{"id":143162,"date":"2025-05-24T13:56:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T13:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/thenews-this-weeks-theatre-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T13:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T13:56:29","slug":"thenews-this-weeks-theatre-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/thenews-this-weeks-theatre-news\/","title":{"rendered":"THENEWS \u2013 This Week\u2019s Theatre News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Theatre exhibits opening this week<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/kevin-mchale-stars-in-stephen-sondheims-the-frogs-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>THE FROGS<\/em><\/a> at Southwark Playhouse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Star of the smash-hit TV present <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glee_(TV_series)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLEE<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, <strong>Kevin Mchale<\/strong> begins performances this week in <strong>Stephen Sondheim<\/strong>\u2018s <strong><em>THE FROGS<\/em><\/strong> at <strong>Southwark Playhouse<\/strong> (23 May \u2013 28 June 2025). The musical was originally performed in Yale University\u2019s gymnasium\u2019s swimming pool in 1974. This manufacturing is not going to be.<\/p>\n<p>Advertised as a laugh-a-minute musical comedy, <strong><em>The Frogs<\/em><\/strong> is a \u201cfreely adapted\u201d (by Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove) model of an Ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes. In the musical, Dionysos, despairing of the standard of residing dramatists, travels to Hades to convey George Bernard Shaw again from the useless. William Shakespeare competes with Shaw for the title of greatest playwright, which he wins. Dionysos brings Shakespeare again to the world of the residing within the hope that artwork can save civilisation.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the function of Pluto over the run of the present are <strong>Victoria Scone<\/strong>, <strong>Danielle Steers<\/strong>, <strong>Sooz Kempner<\/strong>, <strong>Jo Foster<\/strong> and yet another nonetheless to be introduced.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"RhVBnOQOfQQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Frogs Rehearsal Trailer | 23 May - 28 June\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RhVBnOQOfQQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/fiddler-on-the-roof-barbican-theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>FIDDLER ON THE ROOF<\/em><\/a> on the Barbican Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The critically acclaimed manufacturing of <strong><em>Fiddler on the Roof<\/em><\/strong> opens on the <strong>Barbican Theatre<\/strong> this week (24 May till 19 July), following a sold-out season at <strong>Regent\u2019s Park Open Air Theatre<\/strong> final yr.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately following the Barbican run, the present will embark on a serious five-month UK and Ireland tour. The tour of <strong><em>Fiddler On The Roof<\/em><\/strong> opens on 24 July at <strong>Churchill Theatre Bromley<\/strong> and can go to Leeds, Belfast, Norwich, Nottingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, High Wycombe, Liverpool, Southend, Dublin, Manchester, Eastbourne, Canterbury and Cardiff earlier than ending the tour on 6 December in Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fiddler On The Roof<\/em><\/strong>, is ready in 1905 within the tiny village of Anatevka the place Tevye, a Jewish milkman, lives his life by their proud traditions. For his 5 daughters, meaning a go to from the matchmaker. As every daughter challenges his beliefs, towards the backdrop of a altering world, can Tevye maintain on to his roots, or should he bend to the need of his kids and be taught to embrace the unfamiliar?<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0TtEiJD0t8o\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fiddler on the Roof - Barbican Theatre London &amp; UK Tour - New Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0TtEiJD0t8o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/stereophonic-duke-of-yorks-theatre-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>STEREOPHONIC<\/em><\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/duke-of-yorks-theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duke of York\u2019s Theatre<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stereophonic<\/em><\/strong> grew to become essentially the most Tony Award-nominated play ever and essentially the most Tony Award-winning present of 2024. This week, it opens in London\u2019s West End on the <strong>Duke of York\u2019s Theatre<\/strong> (24 May \u2013 20 September 2025).<\/p>\n<p>As a band strives to good every observe of their make-or-break album, the solid of actor-musicians mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation because it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a brand new album finds itself immediately on the cusp of superstardom. The ensuing pressures may spark their breakup \u2014 or their breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"miMPmA6PMbI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stereophonic: Live in the West End\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/miMPmA6PMbI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h3\/>\n<h3>Theatre exhibits closing this week<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/handbagged-uk-theatre-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HANDBAGGED<\/a><\/em> UK Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moira Buffini\u2019s fly-on-the-wall comedy <strong><em>HANDBAGGED<\/em><\/strong> about Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher, reimagined with music that includes re-workings of 80s pop classics will finish its four-month UK tour at Oxford Playhouse this weekend. The tour opened at Queen\u2019s Theatre Hornchurch on 6 February and visited Wolverhampton, Doncaster, Peterborough, Salford, Leicester, Wakefield, Blackpool, Bury St Edmunds, Coventry, Guilford and Newcastle earlier than arriving in Oxford this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/review-dear-england-prince-edward-theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>DEAR ENGLAND<\/em><\/a> on the National Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The <strong>National Theatre<\/strong>\u2018s production of <strong>James Graham<\/strong>\u2019s smash-hit<\/span><strong>\u00a0<em>Dear England<\/em><\/strong> had its world premiere within the Olivier theatre on 20 June 2023. Following a sold-out run,<em><strong>\u00a0Dear England<\/strong><\/em> transferred to the <strong>Prince Edward Theatre<\/strong>, in London\u2019s West End, from 9 October 2023 to 13 January 2024, the place it broke field workplace information.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dear England<\/strong><\/em> returned to the Olivier theatre on 10 March this yr and can shut its run this weekend on 24 May 2025. <strong><em>Dear England<\/em> <\/strong>will then have a 4-week run on the <strong>Lowry<\/strong> in Salford from 29 May to 29 June 2025. Directed by the Almeida Theatre\u2019s Artistic Director Rupert Goold, Dear England tells the story of the England males\u2019s soccer crew underneath Gareth Southgate.<\/p>\n<h3\/>\n<h3>Accessible Theatre Performances happening this week<\/h3>\n<p>This week, you may catch <strong>Audio Described Performances<\/strong> of <a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/national-theatre-dear-england-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Dear England<\/em><\/strong><\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/national-theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>National Theatre<\/strong><\/a> (Friday) and <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/news-mj-musical-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MJ the Musical<\/a><\/em><\/strong> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/prince-edward-theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Prince Edward Theatre<\/strong> <\/a>(Saturday).<\/p>\n<p>There may also be <strong>Captioned Performances<\/strong> of <a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/my-master-builder-wyndhams-theatre-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>My Master Builder<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>at <a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/wyndhams-theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wyndham\u2019s Theatre<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/here-we-are-national-theatre-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Here We Are<\/strong><\/em><\/a> on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/national-theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Theatre<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For all upcoming <strong>Accessible Theatre Performances<\/strong> try <a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/accessible-performances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/accessible-performances\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>If you take pleasure in\/have loved any of those performances, why not nominate them for a <strong>West End Wilma Award<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/west-end-wilma-awards-2025-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/westendwilma.com\/west-end-wilma-awards-2025-2\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Theatre exhibits opening this week THE FROGS at Southwark Playhouse Star of the smash-hit TV present GLEE, Kevin Mchale begins performances this week in Stephen Sondheim\u2018s THE FROGS at Southwark Playhouse (23 May \u2013 28 June 2025). The musical was originally performed in Yale University\u2019s gymnasium\u2019s swimming pool in 1974. This manufacturing is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[376,775,10968,1314],"class_list":{"0":"post-143162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-theatre","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-theatre","10":"tag-thenews","11":"tag-weeks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}