To Brazilians, the name Bibi Ferreira is to musical theatre what Antonio Carlos Jobim is to samba.
The arts centre in Cardiff Bay aims to provide a new world-class stage for full scale ballet, opera, musical theatre and dance.
The Classic Brit awards, now in its 13th year, broadened its remit last year to include musical theatre and film score composition.
Speaking to The Stage newspaper, event director Maggie Crowe confirmed that "serious consideration" had been given to making musical theatre a category.
Bravely, he concentrates on popular arts, especially musical theatre, songwriting and drama, in which a writer's Jewish identity was often suppressed or sublimated.
Thousands of people have attended the three-day open-air festival since it began in 2000, offering a mix of opera, musical theatre and Welsh language music.
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We cannot be comforted by any type of optimism and it is the music in particular that incites the sense of loss according to Mary Hammond, Sondheim Professor of Musical Theatre Vocal Studies at the Royal Academy of Music.
The Church of Earthalujah part theatre, part musical, part worship service has a performance every Sunday at Theatre 80 in the East Village (the run ends June 26).
This year's 10-day festival began on 31 August and included events such as street theatre, musical performances and a city procession.
The evening performances of Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Theatre and Trelawny of the Wells at the Donmar Warehouse were cancelled, spokespeople said via Twitter.
The special performance, on 14 May, will celebrate 10 years of the hit musical at London's Dominion Theatre.
The musical, at the Citizens' Theatre in Glasgow until 17 November, was conceived and directed by Cora Bissett.
On Saturday, 1, 000 people with a coffin filled with musical instruments, film reels and theatre masks marched through La Rochelle, where a film festival is being held.
Other awards went to The Bodyguard, which was named best new musical, and to the National Theatre's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time for best new play.
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Alongside three in-depth interviews with ex-New Order front man Bernard Sumner, journalist Paul Morley and musical master Barry Adamson, the theatre will host three gigs - two programmed by Dave Haslam and one by future stars (and past MIF players) Everything Everything.
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The show "Matilda, " which opened April 11 at Shubert Theatre, is a witty musical adaptation of the beloved novel by Roald Dahl and is true to his bleak vision of childhood as a savage battleground.
The English hit "Matilda, " which opened Thursday at Shubert Theatre, is a witty musical adaptation of the beloved novel by Roald Dahl and is true to his bleak vision of childhood as a savage battleground.
Gerry Mulgrew, the writer and director of the musical, said it was very important for Scottish theatre to play a central role at the Fringe.
It has used other venues, including The Roundhouse, while its hit musical Matilda has been at Covent Garden's Cambridge Theatre for more than a year.
The main musical categories are dominated by regional powerhouse, Chichester Festival Theatre, which transferred three shows to the West End this year - Singin' in the Rain, Sweeney Todd and Kiss Me, Kate (just opened at the Old Vic).
It makes sense that the Irish Repertory Theatre should have taken an interest in a musical set in Innisfree, and Charlotte Moore, the company's artistic director, has contrived with her usual deftness to paper over the show's flaws and bring its considerable charms to the fore.
Besides the revival and film of "The Last Five Years, " he's got two new musicals debuting this year: "Honeymoon in Vegas, " an adaptation of the 1992 film written with Andrew Bergman that will premiere at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse, and "The Bridges of Madison County, " a musical he wrote with Marsha Norman that debuts at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts this summer.
The comedian told the BBC last year that he rediscovered his love for theatre after appearing as Fagin in Sir Cameron Mackintosh's musical.
Her portrayal of Elle Woods in West End musical Legally Blonde won her best actress awards at both the Oliviers and the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
The late Marvin Hamlisch, who died last August, was also honoured with the inaugural prize for best original music for his score for the 2002 Broadway musical Sweet Smell of Success, which received its UK premiere at London's Arcola Theatre.
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Victoria Wood is staging a new musical play about a 1920s Manchester children's choir, while performance artist Marina Abramovic and theatre company Punchdrunk are also showcasing original productions.
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