Philip Quast News

What's On Stage is reporting that the Chocolate Factory's revival of the 1983 hit play La Cage Au Folles will transfer to the West End. It will have an October 30th, 2008 at the Playhouse Theatre.

13, A New Musical, with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, will begin previews on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 and officially open at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Sunday, October 5, 2008.

The Press Night for La Cage Aux Folles has once again been postponed until to January 9, 2008 at 8PM due to the continuing illness of leading man Douglas Hodge.

The Menier Chocolate Factory is delighted to announce that this year's Christmas extravaganza will be La Cage aux Folles. Tickets, which went on sale on September 4, are selling extremely fast. The show is breaking Box Office records at the Chocolate Factory and some performances are already sold out.

Olivier Award-winner Maria Friedman and Welsh opera star Bryn Terfel will star in the Royal Festival Hall's production of the macabre Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler classic Sweeney Todd

According to Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown's April newsletter, three leading ladies will join Brown for his upcoming concert at Birdland.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com will present the Tony Award-winning composer/performer Jason Robert Brown in a special week-long run at Birdland, April 4 - 7 , with shows at 9 and 11pm nightly.

After a run of a little less than a year, the West End revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's classic musical Evita will close this spring

The winners are currently being announced for the 2007 Laurance Olivier Awards, the UK's most prestigious theatrical awards.

The Roundabout Theatre Company will most likely be bringing the hit Menier Chocolate Factory production of Sunday in the Park with George to Broadway next season

According to Whatsonstage.com, Kim Criswell will replace Elaine Stritch as Carlotta Campion in London's upcoming 'Follies in Concert,' which will be presented at the London Palladium on February 4th, 2007 at 7:15 PM.

Two London musical hits - the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita and the transfer of the Broadway hit Avenue Q - have extended their runs.

The nominations have been announced for the 2007 Laurance Olivier Awards, the UK's most prestigious theatrical awards. The awards will be presented on February 18, 2007 at the Grosvenor House Hotel.

Having recently returned from London, Craig Brockman gives BroadwayWorld.com readers a report on his adventures overseas including Mary Poppins, Billy Ellliot, opening night of Wicked and more!

Maria Friedman, Imelda Staunton, Philip Quast, Liliane Montevecchi, Liz Robertson and Laura Michelle Kelly are among the stars who have so far been enlisted to star in Follies in Concert, which will be presented as a benefit performance at the London Palladium on February 4th, 2007

Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown, whose new musical 13 will begin previews at LA's Mark Taper Forum in December, will return to Birdland on September 11th at 7 PM for a concert

A deal that Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group has struck with Universal Music will put some of his songs--including ones from the new London cast recording of Evita--online

Elena Roger, Philip Quast and Matt Rawle--the stars of the acclaimed new London revival of Evita--will appear at London's Dress Circle on August 16th at 12:30 PM for a CD signing

The possibility of a Broadway transfer of the Menier Chocolate Factory's hit revival of Sunday in the Park with George is looking increasinly likely

The producers of Sunday in the Park With George have confirmed that the show will close on September 2nd, following a successful run which began on May 13th