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Guys and Dolls

The relentlessly charming Don Johnson stars as Nathan Detroit. Guys and Dolls tells the story of a group of small-time gamblers and the ladies in their lives. Nathan Detroit bets his pal Sky Masterson that he can't make the next lady he sees fall in love with him, and when the next lady happens to be the prim and proper neighbourhood missionary Sarah Brown, the stage is set for an evening of high spirited entertainment, set to the toe tapping beat of Frank Loesser's superlative score.

 

Jeffrey Bernard Unveiled

News, Bios, Reviews, Cast, Crew, Photos, Plot Summary, Comments



"Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell." The title of the play refers to the newspaper's one-line apology when Jeffrey Bernard was too drunk or hungover to write his regular column. Find out more about the man and the play with these links!
Theatre.com Review of "Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell"
"...thanks to a captivating performance by the genially crumpled Tom Conti, who brings a surprising gentleness, warmth and affection to the role that, with a knowing wink, an arched eyebrow and a shrug of the shoulders, seems to be at once inside the man but outside him, too."
Did Critics Find Jeffrey Bernard Unwell or in Good Health?
Find out what other critics thought of the play, from "The London Times," "The Guardian," "The Independent," and "The Evening Standard."
Show Schedule and Tickets
Now playing at the Garrik Theatre through the first week of September 2006!
Cast and Creative Team
Get to know the entire cast and behind-the-scenes crew, with bios of the writer, director, and actors that make it all happen. Also see some candid shots of what goes on offstage.
A Special "Hello" from Tom Conti
Hear what Tom Conti has to say as he reflects on the real Jeffrey Bernard, who was alive when the play first came out. He is no longer around, but his character will live on for some time to come. Join in on this tribute to a memorable man's spontaneous adventures.

Cabaret

Cabaret returns to the London stage in a major new West End production.


Divine Decadence as John Kander and Fred Ebb's remarkable musical turns the pre-war Berlin of 1931 into a dark and sexually charged haven of decadence, its extraordinary and morally ambiguous inhabitants determined to keep up appearances as the real world--the world outside the comfortable sanctuary of the cabaret--prepares for the nightmarish chaos of war. Its stage and screen awards include eight Oscars, seven BAFTAs and 13 Tony Awards.

London Plays

The Mousetrap
Started: 25/11/1952
Duration: 2 hrs 15 mins with 1 interval
Theatre: St. Martin's Theatre

With more than 50 years and still going, Agatha Christie's classic whodunit is the longest-running murder mystery in the world.
Frost/Nixon
Started: 09/11/2006
Opened: 16/11/2006
Closing: 03/02/2007
Duration: 1 hr 55 mins with no intervals

The Donmar Warehouse production of Frank Langella and Michael Sheen in Peter Morgan's play gets a transfer to the West End.
Rock 'N' Roll
Started: 22/07/2006
Closing: 25/02/2007
Duration: 3 hrs with 1 interval
Theatre: Duke of York's Theatre

Tom Stoppard's newest play looks at revolution, resistance, and, of course, rock 'n' roll.
The Entertainer
Started: 23/02/2007
Opened: 07/03/2007
Closing: 19/05/2007
Duration: TBA
Theatre: Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road

John Osborne's 1957 play uses three generations of a family of entertainers to symbolise the decline of post-war Britain.
Don Juan in Soho
Started: 30/11/2006
Opened: 06/12/2006
Closing: 10/02/2007
Theatre: Donmar Warehouse Earlham Street

Molière's 17th century tale of the legendary hedonist is updated to 21st century Soho.

Musicals London

London the history London the art, why not come and experience the ten must see broadway musical shows you will never forget in this wonderful city.
The Sound of Music
Started: 03/11/2006
Opened: 14/11/2006
Duration: TBA
Theatre: London Palladium

The hills are alive once more! The world's best-loved musical returns to the West End in a dazzling new production.
Dirty Dancing
Started: 24/09/2006
Opened: 24/10/2006
Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins with 1 interval
Theatre: Aldwych Theatre

The iconic film comes to the stage with all of your favourite music and moves.
Billy Elliot
Started: 31/03/2005
Opened: 11/05/2005
Duration: 3 hrs with 1 interval
Theatre: Victoria Palace Theatre

A tale of a young boy's triumph over hardship and adversity, all for the love of dance. Based on the Oscar-nominated film.
The Lion King
Started: 24/09/1999
Opened: 19/10/1999
Duration: 2 hrs 45 mins with 1 interval
Theatre: Lyceum Theatre

Disney's theatrical sensation based on the animated film of the same name is an adventure into another world.
The Phantom of the Opera
Started: 09/10/1986
Opened: N/A
Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins with 1 interval
Theatre: Her Majesty's Theatre

Andrew Lloyd Webber's hauntingly tragic musical love story about a beautiful opera singer and a young composer shamed by his appearance into a shadowy existence beneath the Paris Opera House.
Porgy and Bess
Started: 25/10/2006
Opened: 09/11/2006
Duration: 3 hrs with 1 interval
Theatre: Savoy Theatre

A new twist on the Gershwins' American folk opera, where "the livin' is easy, fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high."
Mamma Mia!
Started: 03/06/2004
Opened: 09/06/2004
Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins with 1 interval
Theatre: Prince of Wales Theatre

On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to the place they last visited 20 years ago. This smash-hit musical features 22 ABBA songs.
Wicked
Started: 07/09/2006
Opened: 27/09/2006
Duration: 2 hrs 45 mins with 1 interval
Theatre: Apollo Victoria Theatre

This is the musical prelude to the Wizard of Oz revealing the development of an unlikely friendship between two girls (witches)in the World of Oz. Find out what happened before Dorothy dropped in.
Les Miserables
Started: N/A
Opened: 04/12/1985
Duration: 3 hrs with 1 interval
Theatre: Queen's Theatre

Based on Victor Hugo's novel, a man rises from his criminal past despite 19th-century France's unjust retributions to redeem himself.
Mary Poppins
Started: 06/12/2004
Opened: 15/12/2004
Duration: 2 hrs 45 mins with 1 interval
Theatre: Prince Edward Theatre

A spoonful of magic brings this beloved character to life on the musical stage. After Mary Poppins arrives at 17 Cherry Tree Lane nothing will ever be the same again.

Billy Elliot

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Guys and Dolls

A snappy new production of Frank Loesser's classic musical about a group of small-time gamblers and the ladies in their lives.



See Don Johnson starring as Nathan Detroit. Guys and Dolls tells the story of a group of small-time gamblers and the ladies in their lives. Nathan Detroit bets his pal Sky Masterson that he can't make the next lady he sees fall in love with him, and when the next lady happens to be the prim and proper neighbourhood missionary Sarah Brown, the stage is set for an evening of high spirited entertainment, set to the toe tapping beat of Frank Loesser's superlative score.

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Amy's View

David Hare's enthralling examination of a mother-daughter relationship explores the power of love and loss.



A decade ago, the play dazzled audiences at the National Theatre, in the West End and on Broadway. Now, Felicity Kendal leads a stellar cast, including Jenna Russell, fresh from her triumphs in Sunday in the Park with George and Guys and Dolls, into the Garrick Theatre.

Although the Lloyds financial scandal has left West End actress Esme (Kendal) penniless and her daughter Amy (Russell) has been abandoned by her media tycoon husband, Amy still believes that love conquers all. Confronted by the greatest tragedy of all, Esme is not so sure.

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Bash

A trio of plays written by Neil LaBute.



From the co-director of the critically acclaimed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and the U.K. tour of The Graduate, this new production of LaBute's award-winning play gives an unblinking portrait of the evils that are abroad in everyday life. Follow the life defining effects of random quirks of fate.

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Wicked

The musical story of an unlikely friendship between two girls and how their friendship endured in the World of Oz. Find out what happened before Dorothy dropped in.



Revisit the time BEFORE L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. When Dorothy famously triumphed in Oz, we only ever heard one side of the story. Now Wicked brings to life the surprising story of how a misunderstood, green girl named Elphaba became the Wicked Witch of the West and how she became friends with Glinda the Good Witch. Find out where Tin Man, The Lion and The Scarecrow came from. Why did The Wicked Witch want Dorothy's slippers? Based on Gregory Maguire's best-selling novel, Wicked transports audiences to a fantasy land of wizardry and witchcraft, with Grammy Award-winning music, Tony Award-winning sets and costumes and stunning special effects.

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Underneath the Lintel

The West Wing's Richard Schiff stars in Glen Berger's action mystery.



Underneath the Lintel revolves around the unlocking of an ancient mystery that occurs when a Dutch librarian sets out on a quest to find the man who returned a book-113 years overdue. A Da Vinci Code-like quest begins as he follows a clue scribbled in the margin and an unclaimed dry-cleaning ticket. This journey of self-discovery spans the globe and the ages to a place where facts and faith intersect.

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The Taming of the Shrew

Playing in rep with Twelfth Night, these two Shakesperean comedies get a fresh new treatment by New York's Propeller theatre group.



Revisit Shakespearean classic tales directed by Edward Hall staged by Propeller, an all-male company, in two comedies full of mistaken identity and transformation. In The Taming of the Shrew, a man playing a boy dresses up as a girl, which confuses Christopher Sly. Whilst in Twelfth Night, a man plays a girl disguised as a boy, which confuses everybody. What begins as an idle trick played on an unwitting drunk at a party in Padua, ends in bittersweet confusion on the island of Illyria.

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Porgy and Bess

A new twist on the Gershwins' American folk opera, where "the livin' is easy, fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high."



This American folklore opera regarded as one of the landmarks of 20th century American musical theatre, has been adapted and reworked from a four-hour-long opera into a shorter musical by award-winning director Trevor Nunn. The show features a 60-strong company, with 40 in the cast and a 20-piece orchestra.

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Antony and Cleopatra

Gregory Doran directs the RSC's latest production of this Shakespearean classic, starring Patrick Stewart and Harriet Walter.



The passionate love of Mark Antony and Cleopatra whose tortured passage reverberates throughout the ages is brought to life by Patrick Stewart and Harriet Walter.

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The Glass Menagerie

Two-time Academy Award-winner Jessica Lange headlines this classic Tennessee Williams play.



A once proud family struggles with the fallout from the Great Depression and the angst of bitter memories. Flashbacks reveal the lives of factory worker Tom Wingfield forced to be the family breadwinner, his abrasive mother Amanda, reduced to her life in a tenement, and Tom's fragile sister, Laura, who has retreated to an imaginary world caring for her collection of glass animals. Their only hope, which may be misconceived, is a husband for Laura.

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The Man of Mode

George Etherege's glittering masterwork takes a steely look at young people driven by the need to have the latest clothes, the latest gossip and each other's bodies.



After various escapades the Paris Hilton of Don Juans meets his match.

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Boeing-Boeing

Frances de la Tour and Roger Allam star in this French 1960s boulevard comedy.



A philandering Parisian playboy's plans go amuck when his subterfuges are threatened by a timetable gone wrong.

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Reborn of Daniel Radcliffe!

Equus

Adorable young heart Daniel Radcliffe will play a new role in Peter Shaffer's Equus as Alan Strang. Daniel Radcliffe, known as Harry in Harry Potter has no more image of Harry from this play. In the play Radcliffe plays a difficult role of a disturbed stable boy whose fixation on horses becomes a psychological puzzle to psychiatrist Martin Dysart (played by Harry Potter alum Richard Griffiths).

Venue: Gielgud Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue, London

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The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

In The Phantom of the Opera, a young singer, Christine, is charmed by a mysterious specter who haunts the Paris Opera house. Based on Gaston Leroux's famous novel, the musical's tale begins as unexplained accidents have been occurring throughout the Paris Opera, and the stuck-up diva, Carlotta, refuses to go on. Christine takes her place and is a triumph.

At her opening night, she meets her childhood friend, Raoul. Alone in her dressing room, she finally meets the Phantom who has taught her to sing so beautifully. Taking her to his lair in the misty catacombs beneath the Opera House, the Phantom declares his love for Christine, but she soon learns his terrible secret. The story moves from the Phantom's underground hideaway to the dizzying roof of the Opera House, as the Phantom and Raoul battle for Christine's love.

Venue: Majestys Theatre
Haymarket, London

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Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia!

The setting is a Greek island where 20-year-old Sophie is due to be married. Her mom, Donna (who happens to be a former singing star) is there, but her father isn't... because she's never met him. So, Sophie snoops in her mom's diary, chooses three former lovers as likely candidates and invites them to the wedding, hoping she can just figure it out when she sees them!

This musical dances to a disco beat, featuring 22 of Swedish singing sensation ABBA's greatest hits, including "Dancing Queen," "The Winner Takes It All," "Take A Chance on Me," "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and "Super Trouper." These pop songs weave together an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship.

Venue: Prince of Wales Theatre
Coventry Street
London

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