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We tried to limit our choices to just ten but we just couldn't, even after we separated out the kids' excellent tweets from the show account into a second blog. Opening night of SCHOOL OF ROCK just looked like too much fun. So here are top twenty (ish) tweets that encapsulate the night - from the cast and others working on the show, from celebs, from other punters in the audience and from the Lord himself, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Are you in the band on Twitter?

These kids rule the school. They know how to stick it to the man. They can rock on all night... And so, on opening night, the official SCHOOL OF ROCK social media accounts were handed over to young 'band members' including Isabelle and Jobe, who did a phenomenal job spotting the celebs on the red carpet. Watch what they got up and with who (including Andrew Lloyd Webber, Julian Fellowes, director Laurence Connor, Arlene Phillips, Jimmy Carr, Jodie Kidd and Myleene Klass in that dress)...

14 Nov
2016

The four-strong cast of #StageFaves for the return of satirical West End review JEST END are: Bronte Barbe, Daniel Buckley, Jemma Alexander and Adam Bailey. The show returns to the Off-West End Waterloo East Theatre this month..

14 Nov
2016

What a night for Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. He snapped pics with Joan Collins and Elizabeth Hurley and got to celebrate three times over for a clean sweep of musical gongs for revivals of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and SUNSET BOULEVARD. See pics of all the stars plus Amber Riley, giving it some on behalf of Dreamgirls...

13 Nov
2016

Glenn Close, Tyrone Huntley and Jesus Christ Superstars were the musical winners at the 2016 Evening Standard Theatre Awards, announced tonight at the Old Vic Theatre, where guests also got a sneak-peek of Amber Riley's forthcoming Dreamgirls performance. Watch video highlights...

11 Nov
2016

The Broadway musical version of THE WEDDING SINGER embarks on an extensive UK-wide tour in 2017. London audiences got to hear some songs from the show at West End Live over the summer. In January, they'll get an opportunity to have a whole evening's 'audience with' the stars - including Jon Robyns and Cassie Compton - before they hit the road...

07 Nov
2016

Five lucky winners got to see the 25th anniversary revival of MOBY DICK! in our #StageFaves competition. And one of them was extra lucky: Denise Dixen also got to meet her #StageFave and star of the show Anton Stephans. Here's what happened when they met...

04 Nov
2016

Was Mrs Henderson Presents underrated? YES. Is Kinky Boots and its luscious Lola, Matt Henry, still strutting strong? YES. Do #StageFaves Kerry Ellis, Mazz Murray, Claire Machin and Natasha J Barnes deserve gongs a-go-go? YES, YES, YES, YES. We are in broad agreement with the talent celebrated at this year's West End Wilma Awards, announced today...

03 Nov
2016

The Harley Davidsons bring St Martin's Lane to a standstill as Meat Loaf and gang ride in to officially launch the musical of BAT OUT OF HELL, with the first-ever public performance by the cast of #StageFaves including young American star Andrew Polec. Watch our sneak-peak trailer of the first rehearsal clip from the show. Plus follow all the live action from today's launch from both the show account and the official #BatTheMusical hashtag on the show's #StageFaves page - and don't forget to #GetSocial with all the cast too...

01 Nov
2016

'Tis the season of Stiles & Drewe. As Half a Sixpence prepares to open in the West End and The Wind in the Willows tours the country, their earlier musical SOHO CINDERS, last seen at Soho Theatre in 2012, is revived Off-West End at the Union Theatre. And the full cast is now announced on #StageFaves...

31 Oct
2016

Following Rent's revival at the St James Theatre this year, next year we'll get a second dose of Jonathan Larson with Aria Entertainment's revival of his early autobiographical piece, first staged after his death, TICK TICK BOOM!, which runs at the Park Theatre in May...

28 Oct
2016

Casting has been announced today - via the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye - for next year's BAT OUT OF HELL, the premiere stage adaptation of Meat Loaf's trilogy of rock albums. American Andrew Polec and Belfast-born Christina Bennington will star as teen lovers Strat and Raven, joined by other familiar #StageFaves...

27 Oct
2016

Have you tuned in yet? Encore Radio, the brand new national radio station dedicated exclusively to playing showtunes, has launched this week, with presenters including #StageFave Duncan James. If that's not music to your ears, you surely can't call yourself a true musical theatre fan...

24 Oct
2016

Four of your #StageFaves performers are in the final shortlists in this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards: Glenn Close, Andy Karl, Sheridan Smith and Tyrone Huntley. Congratulations to them all - and, once again, to all the longlisted performers as well. Winners are announced in November...

19 Oct
2016

Seven of your #StageFaves performers are in the long-list running for Best Musical Performance in this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards - plus, audiences will decide which of six shows take home the Best Musical gong on 13 November 2016. Congratulations to them all, we say!

18 Oct
2016

Our #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O'Bree attending the much-anticipated revival of Tony Award-winning Broadway musical RAGTIME, part of director Thom Southerland and producer Danielle Tarento's season of work at London's Charing Cross Theatre.

13 Oct
2016

Mac is Back! After George Maguire in The Buskers Opera and Rory Kinnear in The Threepenny Opera, newcomer Sherwood Alexander takes on the notorious role of highwayman Macheath in the original musical that started it all. The full cast is announced today - exclusively with #StageFaves - for Lazarus Theatre's all-new staging of John Gay's THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, which opens at the Jack Studio Theatre next month...

We've rounded up our favourite fan (or rather Phan) and performer tweets from last night's incredible #Phantom30th gala, marking the thirtieth anniversary of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at the West End's Her Majesty's Theatre. We think these thirty tweets really capture how special this milestone event was for actors and audience alike. Have we unmasked one of your tweets? See also official gala pics in our gallery...

07 Oct
2016

This is the first official photo of The Dreams - played by Amber Riley, Liisi LaFontaine and Ibinabo Jack - for the upcoming West End premiere of Broadway classic DREAMGIRLS. Now watch the behind-the-scenes video of the photoshoot to see just how this stunning new image was created...

06 Oct
2016

A week ago (29 September 2016), we tweeted news of the death of Ann Emery, Billy Elliot's long-serving Grandma, who passed away at the age 86. We were incredibly moved by how many of you responded, sharing memories of both working with Ann and seeing her perform and how that affected you. We've rounded up some of our favourite tributes here...