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LMTO concerts receive double nomination in the 25th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards

Something Rotten! in concert nominated for WhatsOnStage Awards Best Concert Event alongside Pippin – 50th Anniversary Concert

LMTO thrilled to be involved in the nomination list for a WhatsOnStage Award

The 25th annual WhatsOnStage Award nominations have been announced an LMTO is involved again in the list of Best Concert Event. This time with TWO nominations!

The performances of Something Rotten! in concert came about through a collaboration of Fourth Wall Live, JAS Theatricals, and the London Musical Theatre Orchestra in association with Alchemation. 

Performed on 5th and 6th August 2024, the performances were not only well received for the stage presence of the performers but for the excellence of the London Musical Theatre Orchestra. The nominations are voted for by the public on the WhatsOnStage website with one vote per person registering.

Fourth Wall Live and the London Musical Theatre Orchestra produced the WhatsOnStage Award-winning concert of Love Never Dies in 2023 at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Something Rotten! was created by Hollywood screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run, James and the Giant Peach), John O’Farrell (Best-selling novels include The Best a Man Can Get, May Contain Nuts, The Man Who Forgot His Wife) and Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick (Change the World by Eric Clapton), who together went on to adapt Mrs Doubtfire into the West End and Broadway Musical.  The show follows the story of Renaissance writers Nick and Nigel Bottom as they seek to outshine Shakespeare by writing the world’s first musical.

Something Rotten! originally opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre in 2015 and received several Best Musical nominations, 10 Tony Award nominations and was hailed by Time Out New York as “the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years”.

To vote for Something Rotten! along with your other favourites from 2024’s amazing range of theatre go to WhatsOnStage.

Pippin – 50th Anniversary Concert was produced by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment & Carter Dixon McGill Productions with LMTO performing the infectiously unforgettable score from four-time Grammy winner, three-time Oscar winner and musical theatre giant, Stephen Schwartz.

Performed on 29th and 30th April 2024,  LMTO’s involvement was heralded by Schwartz as a “once in a blue moon event” adding “Although there have been some excellent recent productions of Pippin in the UK, the show never gets to be heard with a full live orchestra and choir.”

To vote for Pippin – 50th Anniversary Concert along with your other favourites from 2024’s amazing range of theatre go to WhatsOnStage.

Something Rotten! in Concert – Full Cast Announcement

COMPLETE CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR UK PREMIERE OF BROADWAY MUSICAL SOMETHING ROTTEN! IN CONCERT AT THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE

Complete casting has been announced for the UK premiere of the hit Broadway musical comedy SOMETHING ROTTEN!, which plays Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Monday 5 August and Tuesday 6 August.

Completing the cast are Evonnee Bentley-Holder, Jordan Cunningham, Luke Field-Wright, Ru Fisher, Matthew Koon, Eddie Manning, Lisa Mattheison, Katharine Pearson and Ella Redhead, who make up the ensemble. 

They join the previously announced Jason Manford as Nick Bottom, Gary Wilmot as Nostradamus, Richard Fleeshman as Shakespeare, Marisha Wallace as Bea, Evelyn Hoskins as Portia, Cassius Hackforth as Nigel Bottom, Steve Furst as Shylock, Ashley Samuels as Troubadour, Cameron Blakely as Brother Jeremiah and Jenna Boyd as Lady Croydon.

SOMETHING ROTTEN! in concert is directed by Tim Jackson, with the full Broadway score performed by the London Musical Theatre Orchestra and conducted by Freddie Tapner. Choreography is by Tim Jackson and Claira Vaughan, sound by Tom Marshall and Sebastian Frost, lighting by Jamie Platt, set and costume by Rebecca Brower, production management by Pete Kramer, company and stage management by Peter Barnett and casting consultancy by Sarah Jane Price. 

Tickets are on sale now at www.somethingrottenconcert.com. 

SOMETHING ROTTEN! was created by Hollywood screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run, James and the Giant Peach), John O’Farrell (Best-selling novels include The Best a Man Can Get, May Contain Nuts, The Man Who Forgot His Wife) and Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick (Change the World by Eric Clapton), who together went on to adapt Mrs Doubtfire into the West End and Broadway Musical.  The show follows the story of Renaissance writers Nick and Nigel Bottom as they seek to outshine Shakespeare by writing the world’s first musical.

SOMETHING ROTTEN! originally opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre in 2015 and received several Best Musical nominations, 10 Tony Award nominations and was hailed by Time Out New York as “the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years”.

SOMETHING ROTTEN! in Concert is produced by Fourth Wall Live, JAS Theatricals, and the London Musical Theatre Orchestra in association with Alchemation.  Fourth Wall Live and the London Musical Theatre Orchestra produced the WhatsOnStage Award-winning concert of Love Never Dies and were producers/co-producers for the concerts of Bonnie & Clyde, Evita and Chess, all at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Originally produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, Broadway Global Ventures CMC Mastro/Goodman Jerry & Ronald Frankel Morris Berchard, Kyodo Tokyo, Inc. Wendy Federman Barbara Freitag LAMS Productions Winkler/DeSimone, Timothy Laczynski Dan Markley Harris/Karmazin Jam Theatricals Robert Greenblatt, and Jujamcyn Theaters. Developed in association with the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, WA, David Armstrong, Executive Producer and Artistic Director, Bernadine Griffin, Managing Director and Bill Berry, Producing Artistic Director.

By arrangement with Music Theatre International.

LISTINGS INFORMATION:

Facebook & Instagram: @SomethingRottenConcert
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SOMETHING ROTTEN!

Dates: 5th – 6th August 2024

Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Catherine Street
London
WC2B 5JF

Performances:  7.30pm on Monday 5 August, 2.30pm & 7:30pm on Tuesday 6 August.

Box Office: 020 3925 2998

Website: somethingrottenconcert.com


 

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