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Emma Kingston
Emma Esther Kingston (born 19 February 1991) is a British stage actress. She is best known for playing Heather Chandler in '' Heathers: The Musical'', Vanessa in the original London cast of ''In the Heights'', and Eva Perón on the international tour of ''Evita''. Early life and education Kingston was born at Watford General Hospital to an Argentine mother and a Liverpudlian father, both Jewish. Her maternal grandparents are Argentine and Welsh, with more distant Italian and Turkish roots, while her paternal ancestors had fled to England from Eastern Europe. Kingston attended Immanuel College. She studied acting at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Career Musical Theatre In 2014 Kingston starred as Vanessa in the original London production of ''In the Heights'', with David Bedella as Kevin, Josie Benson as Camilla, Damian Buhagiar as Sonny, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt as Daniela, Sam Mackay as Usnavi, Christina Modestou as Nina, Sarah Naudi as Carla, Eve Polycarpou as Abue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watford
Watford () is a town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and brewery, breweries. While industry has declined in Watford, its location near London and transport links has attracted several companies to site their headquarters in the town. Cassiobury Park is a public park that was once the manor estate of the Earls of Essex. The town developed next to the River Colne on land belonging to St Albans Abbey. In the 12th century, a charter was granted allowing a market, and the building of St Mary's Church, Watford, St Mary's Church began. The town grew partly due to travellers going to Berkhamsted Castle and the royal palace at Kings Langley. A mansion was built at Cassiobury House, Cassiobury in the 16th century. This was partly rebuilt in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minack Theatre
The Minack Theatre ( kw, Gwaryjy Minack) is an open-air theatre, constructed above a gully with a rocky granite outcrop jutting into the sea. The theatre is at Porthcurno, from Land's End in Cornwall, England. The season runs each year from May to September. , some 80,000 people a year see a show, and more than 100,000 pay an entrance fee to look around the site. It has appeared in a listing of the world's most spectacular theatres. The theatre was the brainchild of Rowena Cade, who moved to Cornwall after the First World War and built a house for herself and her mother on land at Minack Point for £100. Her sister was the feminist dystopian author Katharine Burdekin , and her partner lived with them from the 1920s. In 1929, a local village group of players had staged Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' in a nearby meadow at Crean, repeating the production the next year. They decided that their next production would be '' The Tempest'' and Cade offered the garden of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Tucker
Rachel Kelly Tucker (born 29 May 1981) is a Northern Irish West End and Broadway actress, best known for her portrayal of Elphaba in the hit musical '' Wicked''. She most recently starred in Come from Away on Broadway, having originated the role on the West End. She has also starred in various other musicals and plays, including one alongside Sting ('' The Last Ship''). Early life and career Tucker was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and grew up singing on the cabaret circuit from the age of nine with her father, Tommy (Tucker) Kelly and sister Margaret Kelly under the group's name Tucker Kelly and the Kelstar. She was a member of the Arts Youth Theatre during the late 1990s featuring in shows such as ''Ecstasy'' and ''Our Day Out''. She then went on to feature in Michael Poyner's version of the Rockin Mikado as Katisha. In 2001, she competed in the Irish version of Popstars, featuring prominently in episode 3 where she is featured singing "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". Her c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Dearman
Louise Dearman (born 13 March 1979) is a British actress and singer, perhaps best known for playing Glinda and Elphaba in the West End production of the musical ''Wicked.'' Notably, she is the only actress to have played both witches in any production of ''Wicked'' full-time. She has a number of other professional stage and television credits, such as Eva Perón in '' Evita'', Sarah Brown and Miss Adelaide in ''Guys and Dolls'', and Daisy Hilton in ''Side Show''. She released her solo albums, ''You and I'', ''Here Comes the Sun'' and ''It's Time'', in 2005, 2012 and 2013 respectively. Early life Dearman grew up in Linslade, Bedfordshire, attending Linslade Middle School and Cedars Upper School. She first began dance lessons at the age of three, and started to consider a stage career after appearing as part of a children's choir in ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' at the London Palladium when she was thirteen. She then went on to train at Laine Theatre Arts for thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Ellis
Kerry Jane Ellis (born 6 May 1979) is an English actress and singer who is best known for her work in musical theatre and subsequent crossover into music. Born and raised in Suffolk, Ellis began performing at an early age before training at Laine Theatre Arts from the age of 16. Ellis made her first professional stage appearance in 1998 and went on to make her West End debut in the 2001 revival of ''My Fair Lady'' as an understudy for the role of Eliza Doolittle. In 2002, she landed the role of Meat in the original London cast of '' We Will Rock You'' and has subsequently played lead roles in musicals ''Les Misérables'', '' Wicked'' (in the West End and on Broadway), ''Oliver!'' and ''Cats'' as well as appearing in national tours and concert productions of musicals like ''Miss Saigon'', ''Chess'', ''The War of the Worlds'', '' RENT'', and '' Anything Goes''. Ellis, who has received several awards and nominations for her performances, has become recognised as the First Lady o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyric Theatre, London
The Lyric Theatre is a West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. It was built for the producer Henry Leslie, who financed it from the profits of the light opera hit, '' Dorothy'', which he transferred from its original venue to open the new theatre on 17 December 1888. Under Leslie and his early successors the house specialised in musical theatre, and that tradition has continued intermittently throughout the theatre's existence. Musical productions in the theatre's first four decades included '' The Mountebanks'' (1892), ''His Excellency'' (1894), '' The Duchess of Dantzig'' (1903), ''The Chocolate Soldier'' (1910) and '' Lilac Time'' (1922). Later musical shows included ''Irma La Douce'' (1958), '' Robert and Elizabeth'' (1964), '' John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert'' (1974), '' Blood Brothers'' (1983), '' Five Guys Named Moe'' (1990) and '' Thriller – Live'' (2009). Many non-musical productions have been staged at the Lyric, from Shakespeare t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Schwartz (composer)
Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theater lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as ''Godspell'' (1971), '' Pippin'' (1972), and '' Wicked'' (2003). He has contributed lyrics to a number of successful films, including ''Pocahontas'' (1995), '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996), '' The Prince of Egypt'' (1998, music and lyrics), and '' Enchanted'' (2007). Schwartz has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, three Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards, and has been nominated for six Tony Awards. He received the 2015 Isabelle Stevenson Award, a special Tony Award, for his commitment to serving artists and fostering new talent. Early life and education Schwartz was born to a Jewish family in New York City, the son of Sheila Lorna (née Siegel), a teacher, and Stanley Leonard Schwartz, a businessman. He grew up in the Williston Park area of Nassau County, New York, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Theatre
West End theatre is mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.Christopher Innes, "West End" in ''The Cambridge Guide to Theatre'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp. 1194–1195, Along with New York City's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world. Seeing a West End show is a common tourist activity in London. Famous screen actors, British and international alike, frequently appear on the London stage. There are a total of 39 theatres in the West End, with the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, opened in May 1663, the oldest theatre in London. The Savoy Theatre – built as a showcase for the popular series of comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan – was entirely lit by electricity in 1881. Opening in October 2022, @sohoplace is the first new West End theatre in 50 years. The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) announc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donmar Warehouse
The Donmar Warehouse is a 251-seat, not-for-profit theatre in Covent Garden, London, England. It first opened on 18 July 1977. Sam Mendes, Michael Grandage and Josie Rourke have all served as artistic director, a post held since 2019 by Michael Longhurst. The theatre has a diverse artistic policy that includes new writing, contemporary reappraisals of European classics, British and American drama and small-scale musical theatre. As well as presenting at least six productions a year at its home in Covent Garden, every year the Donmar tours one in-house production in the UK. History Theatrical producer Donald Albery formed Donmar Productions around 1953, with the name derived from the first three letters of his name and the first three letters of his wife's middle name, Margaret. In 1961, he bought the warehouse, a building that in the 1870s had been a vat room and hops warehouse for the local brewery in Covent Garden, and in the 1920s had been used as a film studio and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Band's Visit (musical)
''The Band's Visit'' is a stage musical with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Itamar Moses, based on the 2007 Israeli film of the same name. The musical opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in November 2017, after its off-Broadway premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company in December 2016. ''The Band's Visit'' has received critical acclaim. Its off-Broadway production won several major awards, including the 2017 Obie Award for Musical Theatre, as well the year's New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical. At the 72nd Tony Awards, it was nominated for 11 awards and won 10, including Best Musical. ''The Band's Visit'' is one of four musicals in Broadway history to win the unofficial "Big Six" Tony Awards, which include Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, and Best Direction of a Musical. It won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Productions The original pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisha Wallace
Marisha Wallace is an American actress, best known for her work in musical theatre. Life and career Wallace appeared in the original Broadway casts of ''Aladdin'' (2014) and ''Something Rotten!'' (2015) as a member of the ensemble and understudy. In January 2017 she became an alternate Effie White in the West End production of ''Dreamgirls''. Following the departure of Amber Riley from the production, Wallace took over the role, sharing with Karen Mav and Moya Angela. In 2017, she released a Christmas album called ''Soul Holiday''. In 2019, she joined the original London cast of ''Waitress'' as Becky. In Summer 2021 she starred in the London Coliseum production of ''Hairspray'' as Motormouth Maybelle opposite Michael Ball. In 2022, she played Ado Annie in ''Oklahoma!'' at the Young Vic. Wallace is the singing voice of Ms. Johnston in '' Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey'' on Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Muscato
Jamie Muscato (born 12 April, 1990) is an English actor and singer. Most known for his portrayal of Jason Dean in the original London run of '' Heathers: The Musical'' in 2018, he has starred in several other West End shows since his professional debut in 2009. As a teenager, he was in a production of ''Unforgotten'' as a member of the British Youth Music Theatre, continuing his musical theatre training and appearing in other musical theatre competitions. His first professional role was as an ensemble swing for the original London cast of '' Spring Awakening'', also marking his West End debut. Life and career Early life and theatre beginnings Muscato grew up in Brighton. When he was eight, he took part in an open audition for a pantomime in his hometown. He then fell in love with acting and joined several amateur theatre companies, saying later on that " cting hasbeen the only thing I've wanted to do since then and I've been lucky to make a career out of it". He starred in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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