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EXCLUSIVE: Shucked, the Broadway musical nominated for nine Tony Awards, will begin a London run on the West End next year, producer and theater owner Cameron Mackintosh announced today. “I'm delighted to confirm that London is going to get Shucked in one of my theatres next year,” Mackintosh said in…

EXCLUSIVE: As the West End production of Mamma Mia! enters its 25th year on stage, Judy Craymer, its creator and driving force, is expanding the MM! universe with ITV's Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream talent show. Set on an idyllic Greek island, it’s aimed at finding MM! stars of the future. There's definitely…

Cameron Mackintosh, the London theatre owner and impresario, nixed the idea of having a host introduce artists performing at Tuesday's one-night-only Old Friends tribute show honoring the legacy of musical theatre genius Stephen Sondheim, who died in November at age 91. "All you need are Steve's words and music, and…

All eyes were on Judi Dench. The legendary actress was seated stage right, performing one of Stephen Sondheim's greatest hits. The sound of her voice, accompanied by a 25-piece orchestra led by Alfonso Casado Trigo, held a hushed audience in awe. There was spontaneous applause. The great dame was led off stage. She…

Alexandra Billings, a trans actor who made Broadway history when cast as Wicked‘s Madam Morrible in 2020, has issued a strong rebuke to Cameron Mackintosh over comments the British theater producer made opposing the casting of trans performers in classic roles. In the post addressed to “Sir Cameron,” Billings writes…

Blasting the British government for what he says has been “no tangible practical support,” producer Cameron Mackintosh says his company’s West End productions of Hamilton, The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins and Les Miserables won’t reopen until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. “This decision is heart-breaking…

Cameron Mackintosh, the theater owner and producer, has said that it is likely venues in both the UK and U.S. won't be able to re-open until 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic. In an interview with BBC Radio Two, Mackintosh said that the West End and Broadway would be "the last to go back" after lockdowns ease. “For…

MTI, one of the world’s biggest theatrical licensing agencies, has named its president Drew Cohen as global CEO. The 15-year company veteran will take on both posts and comes on the heels of MTI’s recent expansion into Europe and Australia/New Zealand. Cohen will oversee domestic and international strategy for the…

In a repeat of its Broadway opening two years ago, Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton opened Thursday night at London’s newly restored Victoria Palace Theatre, sending critics into paroxysms of superlatives and a general sense that a Revolution capable of producing such a work was worth the loss of the colonies. For the…

The lumbering whirlibird with the dragonfly eyes and the glittering Cadillac have returned to Broadway, possibly, to steal a phrase from that other big revival down the street, back where they belong. Produced by Cameron Mackointosh, Miss Saigon landed here in 1991 with a record-breaking $32 million in the…

Saigon and Paris looked enticing on Broadway last week, despite a general dip in receipts across Times Square. Cameron Mackintosh’s revival of Claude-Michel Schönberg, Richard Maltby and Alain Boublil’s Miss Saigon played five previews at the Shubert Organization’s Broadway Theater, where it rang up $723K in sales, a…

Busy stage director Laurence Connor has signed with Paradigm for agency representation. Connor drew critical notice with his staging of the most recent London and Broadway revivals of Les Misérables and the Broadway debut of School Of Rock — The Musical, which he’s prepping for its London opening next month at the New…