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The Prisoner of Second Avenue Theater Tickets, Vaudeville Theatre, London

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:19:00 GMT

Set in the 1970's, The Prisoner of Second Avenue is a black comedy depicting a New York couple, Mel (Jeff Goldblum) and Edna Edison (Mercedes Ruehl), enduring the trials and tribulations of city life. Mel is made redundant and the stress of an economic crisis and urban life pushes him into having a nervous breakdown. The family gathers to offer support, with Edna stoically bearing the burden of his disintegration and self-pity.

The Prisoner of Second Avenue originally premiered on Broadway in 1971, starring Peter Falk and Lee Grant, where it ran for two years and received a Tony Award nomination. It was subsequently made into a film in 1975, starring Jack Lemmon and Anne Bankcroft.

"Pam Ann - Flying High" Theater Tickets, Vaudeville Theatre, London

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:18:00 GMT

Pam Ann is the comic creation of Australian comedian Caroline Reid, she portrays 1960's clad air-hostess Pam Ann, a mixture of comedy, camp and glamour. Madonna is a huge fan describing Pam as ‘cruelly funny’.
2009 has been one of Caroline’s busiest years. Her first 8 part TV show “The Pam Ann Show” premiered on the Comedy Channel for Foxtel in Australia. She also co-hosted the TV coverage of Sydney Mardi Gras for them too. In April she set out on her first 24 date sold out tour of Europe, closely followed by an 8 date sold out tour of Canada. The year will end with a 13 date US tour, 10 date UK Tour and two of her most prestigious shows to date at the world famous London Palladium.
Caroline has performed with Cher on her arena tour of the UK including Wembley, MEN, NEC to capacity audiences of 14,000. She has sold out tours of the UK, West End runs, performed at the Royal Albert Hall and frequently conducts shows in major cities in the USA, Canada and her native Australia. She has crewed twice for Sir Elton John on his private jet whilst entertaining a collection of his star studded passengers.
Caroline has proved Pam Ann to be a global phenomenon. In America she has performed at The Hollywood Palladium in LA and sold out several seasons at The Public Theatre in New York. In Spring 2008 she returned to Australia performing at the Arts Centre in Melbourne and the Lyric Theatre in Sydney, both 2000 capacity venues. Once again the she sold out all the shows.
Recently Caroline played her first ever shows in Iceland and Vienna.
In Autumn 2007 Caroline starred as Pam Ann in a hugely successful viral campaign for British Airways, which has received more than 2 million hits. She also enjoyed the worldwide release of her first DVD ‘Pam Ann – Come Fly With Me’.
TV appearances include Britain’s Next Top Model, Project Catwalk and Loose Women and BBC Breakfast.
In 2008 Caroline premiered a new show – “Pam Ann, Terror at 41,000 Ft” which she took on a 33 date UK tour, playing 2500 + capacity venues as well as a return visit to Edinburgh for the festival season.
Caroline ended the year by performing her most spectacular show to date “Pam Ann’s Hammersmith Layover” for two nights in front of a sell out crowd at the Hammersmith Apollo.

Caroline O'Connor : The Showgirl Within Theater Tickets, Garrick Theatre, London

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:17:00 GMT

Following sell-out seasons in New York and Sydney, the international multi-award-winning musical star of stage and screen Caroline O’Connor returns to the UK in her one-woman show Caroline O’Connor: The Showgirl Within, for a strictly limited season at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End from Monday 27 September to Sunday 3 October 2010.

Caroline O’Connor: The Showgirl Within celebrates the culmination of Caroline’s years of stage and screen experience. A uniquely versatile performer whose triple threat talents in acting, song and dance transcend traditional boundaries, Caroline is joined by an exhilirating ensemble of dancers and her own on stage band for her first ever musical solo show in the West End.

Caroline O’Connor: The Showgirl Within is helmed by visionary powerhouse pairing Michael Gracey and Ashley Wallen, who between them are responsible for the creative direction and choreography of leading music artists including Will Young, Alesha Dixon, Kylie Minogue and the Sugababes. Featuring standout musical theatre anthems, and classic songs that have shaped her illustrious career, this is a one woman show like no other.

Caroline O'Connor is a multi award-winning singer, dancer and actress who regularly graces the stages of Broadway, the West End, the Royal Albert Hall and Sydney Opera House. As Nini in Baz Luhrman's Oscar-winning film Moulin Rouge, Caroline came to the attention of music lovers all over the world. Her other screen credits include Ethel Merman in De-Lovely for MGM. Some of her signature roles include Piaf, Judy Garland, both Roxie and Velma in Chicago, Anita in West Side Story and Mabel in Mack & Mabel.

Caroline O’Connor is one of very few actresses to have been nominated for both the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Mack & Mabel and the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play for Bombshells. She was the recipient of The Stage Best Actress Award in Edinburgh for End of the Rainbow, and a Whatsonstage Award for Best Solo Performance in Bombshells. Her most recent stage role in London was Hildy in English National Opera's On The Town, for which she was also Whatsonstage Award nominated.

Hit me! The Life & Rhymes of Ian Dury. Theater Tickets, Garrick Theatre, London

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:16:00 GMT

This warts-and-all portrait of the Blockheads’ lead singer explores the highs and lows of Ian Dury’s extraordinary career and inspirational life story. Featuring many of his best songs performed live, including Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and Reasons To Be Cheerful.
Publicly, Ian Dury was a cheeky chappie and purveyor of saucy lyrics. Privately, he was a flawed maestro wrestling with demons and disability. This brilliant drama sees him reunited with his tour manager and friend Fred ‘Spider’ Rowe, blending amazing music with powerful scenes exploring Dury’s incredible triumph over adversity.
Returning to London for three nights only after a sell-out 2009 premiere, and ahead of a major UK tour.

Lynda Carter: At Last Theater Tickets, Garrick Theatre, London

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:16:00 GMT

Following dates in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and New Jersey, screen legend Lynda Carter, best known for playing the iconic role of Wonder Woman in the hit TV series, returns to the West End for her first solo appearance in 30 years for two nights only on 17 and 18 September 2010 at the Garrick Theatre, to celebrate her solo album, At Last.

Lynda Carter: At Last is a rare musical evening with a living legend. Join Lynda as she infuses some of her favourite music with her own inimitable passion and style. In a true homage to her musical heroes, this critically lauded singer, whose successful sell-out concerts throughout America are second only to her global status as part of a true TV phenomenon, is backed by a live band on stage, showcasing her vocal talent at its very best.

Arriving in the West End ahead of any other international dates, Lynda Carter: At Last will be seen for the first time outside of America, offering Londoners a truly special experience.

Lynda Carter is an American actress best known internationally for playing the title character in the 1970s TV series Wonder Woman. She first came to the fore as a singer in the late 1970s when she released her first album Portrait, and sang two of its songs in the 1979 Wonder Woman episode, ‘Amazon Hot Wax’. She released her second solo album At Last thirty years later and has recently toured the US playing venues including Feinstein’s at Loews Regency and Lincoln Center in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

Snow White and The Seven Designers Theater Tickets, Garrick Theatre, London

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:14:00 GMT

Snow White’s wicked stepmother is in a complete strop. Not only has her magic mirror told her that Snow White is fairest of them all, but the chairs, the wallpaper and the cushions are apparently more beautiful too! Even killing Snow White will not make her the fairest in the land. She will have to do something far worse…..turn the world minimalist!
Join Snow White’s seven designers - Dapper, Snappy, Snazzy, Natty, Classy, Dizzy and Taupey – as they help save the beautiful Snow White and lead the fight against London’s biggest threat - criminally style-less interiors!
Starring leading figures from the world of interior design and with costumes designed by the most illustrious fashion designers in the world, this pantomime promises a fun, fabulous and outrageously glamorous night out.
'Very pretty and very witty’
Dannii Minogue
Cast includes:
Tim Gosling, Bill Bennette, Joanna Wood, Nina Campbell, Tessa Kennedy, William Yeoward and Stephen Ryan
Costume designers include:
Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier, Giorgio Armani, Paul Smith, Pucci, Amanda Wakeley, Thomasz Starzewski, Valentino and Bruce Oldfield.

When We are Married Theater Tickets, Garrick Theatre, London

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:14:00 GMT

WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, JB Priestley’s gloriously timeless traditional British comedy about class and hypocrisy opens at the Garrick Theatre on the 19th October starring a fine ensemble of West End favourites including Maureen Lipman as Clara Soppit and Roy Hudd as the photographer Ormonroyd.
Set in 1908 in Clecklewyke in the heart of Northern England, three well-to-do West Yorkshire couples - the Parkers, Soppitts and Helliwells - married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony.
Disaster strikes with the shocking revelation that the vicar who married them wasn’t actually licensed – these pillars of the church and the community, aren’t as respectably married as they thought they were!
Home truths fly like confetti, an old flame returns and other uninvited guests start to call. With a photographer from the local paper due to arrive, a missing housekeeper and a doorbell that wont stop ringing, can the three couples keep a lid on their embarrassing secret or will the neighbours find out, destroying their standing in the community.
The production stars Olivier Award Nominated Rosemary Ashe (Witches of Eastwick, Phantom of the Opera), Lynda Baron (Open All Hours, Fat Friends), Susie Blake (Coronation Street, Victoria Wood), Michele Dotrice (Some Mothers Do Have ‘Em), David Horovitch (Bedroom Farce, Taking Sides & Collaboration), Roy Hudd (Coronation Street, BBC Radio 2), Sam Kelly (‘Allo ‘Allo), Olivier Award winning Maureen Lipman (A Little Night Music, Glorious) and Simon Rouse (The Bill).

Krapp's Last Tape Theater Tickets, Duchess Theatre, London

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:12:00 GMT

***** Brilliantly captured…impeccably paced, handsomely staged production is a treat and Gambon’s Krapp is beyond reproach’ - Metro

Following his outstanding performances in Endgame & Eh Joe, Michael Gambon returns to the West End Stage in Beckett’s classic one-man show, Krapp’s Last Tape.

Gambon received huge acclaim following his performance in the role of Krapp at the Gate Theatre Dublin earlier this year.

Every year on his birthday self-absorbed Krapp sits down to record his memories from the past year. But on his 69th birthday he takes a step further into the past. Listening to his old recordings he soon stumbles upon a single tender memory from long ago that sparks his growing regret as he starts to question whether his present lives up to his
past.

Love Story Theater Tickets, Duchess Theatre, London

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:12:00 GMT

Michael Ball makes his West End debut as a producer after falling in love with the enchanting new British musical, Love Story.
Now following a critically acclaimed sell-out season at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Love Story transfers to the West End for a limited season from 27 November 2010 – 26 February 2011.
Inspired by Erich Segal’s best-selling iconic novel and one of the most romantic films of all time, this life-affirming musical is scored by the Emmy and BAFTA award winning composer Howard Goodall with lyrics by Stephen Clarke.
Oliver Barrett IV went to Harvard and Jenny Cavilleri to Radcliffe. He was rich, she was poor. He was sporty, she played music. But they fell in love. This is their story. A celebration of love and life, Love Story will win your heart. And it might just break it.

Country Girl Theater Tickets, Apollo Theatre, London

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:11:00 GMT

Critically-acclaimed director Rufus Norris leads two of the nation’s best-loved and most respected actors in Clifford Odets’ glamorous masterpiece THE COUNTRY GIRL: an insight into the turbulent lives of a married couple whose relationship is tested to the limit when a shot at stardom exposes their deep-rooted flaws.

Martin Shaw and Jenny Seagrove are reunited in the roles played by Morgan Freeman and Frances McDormand on Broadway in 2008, and by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the multi-Oscar winning 1954 film.
Martin Shaw’s most recent stage appearance was in the West End triumph A Man for All Seasons, ‘Martin Shaw is magnificent’ (Daily Express). Best known for his starring roles in George Gently and the BAFTA award winning Judge John Deed, he will be joined by his co-star from that hugely popular series, Jenny Seagrove.
Seagrove’s extensive theatre credits have seen her play lead roles in almost every West End playhouse; her most recent West End performance was in Peter Hall’s critically-acclaimed production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce, which followed her appearance in A Daughter’s A Daughter, described as ‘the finest performance of her career’ (Daily Telegraph).