Francesca Hayward, Principal dancer of The Royal Ballet, has a leading role in the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats, directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl). The much-criticised film – both positively and negatively, though mostly the latter – has seen praise poured on Hayward who […]
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Another Royal Ballet dancer joins the cast of Cats the movie – Olivia Cowley
Kevin O’Hare faces the possibility of ever more complicated cast changes on the Covent Garden stage when filming of the adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stage musical musical Cats begins as another Royal Ballet dancer is chosen for the movie cast. Soloist Olivia Cowley will be joining her colleagues Francesca Hayward and Steven McRae […]
Royal Ballet Principal Steven McRae cast in Cats movie
Steven McRae, Principal dancer of The Royal Ballet, is to join the cast of Universal Pictures and Working Title’s film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats, directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl). Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O’Hare says, It’s really exciting that Steven is […]
Royal Ballet Principal Francesca Hayward to appear in film adaptation of Cats
Francesca Hayward, Principal dancer of The Royal Ballet, has joined the cast of the film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats, which will be directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl). The film has an exceptionally starry cast with Judi Dench as Old Deuteronomy (played by a […]
Tributes to choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne flood in from the worlds of musicals and ballet
A tweet from Peter Land on Dame Gillian Lynne’s account on Sunday evening, 1 July, announced that the beloved choreographer had died – she was 92: Rest In Peace my darling Gillie. I am heartbroken to write that Dame Gillian Lynne DBE & my dearest wife & friend & love for 40 years passed away […]
Betty Buckley to star in Jerry Herman’s “Dear World” in the West End
Everyone who knows and loves the original cast recording of Jerry Herman’s musical Dear World will be delighted to have the opportunity to see it when it comes to the London stage next year. It will receive its British première at the Charing Cross Theatre with Betty Buckley in the title role – which Angela Lansbury created in 1969 – […]
Glenn Close may return to Sunset Boulevard
Andrew Lloyd Webber has wanted to film his musical Sunset Boulevard for many years. In fact, which better musical to film than one about films. The Daily Mail says that Lloyd Webber may court his Broadway Norma Desmond, Glenn Close, to return to the address of 10086 Sunset Boulevard for the film. He told the […]
Australian stage version of Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies is filmed for DVD
In Melbourne, Australia, Universal Pictures is halfway through filming Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera sequel, Love Never Dies. Lloyd Webber, who wrote the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, now playing at the Regent Theatre, is in town to see his latest work immortalised. He is watching during 30 hours of filming before […]
Michael Jackson wanted to play Phantom in a film version
Andrew Lloyd Webber told CNN’s Piers Morgan that Michael Jackson wanted to play the title role in the film version of “The Phantom of the Opera.” According to Webber, the King of Pop came to see the Broadway show multiple times — years before the film came out — and he and Jackson had spoken […]
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Love Never Dies’ to close in August
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Love Never Dies’, a continuation of The Phantom of the Opera story, will close at the Adelphi Theatre on August 27. It was previously booking through until January 2012. The troubled musical (quickly christened ‘Paint Never Dries’ during preview performances) opened in March 2010, then closed for a revamp last December. Original […]
