner Dein Perry with direction by Nigel Triffitt, will play for 12 weeks through September 5, 2010.

A London favorite during its original run in 1995 and again during a return ...

A musical based on the popular 1983 movie Flashdance has set dates for a West End run. Flashdance The Musical, directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Arlene Phillips, will begin preview’s at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre on September 23 and open on October 14, 2010.

The new tuner features music by Robbie Roth and lyrics by Roth and ...

The West End production of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts will close early, ending its run at the Duchess Theatre on March 27, 2010. The classic drama, directed by and starring Iain Glen (The Blue Room), was originally set to run through May 15.

Ibsen’s 1881 play is considered one of the scribe’s greatest works. The story follows the ...

The West End production of Billy Elliot will celebrate its fifth birthday on March 31. Just prior to the celebration, the production will also welcome its 22nd title star, Rhys Yeomans, who begins performances on March 24.

To celebrate the landmark birthday, the March 31 performance will end with a special finale, featuring 19 former past, present and future Billy ...

The full cast has been announced for the West End premiere of the hit Australian production of Holding the Man, Tommy Murphy’s adaptation of Timothy Conigrave’s bestselling memoir. Jane Turner, Simon Burke, Oliver Farnsworth and Anna Skellerwill join original Australian cast members Guy Edmonds and Matt Zeremes. The production begins performances at Trafalgar Studios on April 23, directed ...