Kerry Ellis has just joined the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-breaking musical Cats playing the role of Grizabella, and below, you can watch as she transforms into her character Based on T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Cats returned to the West End last month with the original creative team - Director Trevor Nunn, Associate Director and Choreographer Gillian Lynne, Designer John Napier and Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber - reunited for the Palladium run.
- 3/17/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Wicked, the award-winning musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is proud to welcome back the original British Elphaba, Kerry Ellis, who will recreate her celebrated performance from Monday 4 August until Saturday 25 October 2014. Willemijn Verkaik will play her final performance as Elphaba this Saturday 19 July 2014 at 7.30pm. She departs the production in order to have surgery to address an ongoing back condition.
- 7/14/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lily Allen is giving the audience a lot to look at! The English singer flashed a generous amount of side boob while rocking a sheer, nude-colored beaded William Vintage top that clearly showed off her pasties during her performance for City Rocks at the Royal Albert Hall in London tonight. Allen proudly flaunted her figure in the racy top while serenading the crowd to celebrate the 275th birthday of Coram, the UK's oldest children's charity. The lineup also included The Feeling, Maverick Sabre, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Brian May and Kerry Ellis. The outspoken star recently found herself in a bit controversy with MTV over her music video for "Our Time." In the "Our...
- 4/2/2014
- E! Online
Bad Education and The Call Centre are at the centre of BBC Three's Christmas schedule this year.
Bad Education's festive special will see Jack Whitehall's character Alfie staging the Abbey Grove Christmas play - only to decide on a mash-up of The Nutcracker and RoboCop called Robocracker.
Elsewhere on BBC Three, hit documentary The Call Centre will return for the holidays, with CEO Nev Wilshire deciding to start a Christmas choir and tea lady Hayley battling the budget to stage a successful office Christmas party.
The channel's festive schedule is rounded out by a Christmas episode of Bluestone 42, which sees the team being joined by over-confident Corporal Gordon House on his first tour of duty.
Meanwhile, BBC Four also revealed its plans for Christmas, with Strictly Come Dancing host Len Goodman fronting Dance Band Days - an exploration of the British dance bands which paved the way for modern pop.
Bad Education's festive special will see Jack Whitehall's character Alfie staging the Abbey Grove Christmas play - only to decide on a mash-up of The Nutcracker and RoboCop called Robocracker.
Elsewhere on BBC Three, hit documentary The Call Centre will return for the holidays, with CEO Nev Wilshire deciding to start a Christmas choir and tea lady Hayley battling the budget to stage a successful office Christmas party.
The channel's festive schedule is rounded out by a Christmas episode of Bluestone 42, which sees the team being joined by over-confident Corporal Gordon House on his first tour of duty.
Meanwhile, BBC Four also revealed its plans for Christmas, with Strictly Come Dancing host Len Goodman fronting Dance Band Days - an exploration of the British dance bands which paved the way for modern pop.
- 11/26/2013
- Digital Spy
When we heard two Spice Girls were covering something from the musical Chess, we assumed Victoria Beckham would be barking out the lines of the Arbiter and Geri Halliwell would do the talk-singing part at the beginning of "One Night in Bangkok." Oddly, we were wrong. For Melanie C's upcoming album Stages, she and Emma Bunton sing the pop-crossover "I Know Him So Well." It's a more traditional take than Whitney and Cissy Houston's, not quite as balls-out as Idina Menzel and Kerry Ellis in the Chess concert, or as smog-filled as the video with Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson. It is, however, two Spice Girls singing Chess.
- 10/15/2012
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
West End star Kerry Ellis recently wrote article for the Huffington Pst, in which she urges tourists to see a show while in London for the 2012 Olympics. Ellis writes 'Theatre is part of the city's lifeblood and I know I'm not alone when I say that the Olympic Games this summer is a wonderful opportunity to introduce many of the fantastic shows currently being performed in the capital to the thousands of people visiting the city in July, most for the first time.'...
- 4/10/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am, Jessie J and Danny O'Donoghue continue their quest to find the UK's next singing superstar this weekend, and the first pictures from episode two of The Voice UK have now been released. They feature a former member of '80s pop combo Five Star, West End singer Kerry Ellis, former X Factor hopeful Heshima Thompson, and David Julien, (more)...
- 3/29/2012
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
The Voice UK coaches have turned down a West End star at the blind auditions, it has been revealed. Kerry Ellis, who has performed in West End musicals My Fair Lady and Wicked, was snubbed by all four judges at the BBC talent show's auditions. According to the Daily Star, there was "genuine gasps" that Tom Jones, will.i.am, Danny O'Donoghue and Jessie J opted not to select Ellis for a spot in the competition. Ellis famously filled in for Martine McCutcheon in My Fair Lady, when the ex-EastEnders actress fell ill. She (more)...
- 2/13/2012
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
London - There's a Hollywood cast for Britain's Whatsonstage theater awards, with James Earl Jones, Jude Law and Kevin Spacey competing for best actor in a play.
Jones is nominated for "Driving Miss Daisy," Law for "Anna Christie" and Spacey for "Richard III," alongside Benedict Cumberbatch for "Frankenstein," James Corden for "One Man, Two Guvnors" and David Tennant for "Much Ado About Nothing."
The prizes, run by theater website whatonstage.com, are decided by public vote.
Best actress contenders announced Friday include Vanessa Redgrave for "Driving Miss Daisy" and Kristin Scott Thomas for "Betrayal."
In the musical categories, there are multiple nominations for the movie-inspired romance "Ghost" and Roald Dahl-based "Matilda."
Winners will be announced Feb. 19. See below for the full list of nominees.
Watch previews of some of the nominated plays:
The Full List Of 2011/12 Nominations
Best Actress in a Play
Eve Best – Much Ado About Nothing at...
Jones is nominated for "Driving Miss Daisy," Law for "Anna Christie" and Spacey for "Richard III," alongside Benedict Cumberbatch for "Frankenstein," James Corden for "One Man, Two Guvnors" and David Tennant for "Much Ado About Nothing."
The prizes, run by theater website whatonstage.com, are decided by public vote.
Best actress contenders announced Friday include Vanessa Redgrave for "Driving Miss Daisy" and Kristin Scott Thomas for "Betrayal."
In the musical categories, there are multiple nominations for the movie-inspired romance "Ghost" and Roald Dahl-based "Matilda."
Winners will be announced Feb. 19. See below for the full list of nominees.
Watch previews of some of the nominated plays:
The Full List Of 2011/12 Nominations
Best Actress in a Play
Eve Best – Much Ado About Nothing at...
- 12/2/2011
- by AP/The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
It’s been a good week for Joe McElderry.
The South Shields singer won ITV’s Popstar To Operastar on Sunday night and now, it’s been reportedly revealed that he has landed a new record deal also.
Joe of course shot to fame on the 2009 series of The X Factor, which he went on to win. He was subsequently signed to Simon Cowell’s Syco label, but after disappointing record sales was dropped earlier this year.
Now, McElderry seems set to join the likes of American Idol’s Clay Aiken and West End star Kerry Ellis on British label Decca, part of the Universal Music Group.
Do you think he can sell anything? Leave your comments below…
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The South Shields singer won ITV’s Popstar To Operastar on Sunday night and now, it’s been reportedly revealed that he has landed a new record deal also.
Joe of course shot to fame on the 2009 series of The X Factor, which he went on to win. He was subsequently signed to Simon Cowell’s Syco label, but after disappointing record sales was dropped earlier this year.
Now, McElderry seems set to join the likes of American Idol’s Clay Aiken and West End star Kerry Ellis on British label Decca, part of the Universal Music Group.
Do you think he can sell anything? Leave your comments below…
View the original post X Factor News: Joe McElderry signs new recording contract with Decca Records on Unreality TV...
- 7/12/2011
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
Brian May and Kerry Ellis have announced dates for a joint tour. The Queen star and Wicked singer will play 12 dates across the UK in May this year, performing a number of rock-infused songs from the musicals Wicked, We Will Rock You and Chess. "Kerry Ellis is now acknowledged as a phenomenon, equally at home in musical theatre and rock," Brian May said in a press release. "I was convinced from the moment we worked together on We Will Rock You nine years ago that she was destined to be a worldwide star. The challenge was to develop songs and arrangements to allow that amazing voice to reach its true potential." The jaunt kicks off in Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall (more)...
- 2/21/2011
- by By Robert Copsey
- Digital Spy
We will, we will rock you…with this report! It only works if you’re Queen fan (and who’s not?), so check this out!
You all remember that we had a little chat about two upcoming projects, actually two Freddie Mercury biopics.
Today, we’re here to update a whole thing, because one of the projects, which is being scripted by Frost/Nixon writer Peter Morgan, and will follow the band from its early years to its 1985 Live Aid performance, is expected to begin next year.
That’s exactly what Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor have told Queen Online:
“Work is now fully under way for the much-vaunted feature film on the life of Freddie. Peter Morgan has delivered a first draft of the movie, which everyone is very excited about, and Sacha Baron Cohen is chomping at the bit to get into the role, in a...
You all remember that we had a little chat about two upcoming projects, actually two Freddie Mercury biopics.
Today, we’re here to update a whole thing, because one of the projects, which is being scripted by Frost/Nixon writer Peter Morgan, and will follow the band from its early years to its 1985 Live Aid performance, is expected to begin next year.
That’s exactly what Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor have told Queen Online:
“Work is now fully under way for the much-vaunted feature film on the life of Freddie. Peter Morgan has delivered a first draft of the movie, which everyone is very excited about, and Sacha Baron Cohen is chomping at the bit to get into the role, in a...
- 1/12/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Last September, it was reported that Sacha Baron Cohen was attached to play Freddie Mercury in an upcoming bio-pic to be written by Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon). Gk Films is partnering with Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal’s Tribeca Productions and Queen manager Jim Beach on the film’s production, and it’s due to begin shooting next year.
Well now the screenwriter has revealed some more details about the film, stating that it will focus on Mercury’s life, from the early days of Queen to the band’s legendary performance at Wembley Stadium for Live Aid in 1985. However Morgan also went on to say that the movie would not examine Mercury’s final years and his AIDS-related death in 1991.
“I didn’t want to write an AIDS movie, to be honest with you,” Morgan told Cinema Blend. “I just looked at the period– It’s sort of...
Well now the screenwriter has revealed some more details about the film, stating that it will focus on Mercury’s life, from the early days of Queen to the band’s legendary performance at Wembley Stadium for Live Aid in 1985. However Morgan also went on to say that the movie would not examine Mercury’s final years and his AIDS-related death in 1991.
“I didn’t want to write an AIDS movie, to be honest with you,” Morgan told Cinema Blend. “I just looked at the period– It’s sort of...
- 1/12/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Kim Cattrall has been nominated for a coveted theater award. The "Sex and the City" star's turn as Amanda in "Private Lives" sees her considered for the Best Actress in a Play prize at the 11th Whatsonstage.com Awards.
She will face competition from "End of the Rainbow" star Tracie Bennett, Helen McCrory for her role in "The Late Middle Classes", "Ruined" star Jenny Jules, Nancy Carroll from "After the Dance" and "All My Sons" actress Zoe Wanamaker.
The Best Actor in a Play award will be contested by Benedict Cumberbatch from "After the Dance", Kim's "Private Lives" co-star Matthew Mcfadyen, "Hamlet" and "Measure For Measure" star Rory Kinnear, "Deathtrap" and "London Assurance" actor Simon Russell Beale, "The Real Thing"'s Toby Stephens and "All My Sons" star David Suchet.
"All My Sons" received more nominations than any other production, being considered for accolades in six different categories. The most...
She will face competition from "End of the Rainbow" star Tracie Bennett, Helen McCrory for her role in "The Late Middle Classes", "Ruined" star Jenny Jules, Nancy Carroll from "After the Dance" and "All My Sons" actress Zoe Wanamaker.
The Best Actor in a Play award will be contested by Benedict Cumberbatch from "After the Dance", Kim's "Private Lives" co-star Matthew Mcfadyen, "Hamlet" and "Measure For Measure" star Rory Kinnear, "Deathtrap" and "London Assurance" actor Simon Russell Beale, "The Real Thing"'s Toby Stephens and "All My Sons" star David Suchet.
"All My Sons" received more nominations than any other production, being considered for accolades in six different categories. The most...
- 12/4/2010
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
Since 1999, The Night of 1000 Voices has delighted capacity audiences at the Royal Albert Hall whilst raising money for charity. This year, The Night of 1000 Voices will be celebrating its 10th birthday, the 80th birthday of Stephen Sondheim and the 50th Anniversary of this year's charity, Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. Performers to be introduced by the much-loved, Aled Jones, include London and Broadway's Kerry Ellis (Oliver!, Wicked, Les Misérables) and Adam Pascal (Rent, Chess in Concert) and multi-Olivier Award-winning Philip Quast (Les Misérables, Evita, La Cage Aux Folles); also, the popular The Night of 1000 Voices regulars, Teri Bibb (Broadway's Christine in The Phantom of the Opera), Kenneth Nichols (Lyric Opera of Chicago) and David Michael Johnson (We Will Rock You in Stuttgart) who will return with his show-stopping Jesus Christ Superstar. Joining these performers on stage will be a VIP special musical guest with Robin Cousins and the original Calendar Girls. Gloria Hunniford...
- 4/12/2010
- BroadwayWorld.com
Over The Rainbow has been criticised by viewers for advertising Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End musicals. Thee BBC received 17 complaints over the weekend, concerning the promotion of Oliver! and Webber's new show Love Never Dies, according to The Sun. Webber's Phantom Of The Opera sequel opened last month, which apparently led some viewers to question "the timing" of his new BBC One talent show. Other complaints allegedly concerned the appearance of I'd Do Anything winner Jodie Prenger on the show. Prenger performed the show tune 'As Long As He Needs Me' and wished her successor Kerry Ellis good luck in taking over (more)...
- 3/29/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Following the success of How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, Any Dream Will Do and I’d Do Anything, Over The Rainbow reunites host Graham Norton and Andrew Lloyd Webber, who, along with a brand-new panel of experts (Sheila Hancock, Charlotte Church and John Partridge) and BBC One viewers, will choose a Dorothy to perform in the West End production of The Wizard Of Oz next year.
The second show of the new series puts the 20 Dorothy hopefuls through their paces. As one of their tasks (to be seen in tonight’s – Saturday 27 March – show) the girls get to work through a performance with five of the West End’s most well-respected leading ladies – Kelly Ellis (soon to replace Jodie Prenger as Nancy in Oliver!), Ruthie Henshall (currently appearing in Chicago), Sheridan Smith (Legally Blonde), Tamzin Outhwaite (Sweet Charity) and Melanie C (Blood Brothers) – to gain a valuable...
The second show of the new series puts the 20 Dorothy hopefuls through their paces. As one of their tasks (to be seen in tonight’s – Saturday 27 March – show) the girls get to work through a performance with five of the West End’s most well-respected leading ladies – Kelly Ellis (soon to replace Jodie Prenger as Nancy in Oliver!), Ruthie Henshall (currently appearing in Chicago), Sheridan Smith (Legally Blonde), Tamzin Outhwaite (Sweet Charity) and Melanie C (Blood Brothers) – to gain a valuable...
- 3/27/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
From We Will Rock You to Jesus Christ Superstar, the evening will include performances from a host of West End and Broadway stars including Kerry Ellis (Wicked, Les Misérables), Olivier Award-winning Philip Quast (Les Misérables, La Cage Aux Folles) and Adam Pascal (Rent), accompanied by the City of London Philharmonic and the massed choirs of Sing Live UK and USA under the musical supervision of the West End maestro, David Firman.
- 11/2/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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