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The Sondheim Theatre (formerly the Queen's Theatre) is a West End theatre located in Shaftesbury Avenue on the corner of Wardour Street in the City of Westminster, London. It opened as the Queen's Theatre on 8 October 1907, as a twin to the neighbouring Hicks Theatre (now the Gielgud Theatre ) which had opened ten months earlier.
The avenue is generally considered the heart of London's West End theatre district, with the Lyric, Apollo, Gielgud and Sondheim theatres clustered together on the west side of the road between Piccadilly Circus and Charing Cross Road. At the intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road there is also the large Palace Theatre.
The majority of London's commercial "theatre land" is situated around Shaftesbury Avenue, the Strand and nearby streets in the West End.The theatres are receiving houses, and often feature transfers of major productions from the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company.
The next year of theatre reads like the cast list of the best film ever made. Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Snook, Keeley Hawes, Matt Smith, Ian McKellen, Sheridan Smith, Brian Cox, Michael Sheen ...
Theaters in London’s West End are getting ready to honor the memory of the late composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who passed away at the age of 91 on Friday. The theaters will dim their ...
Developed over the decade prior to Sondheim’s death in 2021, the musical draws inspiration from two films by avant garde director Luis Buñuel, whose surrealism and social satire bind the show ...
Sondheim Theatre, formerly the Queen's Theatre prior to 2020, a West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, London; Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, London; Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple, Devon; His Majesty's Theatre, London, founded as the Queen's Theatre in 1705, also known as Queen's Theatre at the Haymarket; Scala Theatre, London, known at times in ...
Originally slated to open on Sondheim's 90th birthday (March 22, 2020), the production began previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on March 2. After nine preview performances, the production came to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic. [64] All Broadway shows went dark, and theatre closures were subsequently extended numerous times.