{"id":713,"date":"2023-06-15T05:05:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T05:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/?p=713"},"modified":"2024-08-23T12:43:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T12:43:08","slug":"big-news-in-the-theatre-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/06\/15\/big-news-in-the-theatre-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Big News in the theatre this week!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Stephen Sondheim\u2019s Old Friends<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" id=\"Sondheim-Old-Friends\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SOF_LSBO_840x540.jpg\" alt=\"Sondheim Old Friends\" class=\"wp-image-714\" title=\"Sondheim Old Friends\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"OLD-Friends\">To celebrate the life and work of the incredible Stephen Sondheim, Old Friends opens at the Gielgud Theatre for a 16-week run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following last year\u2019s award-winning and sell-out concert, this production is set to wow audiences once again. Starring icons from both stage and screens including Broadway legend Bernadette Peters who will be making her West End debut. She will be joined by Lea Salonga, who makes her return to the West End, 27 years after her performance in Les Miserables. The cast is completed by Christine Allado, Jani Dee, Bonnie Langford, Joanna Riding, Jeremy Secomb, Jac Yarrow, Marley Fenton, Beatrice Penny-Tour\u00e9, Haydn Gwynne, Damian Humbley, Bradley Jaden, Gavin Lee, Jason Pennycooke, Harry Apps, Bella Brown and Monique Young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen Sondheim was a breakthrough composer and lyricist and his work has shaped the future of musical theatre. Some of his most well-known work includes Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Into the Woods. He is known as one of the most significant figures of the industry will his complex musical compositions and sophisticated storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsbo.co.uk\/musical\/stephen-sondheims-old-friends\">Book your tickets now for Stephen Sondheim\u2019s Old Friends<\/a>, the show will feature 39 of theatre\u2019s greatest songs performed by some of the biggest stars in theatre. Don\u2019t miss your chance to see this incredible concert.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Pretty Woman Closing This Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" id=\"Pretty-Woman-tickets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/pretty-womannn.jpeg\" alt=\"Pretty Woman tickets\" class=\"wp-image-715\" title=\"Pretty Woman tickets\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PRETTY WOMAN is bidding farewell to the West End this week before heading off on tour. In the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the classic Hollywood film, PRETTY WOMAN THE MUSICAL features original music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winner Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and a book by Garry Marshall and the film\u2019s screenwriter J F Lawton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsbo.co.uk\/musical\/pretty-woman-the-musical\">PRETTY WOMAN theatre tickets <\/a>now to see the show before it closes on the 18<sup>th<\/sup> of June. It would be a big mistake to miss it. Big. Huge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Sam Palladio To Star in Oklahoma!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" id=\"Sam-Palladio-cast\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sam-Palladio-.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Palladio\" class=\"wp-image-716\" title=\"Sam Palladio cast\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The critically acclaimed and Olivier Award-winning production of Roger and Hammerstein\u2019s OKLAHOMA! has announced new casting.<br><br>Star of ABC\u2019s smash-hit TV drama Nashville, British actor and musician Sam Palladio will be taking over the role of Curly McLain, which is currently played by Olivier winner Arthur Darvill. 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