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Cast Of A Chorus Line High-Kick For Comic Relief This Saturday On BBC 1
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The cast of A Chorus Line will be performing on BBC 1 Let’s Dance For Comic Relief this Saturday, 23 February. The first London revival since the ‘70s of the iconic musical opens today, 20 Feb, at The London Palladium amid rave reviews from preview audiences and critics.

John Partridge Talks A Chorus Line
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Pre-opening night buzz for the revival of classic Broadway musical A Chorus Line at the London Palladium has been electric.

Helen Mirren Begins Reign In The Audience Tonight At The Gielgud Theatre
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The hotly-anticipated premiere of Peter Morgan's The Audience starring Helen Mirren (pictured) starts previews tonight at the Gielgud Theatre.

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Women Are Valentine’s Day Big Spenders
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Theatre visits are among the UK’s most popular Valentine’s dates.  According to research carried out by leading theatre retailer TheatrePeople.com, 60% of West End theatre seats on Valentine’s night will be booked by women.

Merrily We Roll Along Rumoured For The Harold Printer Theatre
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According to The Daily Mail, the Menier Chocolate Factory’s revival of Merrily We Roll Along will continue rolling for a good while yet.

Full Casting For The Winslow Boy At The Old Vic Theatre
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Peter Sullivan (pictured), Deborah Findlay and Charlie Rowe (pictured) are joining the previously announced Henry Goodman in The Winslow Boy at the Old Vic Theatre. Directed by Lindsay Posner, it opens on 19 March with previews from 8 March.

A Star Studded Line-up Announced For The Night Of 1000 Stars
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The leading cast has been announced for The Night of 1000 Stars, an annual charity gala celebrating musical theatre. The event will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on 5 May.

Private Lives Starring Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor Hits West End In June
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The Chichester Festival Theatre production of Noel Coward’s comedy Private Lives transfers to the West End’s Gielgud Theatre on 22 June for a limited run until 21 September. The production stars Toby Stephens as Elyot Chase, Anna Chancellor as Amanda Prynne, Anna-Louise Plowman as Sibyl Chase and Anthony Calf as Victor Prynne.

War Horse Gallops On Until February 2014 With A New Cast
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The National Theatre’s award winning War Horse is now taking bookings through 14 February 2014 at the West End’s New London Theatre. A new cast will take over from 9 March.

Jennifer Ellison Is Singin' In The Rain's New Lina Lamont
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Former Brookside babe and latter-day musical theatre sensation Jennifer Ellison is joining the cast of Singin’ In The Rain at the West End’s Palace Theatre. She’ll step into the shoes of outgoing Katherine Kingsley as scheming, screechy-voiced harpy Lina Lamont from 18 February.

Henry Goodman To Star In The Winslow Boy At The Old Vic
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Henry Goodman is to star in the Old Vic's upcoming revival of Terence Rattigan's classic drama The Winslow Boy, which opens on 19 March following previews from 8 March. 

Stephen Fry To Play Lady Bracknell In Drury Lane's 'Earnest'
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National treasure and noted Oscar Wilde buff Stephen Fry will drag up to play Lady Bracknell in an upcoming West End production of Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest. The production is scheduled to open at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in Autumn 2014.