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The award-winning stage show of Bugsy Malone will be coming to Manchester Opera House in November. The production will be part of the show taking to the road and touring the UK.

Death in Paradise star Ralf Little’s fiancée has sparked split rumours after appearing to have removed her engagement ring.The actor is in a relationship with screenwriter Lindsey Ferrentino, who he proposed to back in 2018. Ralf, 44, and Lindsey have been an items since 2017, when they crossed paths during the London run of Ugly Lies the Bone, where Ralf starred alongside his Death in Paradise predecessor Kris Marshall.The chemistry sparked on stage translated into a personal connection.The couple tend to keep their romance private, but eagle-eyed fans have noticed they no longer follow each other on Instagram. Recent photos of Lindsey also show her without her engagement ring.

EXCLUSIVE: Robbie Fairchild, a Broadway lead and former New York City Ballet principal dancer, will star in the stage version of Michel Hazanavicius’ 2011 Oscar-winning movie The Artist, set in the 1920s when movies found their voice with the advent of talking pictures.

EXCLUSIVE: Choreographer and director Drew McOnie (Greatest Days) is developing a stage version of Michel Hazanavicius’s 2011 Oscar-winning film The Artist about a Hollywood silent screen star whose career is upended with the advent of talking pictures.

Jesus Christ Superstar took shape as a landmark album.Released in 1970 to resounding success, that recording captivated audiences worldwide, spawning the original Tony-nominated production, the cult classic 1973 film, and countless concerts, adaptations, and revivals — including, nearly 50 years later, director Timothy Sheader’s acclaimed London production staged by Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.Now, Sheader and choreographer Drew McOnie’s driving, modern-dress iteration is repping the musical’s 50th anniversary on a North American tour, currently anointing the Kennedy Center Opera House with dulcet voices and shredding guitars.Performed by a youthful cast wielding microphones and playing instruments, supported by a stellar orchestra stacked behind them on scaffolding, the show strikes an agreeable balance between concert and theater.“Our production is based off the original concept album,” says Paul Louis Lessard, whose gold-lamé-frocked King Herod is an impish delight in the show, challenging Jesus to prove himself the miraculous Christ. “The idea was, if you put on the record at the beginning of our show and pressed play, what you experience with our production is what it would be like to listen to that record all the way through without stopping.”Because the production’s focus is honoring Webber and Rice’s score, Lessard adds, “our creative team was very encouraging about every performer bringing themself to the role, and making the music the priority of the show and this interpretation.