More 'Music of the Night': The Phantom of the Opera Sets New Closing Date on Broadway
November 2022 - Playbill
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show in Broadway history, has postponed its closing date and will now play through April 16, 2023. Upon closing, the musical will have played 13,981 performances…
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Pride and Prejudice (*Sort of) opens at the Criterion Theatre
November 2021 - The Standard
Truth universally acknowledged and all that, a Jane Austen show in the West End is going to make a lot of people very happy. This sweary, anarchic reboot of Pride and Prejudice…
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Leslie Bricusse passes away aged 90
October 2021
British songwriting genius Leslie Bricusse passed away at the age of 90. He was the composer and lyricist for more than 40 blockbuster musicals on stage and screen, nominated for ten Oscars (winning two), and had nine Grammys and four Tony Awards…
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The Phantom Of The Opera Celebrates Broadway Reopening
October 2021
"The Phantom of the Opera," Broadway's longest running show, had a spectacular reopening Friday night...
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Strictly Come Dancing star Arlene Phillips to receive Damehood
June 2021 - Metro
Strictly Come Dancing star Arlene Phillips is set to receive a Damehood. The 78-year-old is expected to feature in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, which will be announced later this month…
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Legacy of a legend: how the Lynne and Land Foundation supports dance talent
July 2020 - The Stage
Launched last year, the Gillian Lynne and Peter Land Foundation continues the work of choreographer Gillian Lynne, whose widower Peter Land tells Nick Smurthwaite how the fund is helping students in need through the pandemic…
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Musical survivor Cats has the perfect message for these times
July 2020 - The Stage
Perhaps we all need to start bombarding Boris Johnson and his government with Harry Francis’ film Cats in Quarantine, which appeared on YouTube last week…
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The Lynne and Land Foundation Announces Grants to Four Arts Organisations
July 2020 - Theatre Weekly
Today, on the second anniversary of the death of dearly-loved choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne, The Lynne and Land Foundation announces grants to four arts organisations close to her heart…
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Dancers around the world celebrate 'Cats in Quarantine'
June 2020
Conceived and edited by Harry Francis during the Covid pandemic of 2020, 'Cats in Quarantine' is a tribute to Dame Gillian Lynne. 'Cats in Quarantine' features 333 cast members from productions of Cats around the world dancing to Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic music, whilst in isolation...
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Peter Land announces J.R.Ballantyne as first recipient of Foundation Award
July 2019 - Broadway World
Peter Land is delighted to announce J.R. Ballantyne as the first recipient of the Foundation. J.R. received funding towards his drama school fees enabling him to complete his training at Arts Education. In the last few weeks J.R has made his professional and West End debut…
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£70,000 raised for the Gillian Lynne and Peter Land Foundation
July 2019 - London Theatre1
On Tuesday evening, the great and good of the dance, theatre, film and TV industry came out in force to enjoy an unforgettable evening of stellar performances in celebration of the prolific and dearly-loved director-choreographer, Gillian Lynne DBE at The Gillian Lynne Theatre, Drury Lane in London…
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Interview: Peter Land on ‘To Gillie, with Love’, a Celebration of the Life of His Wife, Dame Gillian Lynne
May 2019 - Theatre Weekly
When Peter Land, newly arrived in England from New Zealand, attended the first meet and greet with his fellow cast mates of Cameron Mackintosh’s revival of My Fair Lady, he could never have known that would be the day he would meet the woman he would spend the next four decades with, Gillian Lynne…
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