The blockbuster London show, Les Miserables at the magnificent Queens Theatre is all set to update its cast. Recently, Cameron Mackintosh made announcement regarding the cast update of long running London Westend production from 15^th June 2015 which is about to make entry into its 30^th year.

The latest to join the multi award winning and longest running London Westend production includes Phil Daniels as ‘Thénardier’, Jeremy Secomb as ‘Javert’, Rachelle Ann Go as ‘Fantine’; Katy Secombe as ‘Madame Thénardier’ and Zoë Doano as ‘Cosette.

The role of Jean Valjean will be continued to be portrayed by Peter Lockyer, whereas Rob Houchen will portray the role of Marius, along with Carrie Hope Fletcher as ‘Eponine’. Bradley Jaden is currently in the ensemble and will play the role of ‘Enjolras’. The huge ensemble of Les Miserables comprises of: Adam Bayjou; Sanne den Besten; Edd Campbell Bird; Oliver Brenin; David Burnip; Jordan Lee Davies; Tamsin Dowsett; Katy Hanna; Matthew Harvey; Matt Jeans; Charlotte Kennedy; Emma Kingston; Jo Loxton; Luke McCall; Ryan O'Gorman; Jo Parsons; Adam Pearce; Michael Riseley; Courney Stapleton; Jessamy Stoddart; Samantha Thomas; Lee Van Geleen; Helen Walsh and Paul Wilkins.

On 8^th October 1985, the original Cameron Mackintosh/Royal Shakespeare production made its debut at the Barbican Theatre. On 4^th December 1985, the show was transferred to the Palace Theatre, whereas on 3^rd April 2004, the show was moved to the Queens Theatre.

The award winning London show is set against the backdrop of 19^th century and concerns love and bravery. Les Miserables is adapted from a famous novel by Victor Hugo and penned by Alain Boublil and Claude- Michel Schonberg. Trevor Nunn and John Caird adapted and directed the blockbuster London show. The show features some great musical compositions such as ‘I Dreamed a Dream’, ‘On My Own’ and ‘Bring Him Home.

Holborn Underground Blaze Affected Central London: No Injuries, But Blackout!!

Due to a huge power cut in Central London, almost 5000 homes and business have no electricity last night. A fierce blaze broke out in Central London which led to a huge chaos, as phone lines were not working, workers left their offices and judges have to leave court. A thick black smoke had been observed puffing up from a manhole at Holborn in Westend when firefighters were informed.

According to the witnesses, there was immense struggling for breath and the area was fully stacked which led to huge piling up of street and traffic. Last night shows of The Lion King, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Play that Goes Wrong have been also cancelled.

In the evening  by 7:20 pm, firefighters took control of the burning manhole as they smashed opened it with sledgehammers and drenched lots of water there. After the widening of the hole, two jets of water were also directed to extinguish the underground blaze completely.

Underground faulty cables were the cause of this huge blaze followed by thick smoky clouds in the air and surrounded all the nearby buildings. Within a three-meter wide tunnel which is almost of 400 meters in length, i.e. between Great Queen Street and Aldwych in Central London. High Court will remain closed for another day, whereas Rolls Building will be opened for some urgent cases.

Another show, Letters Live at Freemasons’ Hall has been cancelled last night which stars Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch! There were ten fire engines and 70 firefighters an officers. No injuries reported!

According to the assistant commissioner of London Fire Brigade, Peter Cowup, “Crews worked closely with the various electricity companies involved to identify the source and extent of the fire which was underground.”

He further added, “As this was likely to be an electrical fire we had to ensure the power was off before we applied water to extinguish it. We worked with our partners and implemented a well-rehearsed plan to prevent the fire from spreading and to protect surrounding properties.

'The power has now been isolated and so the fire is contained. Crews are now able to access what remains of the fire and will be at the scene into the night damping down.” According to a spokesperson, the fire also affected ten bus routes in London.

The award winning London show, The Phantom of the Opera is running with packed houses at the magnificent Her Majesty’s Theatre! The new star cast of The Phantom of the Opera is joined by Ben Lewis from 4 September portraying the role of ‘The Phantom’. Other cast members of the London show are Kelly Mathieson as ‘Christine Daaé’ and Jeremey Taylor as ‘Raoul’, whereas Amy Manford as the alternate ‘Christine Daaé’,

In the original Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s, “Love Never Dies”, Ben Lewis portrayed the role of‘The Phantom’. Some of the recent works of Ben are the role of Frank Butler in the Crucible’s production of “Annie Get Your Gun”. He also acted in the original UK cast of “Love Me Tender”, whereas starred in “Forbidden Broadway” and “Candide” at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

In the spectacular production of London Westend, Kelly Mathieson has made her West End debut. She is trained at the Scottish Ballet Company and the Royal College of Music.  Some of her major works are “Le Nozze de Figaro”, “Agrippina”, “Orpheus and the Underworld”, “Die Zauberflöte” and “Carmen”.

Jeremy Taylor is renowned for previous theatre credits are London westend’s ‘Fiyero’ in “Wicked” and ‘Galileo’ in “We Will Rock You”. He also performed in the UK tours of “Evita” and “The Sound of Music”. He is also working hard in the Palladium production. Amy Manford is an international soloist with the London Handel, London Cello and the Perth Symphony Orchestra’s. She graduated with a Masters of Performance in Vocal Performance from The Royal College of Music and made her West End debut with The Phantom of the Opera.

Other cast members are Lara Martins as ‘Carlotta Giudicelli’, Siôn Lloyd as ‘Monsieur Firmin’, Mark Oxtoby as ‘Monsieur Andre’, Jacinta Mulcahy as ‘Madame Giry’, Paul Ettore Tabone as ‘Ubaldo Piangi’, Georgia Ware as ‘Meg Giry’ and Scott Davies as the standby ‘Phantom’. Some new members are Matt Bateman, Jade Davies, Hannah Grace, Andrei Teodor Iliescu, Jordan Simon Pollard, Una Reynolds, Emily Smith, Rachel Spurrell and John Stacey.

Next Vlogger of Broadway.com is Ewoldt of The Phantom fame

Beautiful and immensely talented Broadway soprano Ali Ewoldt is currently portraying the role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. Renowned for her wonderful performance and brilliant acting skills, the awesome actress has won several hearts and praises from both the critics and masses across the globe.

The stunning actress is all set to lead the new vlog of Broadway.com's, Dear Daaé. It is all set to commence from January 9, 2018. The vlog will showcase the backstage as well as onstage act of Ewoldt and her co-stars at the Majestic Theatre. The spell binding show is running here with packed houses and has become the longest-running Broadway musical. Hence, it is beautifully creating magic eight times a week.

The award winning blockbuster show is adapted from the 1910 haunted novel penned by Gaston Leroux. The story of The Phantom of the Opera is about a deformed composer who lives beneath the Opera house and haunts the grand Paris Opera House. Ashamed of his appearance, he lives in an underground cavern, and tutors and composes operas for Christine Daaé portrayed by Ewoldt. Daae is stunning and gorgeous young soprano star-to-be. With the success of Christine, a handsome suitor emerges from her past which makes the Phantom grows mad with anger. He started terrorizing the opera house owners and company with his murderous ways. But, the beautiful soprano, Christine was mesmerised with the mystery man.

Some other great works of Ewoldt are performed on Broadway in Les Misérables and The King and I. In the 2010 national touring production of West Side Story, she also acted. So, enjoy and watch Ewoldt behind the scenes at the legendary musical. Capture all the magic and thrill which is successfully mesmerizing the audience from the last few decades. To be noted that Dear Daaé will run every Tuesday for eight weeks.

The award winning London show Wicked The Musical is still going strong with the audience. In the last week of UK, i.e. 3^rd January 2015, the show was enjoyed by 45,000 people and grossed  £2,160,377.50, at Box Offices in London and Edinburgh. The show has broken earlier records of both the West End and UK as well as Ireland tour.

At the magnificent Apollo Victoria Theatre, the spectacular London production has set a new record with 9 sell out shows and gross of £1,023,819.00. Earlier record of Wicked was of £1,002,885 for week ending 1^st January 2011.

In the history of London Westend, this is the first production that grossed more than £1 million in just one week. The great success of Wicked goes to its wonderful cast, superb direction and mesmerizing score.

Elated with the success of award winning show, Michael McCabe, UK Executive Producer stated, “We are greatly indebted to our extremely talented and hard working companies who have contributed to another hugely successful year for Wicked in London and on tour, and we thank the 45,000 theatregoers who made these extraordinary Box Office records possible last week.”

The blockbuster London show Wicked The Musical is adapted from the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. The novel was penned by Gregory Maguire. 44 million people have enjoyed the award winning show in 13 countries. The mesmerizing London show has been enjoyed by both the classes and masses and won 100 international awards.

Critically acclaimed and award winning London musical, The Book of Mormon has won various prestigious awards such as Olivier and Tony award. The booking period of the show has been extended to 12^th December 2015 at the magnificent Prince of Wales Theatre London.

On 21^st March 2013, The Book of Mormon made its debut after previews from 25^th February. The show has enjoyed huge praise and appreciation for its original concept and polished production. Various journals also stated, “Cleverly written...enormously enjoyable" (Londontheatre.co.uk); "Decadent and self-indulgent musical" (Telegraph); "mildly amusing" (Guardian); "Loved it" (Independent).”

The current stars of the London musical are Nic Rouleau as Elder Price and Brian Sears as Elder Cunningham, alongside Alexia Khadime as Nablulungi, Stephen Ashfield as Moroni / Elder Mckinley, and Chris Jarman as The General.

The Book of Mormon revolve around a pair of mismatched Mormon boys who have been sent on a mission to  distant place which is far from Salt Lake City. The South Park team penned, whereas book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker’s superb direction and designed by Scott Pask, lighting by Brian MacDevitt, choreography by Casey Nicholaw, costumes by Ann Roth, sound by Brian Ronan.

The blockbuster show, The Book of Mormon has nominated for six Olivier awards comprises of Best Choreography, Best Actor in a Musical (Gavin Creel) and Best New Musical.

The brand new London musical Beautiful – The Carole King Musical made its immensely successful premiere at London Westend. The show has recently announced the extension of its booking period until 13^th February 2016.

Enjoy the critically acclaimed London show as there are more than 350, 000 tickets are available and charts the saga of singer-sogwriter Carole King. The show is the winner of prestigious Tony award and features Katie Brayben as the legendary artist. The show has some of the brilliant performers such as Alan Morrissey, Ian McIntosh, Lorna Want, Glynis Barber and Gary Trainer.

Under the superb direction of Marc Bruni, the show presents the journey of a school girl to superstar. The show deals with her relationship with lyricist and first hand husband Gerry Goffin. Enjoy some of the greatest chartbusting numbers such as Loco-Motion, Take Good Care Of My Baby, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, You’ve Got A Friend and (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.