“Master Class” which closed on Broadway on September 4, 2011 is going to London’s West End in 2012. The Tony Award winning drama by Terrence McNally will also be bringing its leading actress with it. Tyne Daly who is best known for her role in the television show “Cagney and Lacey” will reprise her Broadway role in “Master Class” when the show opens in London. According to the BBC, the show...

“Bend it Like Beckham” a 2002 film is going to be turned into a musical to be performed inLondon’s West End and New York’s Broadway. Movies are getting second life as theatre productions quite often. The stage production might do well since it was a successful movie. The namesake Beckham comes from soccer superstar David Beckham. The story in the movie and soon to be musical is one of friendship of two...

“Ugly Betty” star America Ferrera is trading in her Emmy Award winning television lead role for a leading role in the musical “Chicago” in London starting November 7, 2011. America will play the role of Roxie Hart when she joins the London cast for a limited engagement of eight weeks. Ferrera will be able to show off her singing talents in the musical to go along with her award winning acting...

Shayne Ward, the 2005 winner of Britain's perennial favorite, "The X Factor," has recently signed on to the upcoming West End production of "Rock of Ages." Outside of "The X-Factor," you may recognize Shayne from his wildly popular album releases, "Shayne Ward," "Breathless" and "Obsession." For those of you on the other side of the pond, Mr. Ward's name probably doesn't ring a bell....at all. No matter, however! The upcoming production...

It seems Americans aren’t the only ones who can’t get enough of the supernatural and pottery wheels serving as foreplay. After playing for a mere month, ‘Ghost the Musical’ has extended its run at the West End’s Piccadilly Theatre till October 2012. I guess it should come as little surprise that the UK production is starting to draw discussion of a Broadway transfer. The New York Post reports that the...

While taking his turn on the red carpet at the Tony Awards, director David Esbjornson announced that Vanessa Redgrave will be recreating her “Driving Miss Daisy” title role this October in London. Redgrave was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance. James Earl Jones, Redgrave's co-star, will be playing the role of her driver as well as long time friend for the revival of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize winning...

Christie Brinkley might be 57 years old, however she has proven it's never too late for starting a new life. The former supermodel is preparing to make her debut next month on a West End stage. Brinkley, who was the inspiration for former husband Billy Joel's hit single, “Uptown Girl,” will be starring in London's production of “Chicago” as Roxie Hart. For the last two months, she has been...

Rumors of a musical adaption of “From Here To Eternity,” the classic 1951 novel by James Jones, have been confirmed. In 2012, Lee Menzies and Tim Rice will be bringing their adaptation to the West End stage. Rice for several years has been hard at work on the project. The score is from Stuart Brayson, a young British composer, and Bill Oakes wrote the book. Bush Theatre associate...

After a successful run on Broadway, the Shakespeare masterpiece “Merchant of Venice” will cross the Atlantic for its West End re-mounting, and this time, legendary actor Al Pacino, who plays Shylock in the play, will be part of the package. Although specific details still have to be ironed out, the West End transfer of “Venice” led by British producer Cameron Mackintosh, is almost certain by summer of next year, according to...

According to a UK Daily Mail article by Baz Bamigboye, two stars have been cast by director Danny Boyle to lead in the upcoming Nick Dear “Frankenstein” production. Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch will be alternating between Frankenstein and his creator. In February performances will begin at National Theatre. They will share the roles, Boyle said. One night one of them will play Frankenstein with the other...