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2017
As AN AMERICAN IN PARIS prepares for its West End premiere tomorrow night (20 March 2017), we take a look at some of the Americans in London who are proving a hit with #StageFaves musical fans. And several of them have connections beyond their country of birth... Who have you seen onstage? Who are we missing to shout about?
Dreamgirls stars Tyrone Huntley and Marisha Wallace (alternate Effie) join a cast of other #StageFaves in a major one-off concert presentation of THE COLOR PURPLE, running for one night only at London's Cadogan Hall in May...
Musical Theatre Review reports on the theatre event of the year and its newly announced host for 2017 - comedian, leading man and #StageFaves favourite, Jason Manford!
While Gary Barlow and Tim Firth have been celebrating their Olivier nominations for THE GIRLS this week, preparations are already under way for their new Take That inspired musical THE BAND that's had casting help and a major publicity boost thanks to TV's Let It Shine. We've now loaded 'The Band' in THE BAND onto #StageFaves so you can #GetSocial for all five (even while they take a reported Twitter break!)... Check out the Let It Shine performers on Stage Faves whilst they're on a social media holiday during rehearsals. Keep on eye on us for developments!
2017
The #OlivierAwards nominees were announced on Monday, and the celebrations continue today at the Nominee Celebration lunch! With everyone in high spirits, let's take a closer look at the reactions to the nominations.
2017
The #OlivierAwards nomination celebrations continue today at the official Nominees Celebration lunch. Let's have a look at the reactions to the #StageFaves up for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical...
2017
Today (6th March) was Olivier Awards nominations day! Congratulations to all the brilliant nominees! You can visit our 2017 Olivier Awards event page to #GetSocial with all the #StageFaves musicals and stars nominated today. Here are some of our favourite reactions from our Stage Faves in 10 top tweets…
In the 2017 Olivier Awards shortlists, which were announced today, the #StageFaves musicals battling for supremacy include Groundhog Day, Dreamgirls, The Girls, Half a Sixpence, Jesus Christ Superstar, School of Rock and Sunset Boulevard - the last three of which were all composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber...
Lots of #StageFaves musicals and performers have been nominated in this year's third annual #AlsoRecognised Awards, run by our sister site MyTheatreMates. Public voting has now opened and continues until 26 March 2017...
2017
How much do musical lovers love La La Land onscreen? Which American classic screen-to-stage musical started rehearsals in the West End this week? And who got HAMILTON tickets in the first round of booking? Find out in Em's latest video... Each week, #StageFaves vlogger Em Jenkins rounds up the latest news on musicals and social media goings-on. New videos are released here and on our YouTube channel every Monday at 6pm...
2016
What's got critics so excited about DREAMGIRLS? These three new clips of stunning show footage give a good indication. Watch The Dreams singing we're your Dreamgirls and Amber Riley belting out One Night Only as well as, giving the boys a go, leading man Joe Aaron Reid and cast Steppin' to the Bad Side. Have you got your tickets yet???
2016
It's fair to say the reception to DREAMGIRLS has been absolutely electric. Amber Riley and company are absolutely en fuego at the moment, so we gathered our ten favourite tweets from the glittering opening night at the Savoy Theatre. Audience members, agents and journalists all sang the show's praises, so check out our latest blog here!
Is it better to see a musical live on stage, or to snuggle up with a glossier, pre-packaged film alternative? Musical Theatre Appreciation Society's Katie Rose compares her best and worst contenders...
2016
It’s a busy time for lots of our #StageFaves as rehearsals started this week for BAT OUT OF HELL, PROMISES and DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY as well as continuing for GIRLS and so many other productions we’re looking forward to in 2017! To celebrate all the long hours and energy that goes into making great shows here are some of our favourite rehearsal tweets...b
2016
Happy Vlogmas! On the 1st of December, we're officially launching our #ChristmasCountdown. In the second of Perry O'Bree's special festive videos, he belts out his #StageFaves version of "The 12 Days of Christmas". Also follow us on Twitter and Facebook where we'll be releasing the Perry's 12 days one day at a time and celebrating each of the #StageFaves shows (and the one privileged performer in the pear tree) named and numbered...
2016
In addition to our limited-edition festive "All I Want for Christmas" range, #StageFaves is delighted to unveil our brand-new, specially commissioned design celebrating musical theatre (meeting social media!) in the 21st century, which has now been rolled out across all 2200+ performers featured on the site...
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...
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...
Sonia Friedman Productions has announced that more tickets will be available for the run of Dreamgirls at the Savoy Theatre starring Amber Riley. It has now been confirmed that Dreamgirls is now booking at the Savoy Theatre until 6 May 2017.
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...