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''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago the Musical]]'' opened at the Phoenix Theatre on 11 April 2018, starring [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]] as Billy Flynn, Sarah Soetaert as Roxie Hart, [[Josefina Gabrielle]] as Velma Kelly, and [[Ruthie Henshall]] as Mama Morton.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bowie-Sell|first=Daisy|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/ruthie-henshall-josefina-gabrielle-chicago-casting_45807.html|title=Ruthie Henshall, Sarah Soetaert, and Josefina Gabrielle to star in ''Chicago''|work=WhatsOnStage|access-date=2018-08-20|date=2018-02-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> A cast change saw [[Martin Kemp]] take over the role of Billy Flynn, with [[Alexandra Burke]] as Roxie Hart, [[Mazz Murray]] as Mama Morton. Denise Van Outen was due to take over as Velma Kelly however a foot injury meant that Josefina Gabrielle returned to the role.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bowie-Sell|first=Daisy|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/alexandra-burke-cast-chicago-west-end_47183.html|title=Alexandra Burke joins the cast of Chicago in the West End|work=WhatsOnStage|access-date=2018-08-20|date=2018-07-24|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bestoftheatre.co.uk/blog/post/denise-van-outen-chicago |title=DENISE VAN OUTEN to star as Velma Kelly in CHICAGO |website=BestOfTheatre.co.uk |access-date=1 September 2018 |date=1 September 2018}}</ref> The show closed on 5 January 2019. |
''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago the Musical]]'' opened at the Phoenix Theatre on 11 April 2018, starring [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]] as Billy Flynn, Sarah Soetaert as Roxie Hart, [[Josefina Gabrielle]] as Velma Kelly, and [[Ruthie Henshall]] as Mama Morton.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bowie-Sell|first=Daisy|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/ruthie-henshall-josefina-gabrielle-chicago-casting_45807.html|title=Ruthie Henshall, Sarah Soetaert, and Josefina Gabrielle to star in ''Chicago''|work=WhatsOnStage|access-date=2018-08-20|date=2018-02-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> A cast change saw [[Martin Kemp]] take over the role of Billy Flynn, with [[Alexandra Burke]] as Roxie Hart, [[Mazz Murray]] as Mama Morton. Denise Van Outen was due to take over as Velma Kelly however a foot injury meant that Josefina Gabrielle returned to the role.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bowie-Sell|first=Daisy|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/alexandra-burke-cast-chicago-west-end_47183.html|title=Alexandra Burke joins the cast of Chicago in the West End|work=WhatsOnStage|access-date=2018-08-20|date=2018-07-24|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bestoftheatre.co.uk/blog/post/denise-van-outen-chicago |title=DENISE VAN OUTEN to star as Velma Kelly in CHICAGO |website=BestOfTheatre.co.uk |access-date=1 September 2018 |date=1 September 2018}}</ref> The show closed on 5 January 2019. |
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In June 2018, it was announced that the hit Broadway musical ''[[Come from Away]]'' would transfer to the Phoenix, which it did in February 2019. The production closed on 7 January 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/news/post/come-from-away-last-extension|title=Come From Away extends again - For the last time|work=London Box Office|date=July 1, 2022|accessdate=July 1, 2022}}</ref> The theatre's next production will be ''[[Noises Off]]'', starring [[Felicity Kendall]], [[Jonathan Coy]], [[Matthew Kelly]], and [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]], from 19 January to 11 March 2023.<ref>https://phoenix.londontheatres.co.uk/noises-off-phoenix |
In June 2018, it was announced that the hit Broadway musical ''[[Come from Away]]'' would transfer to the Phoenix, which it did in February 2019. The production closed on 7 January 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/news/post/come-from-away-last-extension|title=Come From Away extends again - For the last time|work=London Box Office|date=July 1, 2022|accessdate=July 1, 2022}}</ref> The theatre's next production will be ''[[Noises Off]]'', starring [[Felicity Kendall]], [[Jonathan Coy]], [[Matthew Kelly]], and [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]], from 19 January to 11 March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Noises Off tickets - Phoenix Theatre London|url=https://phoenix.londontheatres.co.uk/noises-off-phoenix|access-date=2023-03-05|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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The theatre is owned by the [[Ambassador Theatre Group]]. Since 1973 it has been a Grade II [[Listed Building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1242926 |desc=The Phoenix Theatre|date=1973-10-23 |access-date=2015-03-25 }}</ref> |
The theatre is owned by the [[Ambassador Theatre Group]]. Since 1973 it has been a Grade II [[Listed Building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1242926 |desc=The Phoenix Theatre|date=1973-10-23 |access-date=2015-03-25 }}</ref> |
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 Phoenix Theatre in 2007 | |
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| Address | Charing Cross Road London, WC2 United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 51°30′52″N 0°07′46″W / 51.514444°N 0.129556°W |
| Public transit |  Tottenham Court Road |
| Owner | Ambassador Theatre Group |
| Type | West End theatre |
| Capacity | 1,012 on 3 levels |
| Production | Noises Off |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 24 September 1930 |
| Architect | Giles Gilbert Scott, Bertie Crewe and Cecil Masey |
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The Phoenix Theatre is a West End theatre in the London Borough of Camden, located in Charing Cross Road (on the corner of Flitcroft Street). The entrances are on Phoenix Street and Charing Cross Road. The Phoenix Theatre was built on the site of a former factory and then music hall Alcazar before.[1]
Description
Built for Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein, the theatre was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, Bertie Crewe and Cecil Massey. It has a restrained neoclassical exterior, but an interior designed in an Italianate style by director and designer Theodore Komisarjevsky. Vladimir Polunin copied works by Tintoretto, Titian, Pinturicchio, and Giorgione. It has a safety curtain that holds Jacopo del Sellaio's The Triumph of Love.[2]
There are golden engravings in the auditorium, and red seats, carpets and curtains. This look is based on traditional Italian theatres. There are decorated ceilings and sculpted wooden doors throughout the building.
It opened on 24 September 1930 with the premiere of Private Lives by Noël Coward, who also appeared in the play, with Adrienne Allen, Gertrude Lawrence and Laurence Olivier. Coward returned to the theatre with Tonight at 8.30, a series of ten[3] plays, in 1936 and Quadrille in 1952.
On 16 December 1969, the long association with Coward was celebrated with a midnight matinee in honour of his 70th birthday, and the foyer bar was renamed the Noel Coward Bar.
Productions
The Phoenix has had a number of successful plays including Norman Ginsbury's Viceroy Sarah in 1935, and John Gielgud's Love for Love during the Second World War. Harlequinade and The Browning Version, two plays by Terence Rattigan, opened on 8 September 1948 at the theatre. In 1950, it staged Frederick Lonsdale's final play The Way Things Go.
In the mid-1950s, Paul Scofield and Peter Brook appeared at the theatre. In 1968, a musical version of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales opened and ran for around two thousand performances. Night and Day, a 1978 play by Tom Stoppard, ran for two years.
The theatre hosted many musicals in the 1980s and 1990s, including The Biograph Girl with Sheila White, The Baker's Wife by Stephen Schwartz directed by Trevor Nunn, and Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim, starring Julia McKenzie. There were also a number of plays by William Shakespeare. Its first pantomime was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs starring Dana in 1983.
The production of Blood Brothers, the Willy Russell musical that transferred from The Albery Theatre in November 1991, ended a 21-year run on 10 November 2012 after becoming the longest-running production at the theatre. Following limited engagements of Goodnight Mr Tom and Midnight Tango. The theatre then played host to the original West End production of Broadway musical Once, which opened in April 2013 and closed on 21 March 2015.
Bend it Like Beckham: The Musical, Guys and Dolls and The Last Tango played in 2016, with Dirty Dancing and Peppa Pig's Surprise comprising the 2016 Christmas season.
The Girls, a musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth based on The Calendar Girls film, played at the Phoenix Theatre with previews from 28 January 2017, and officially opened on 21 February 2017. The production closed on 15 July 2017.[4]
Chicago the Musical opened at the Phoenix Theatre on 11 April 2018, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as Billy Flynn, Sarah Soetaert as Roxie Hart, Josefina Gabrielle as Velma Kelly, and Ruthie Henshall as Mama Morton.[5] A cast change saw Martin Kemp take over the role of Billy Flynn, with Alexandra Burke as Roxie Hart, Mazz Murray as Mama Morton. Denise Van Outen was due to take over as Velma Kelly however a foot injury meant that Josefina Gabrielle returned to the role.[6][7] The show closed on 5 January 2019.
In June 2018, it was announced that the hit Broadway musical Come from Away would transfer to the Phoenix, which it did in February 2019. The production closed on 7 January 2023.[8] The theatre's next production will be Noises Off, starring Felicity Kendall, Jonathan Coy, Matthew Kelly, and Tracy-Ann Oberman, from 19 January to 11 March 2023.[9]
The theatre is owned by the Ambassador Theatre Group. Since 1973 it has been a Grade II Listed Building.[10]
See also
References
- Citations
- ^ "The Phoenix Theatre, Charing Cross Road, WC2". www.arthurlloyd.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ Limited, London Theatre Direct. "Phoenix Theatre". London Theatre Direct.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ The theatre programme on the night
- ^ Shenton, Mark (16 September 2016). "The Girls, Musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, to Premiere in West End". Playbill. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ Bowie-Sell, Daisy (16 February 2018). "Ruthie Henshall, Sarah Soetaert, and Josefina Gabrielle to star in Chicago". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ Bowie-Sell, Daisy (24 July 2018). "Alexandra Burke joins the cast of Chicago in the West End". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "DENISE VAN OUTEN to star as Velma Kelly in CHICAGO". BestOfTheatre.co.uk. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Come From Away extends again - For the last time". London Box Office. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Noises Off tickets - Phoenix Theatre London". Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Historic England (23 October 1973). "The Phoenix Theatre (1242926)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- Further reading
- Earl, John; Sell, Michael (2000). Guide to British Theatres 1750–1950. Theatres Trust. p. 131. ISBN 0-7136-5688-3.
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