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West End
gird your loins
Feb. 19, 2024
Paddington Goes From Peru to London to the Stage A new musical about the bear is being written in the U.K.
By Jason P. Frank
life is a cabaret (again)
Nov. 9, 2023
By Jason P. Frank
no more beans
Mar. 20, 2023
Mike Faist to Not Know How to Quit Lucas Hedges The two will reportedly star in a West End adaptation of Brokeback Mountain .
By Jason P. Frank
the great british baking no
Oct. 19, 2022
A Great British Bake Off Musical? Scrummy! Staging a musical adaptation of a low-stakes reality baking competition for the West End sounds like a technical challenge.
By Rebecca Alter
bad brit behavior
June 13, 2022
Andrew Lloyd Webber Booed for Calling Cinderella Musical a ‘Costly Mistake’ Webber later apologized, stating “nothing could be further from the truth.”
By Jason P. Frank
the coronavirus
July 29, 2020
By Devon Ivie
25 days of cats
Dec. 5, 2019
How Cats Changed Broadway (Now and) Forever Broadway was on life support. Then the big British imports started to arrive.
By Michael Riedel
since u been shake it off
Aug. 2, 2018
A Supremely Jukebox-y Max Martin Musical Is Coming to London Think of a show that combines “… Baby One More Time” “Since U Been Gone,” and “Shake It Off.”
By Jackson McHenry
Fasten Your Seatbelts: Cate Blanchett Will Star in All About Eve Onstage The production, directed by Ivo van Hove, will open on the West End in 2018.
By Jackson McHenry
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Won a Record Nine Olivier AwardsThe West End production won all but two of its 11 nominations at today’s ceremony.
By Halle Kiefer
John Boyega to Star in Woyzeck on the West End It’ll be adapted by the playwright behind Harry Potter and the Cursed Child .
By Dee Lockett
Amber Riley to Star in West End’s Dreamgirls Though it seems like Riley already played the role on Glee .
By Jackson McHenry
poor t.s. eliot
July 7, 2014
They’re Remaking Cats With a Rapping Cat “I’ve come to the conclusion that … maybe [T.S.] Eliot was the inventor of rap.”
By Lindsey Weber
second acts
June 18, 2014
Lindsay Lohan Preparing for West End Debut She’s maybe going to be in Speed-the-Plow .
By Margaret Lyons
A ‘Back to the Future’ Musical Is Coming to London Back to the Future: The Musical is coming. According to Slash Film, original Back to the Future writers Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis are […]
By Megh Wright
North End Stop & Shop Not a Done Deal Would you rather see a Stop & Shop or Target in the Bulfinch Triange;?
By Susie Anderson
North End Grocery Store Finally Coming to Fruition The neighborhood, bereft of grocers for eight years, could get a new Stop & Shop.
By Leila Cohan-Miccio
Whoopi Goldberg Returns to Sister Act Could she be the recipient of an EGOT+?
By Mike Vilensky
Spice Girls Musical on Its Way to London Slam your body down and wind it all around!
By Adam K. Raymond
Andrew Lloyd Webber Saves the Economy British bankers snag free tickets to West End musicials! Crisis averted.
By Lori Fradkin
Back of the House
Oct. 27, 2006
Lick Your Lips for Headcheese and Foie Gras Cupcakes KFC may lose trans fats, giving health nuts a reason to rejoice. But then there are new cupcakes made with duck fat …
• Boulud brings headcheese to Lincoln Center. [Snack]
• Sam Mason brings foie gras cupcakes to Soho. [Snack]
• The West End turns into a Havana Central; Kerouac turns over in his grave. [Eater]
• Bruni on Michelin. [NYT]
• Another Luger chef defects. [TONY]
• Colonel’s secret recipe to lose trans fats? [NYS]