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Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth McGovern is set to headline David Mamet’s The Shawl at London’s Arcola Theatre. The production, directed by Amelia Nicholson, will also star Matthew Marsh and Paul Rattray. It begins performances on September 9 and officially opens on September 11.

Mamet’s 1985 play follows a troubled woman as she seeks guidance from a silver-tongued clairvoyant, who in turn reveals to a manipulative young trick the art of his craft. The pieces explores trust, greed and betrayal, and the power of spiritual knowledge in a secular world....



©2009 Uli Weber
Michelle Williams as Roxie Hart
Former Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams is extending her run in the West End’s Chicago by three weeks. The performer, who made her London stage debut as Roxie Hart in July, will now play the part through September 12. She was originally scheduled to end her engagement in the smash revival on August 13.

Williams (not to be confused with the Oscar-nominated actress of the same name) is best known for performing alongside Beyonce in the Grammy Award-winning group Destiny’s Child. Williams played the title role in the Broadway production of Aida and appeared as Shug Avery in the Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco engagements of The Color Purple. She has also released three CDs as a solo artist. ...



Lesley Sharp, Marc Warren and Diana Vickers are headlining the first major West End revival of Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. The production, directed by Terry Johnson, will begin performances at the Vaudeville Theatre on October 8 with opening night set for October 20.

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a black comedy about painfully shy, diminutive Little Voice (LV), who lives alone in the north of England with her mother, Mari. Mari’s drunken, overbearing personality has driven LV into seclusion in her bedroom, where she listens to her late father’s records and has perfected faultless impersonations of the greatest divas, including Judy Garland, Edith Piaf and Shirley Bassey. When Mari’s latest boyfriend, small-time working men’s club impresario Ray Say, overhears LV singing, he puts in place a tragic sequence of events as he pushes her towards stardom....

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Aoife Mulholland
British TV’s Grease is the Word winner Susan McFadden and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? finalist Aoife Mulholland will join previously announced stars Sheridan Smith, Duncan James and Alex Gaumond in the West End premiere of Legally Blonde. The production, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell, begins performances at the Savory Theatre on December 5 with opening night set for January 13, 2010. Final principal casting will be announced shortly.

In Legally Blonde, college sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods doesn’t take no for an answer. When her boyfriend Warner dumps her for someone “serious,” Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books and heads for Harvard Law School. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself ever goes out of style. The show opened on Broadway in 2007, going on to receive seven Tony Award nominations....




A scene from Thriller - Live
Thriller – Live, the new tribute concert featuring the songs of Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5, has announced it will launch a ten-date arena tour in the U.K. beginning November 24, 2009. Directed and choreographed by Gary Lloyd with additional choreography by LaVelle Smith Jr. and Kerys Nathan, the show is currently playing at the West End’s Lyric Theatre, where it opened on January 21, 2009, following three previous U.K .tours and successful runs in Germany, Holland and Scandinavia.

The tribute show celebrates the career of the world’s greatest entertainer and undisputed King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Among the songs featured in the production are “I Want You Back,” “I’ll Be There,” “ABC,” “Man in the Mirror,” “Billie Jean,” and many more. To bring life to such hits, Thriller – Live includes video footage and trivia combined with signature choreography. ...




Anna Friel as Holly Golightly
James Dreyfus, Suzanne Bertish, Dermot Crowley and John Ramm will join previously announced stars Anna Friel and Joseph Cross in the new stage adaptation of Truman Capote’s novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Adapted by Samuel Adamson and directed by Sean Mathias, the production will begin performances at the Theatre Royal Haymarket September 9 and play through January 9, 2010.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s is set in New York City, 1943. William “Fred” Parsons, a young writer from Louisiana, meets Miss Holly Golightly, a charming, vivacious and utterly elusive good-time girl. Everyone falls in love with Holly, including William—but he is poor, and Holly needs rich. Will she marry Rusty, playboy millionaire? Or José, the future president of Brazil? As war rages in Europe, Holly begins to fall in love with William, and things grow more complicated when her past catches up with her....



©2009 Catherine Ashmore
Victoria Wood
A revival of Victoria Wood’s Talent is set to play the Menier Chocolate Factory. The show, which is described as “a comedy with songs,” will begin previews on September and open on September 23. The production, directed by the author, will play through November 14.

Talent finds contestant Julie and her fat friend Maureen waiting at Bunter’s nightclub. As they are plunged into a world of ukulele-wielding pensioners, crotch-grabbing comperes and some long- buried personal history, Julie and Maureen have to decide how lucky they really want to be.

The show features original music and lyrics by Wood, set designs by Roger Glossop, lighting by Paul Anderson, sound by David Ogilvy and musical supervision by Nigel Lilley. Talent is being co-produced with the Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness, where it will run from August 27 through September 12....





The world premiere of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop is set to transfer to the West End. The acclaimed production, which first played at Theatre503, will begin performances at Trafalgar Studios on July 16 for a limited seven-week run. James Dacre directs.

The night before his assassination, Martin Luther King retires to room 306 in the now famous Lorraine Motel in Memphis after giving his legendary "I have been to the mountaintop" speech to a massive church congregation. When room service is delivered by a young woman, whose identity is a puzzle, King is forced to confront his past as well as his legacy to his people. The Mountaintop reimagines the events of King's final night.

David Harewood stars as Martin Luther King. He has appeared on stage in many of Shakespeare's leading male roles, including Othello and Antony opposite Vanessa Redgrave's Cleopatra. On film, he has been seen in Blood Diamond and The Merchant of Venice and will star as Nelson Mandela in Mrs. Mandela for the BBC later this year. Lorraine Burroughs, who will play the mysterious Camae, has been seen on stage at the Globe, Tricycle and Hampstead Theatres.




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