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The UK production opened recently; is anyone here planning to go? I would be interested to hear reports.

https://comefallinlovemusical.com/

This show will have a concert production in London on 27 July:

https://littledancer.co.uk/

If it's of interest, J2 Spotlight is doing a small-scale run of this show at the moment.

https://www.j2spotlightnyc.com/drat-cat

If anyone is interested, the semi-musical film 'Lili', on which the show 'Carnival' was based, is coming out on Blu-ray at the end of this month.

https://www.instagram.com/warnerarchive/p/DHCII9itCY5/ 

The London cast album for 'Your Lie In April' is coming out shortly (in April, no less):

https://playbill.com/article/your-lie-in-april-will-release-london-cast-album

What I've seen online of Korean promotional art and posters in recent years, is far superior to the average Broadway equivalent. Korean show art does use photos of the cast(s), but in ways that play up the intriguing aspects of the shows and characters. Take a look here for some examples: https://koreanmusicals.tumblr.com/

The original novel's author, Eoin Colfer, will write the book and co-write the lyrics with Liam Bates, who's also writing the score. The musical will be based on both the novel and the film adaptation. I haven't watched the film, but the novel is good fun. I'm a bit intrigued.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/New-Musical-Adaptation-of-ARTEMIS-FOWL-in-Development-20250314

Just curious if anyone here is going to this? I'd be interested to hear what it's like. Directed by Barrie Kosky, performed by the Berliner Ensemble.

https://www.bam.org/threepenny

CD and vinyl releases are also in the works; vinyl for this show is a particularly nice touch.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Listen-The-Rainy-Day-We-Met-From-MAYBE-HAPPY-ENDING-20250221

Thought I would make a separate thread about this, as there was some discussion about this broadcast in the Encores thread, but some people may not have heard about it. BBC Radio 3 will broadcast this production of LOVE LIFE on 22 February at 6pm, presumably London time (GMT). There will also be a cast recording at some stage.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027m1q

The show will also open in South Korea this year, not surprising I suppose.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/south-korea/article/THE-GREAT-GATSBY-Will-Premiere-in-South-Korea-This-Year-20250212

Checking out new concept albums can help, as can keeping an eye on websites that focus on theatre news for countries beyond the US and UK. I also occasionally google for recent mentions of musical creators that I'm interested in, or take a look at their websites or recent social media, to see if they have anything new in the pipeline. Keeping an eye on theatre companies that have a track record of developing interesting new work is also an option.

The full album will be released on 10 February, with the track 'Haze' already available.

https://davemalloy.bandcamp.com/album/three-houses

I'm curious as to how this will turn out. The adaptation is by Scottish playwright Rona Munro; in this version, Tommy and Jeff will be World War 2 fighter pilots who crash land in Scotland.

https://openairtheatre.com/production/brigadoon

 

https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/macbeth-video-game-royal-shakespeare-company-zar-amir-1236283055/

"Leading Shakespeare academic Emma Smith from Hertford College, Oxford, who worked on the text adaptation, suggests the Bard himself would approve: 'Forget the old chestnut that Shakespeare would be writing for Hollywood if he were alive now: what Lili makes absolutely clear is - he’d be writing for gaming.' "

The game will be released later this year.

From the way this article phrases it, it sounds (vaguely) as though the album will be from a live performance: "Opera North of Leeds' upcoming concert performance will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and subsequently released on CD via Capriccio. Plans have also been announced to film the production for potential release."

https://playbill.com/article/opera-norths-love-life-to-receive-cast-album

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sam-Pinkleton-to-Direct-THOROUGHLY-MODERN-MILLIE-Reading-at-The-Muny-20250116

Presumably this will be a revised version, although no details are mentioned in that regard? Not sure if this will be the revised version presented in Japan last year or a different version again...

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis are thinking about adapting the album for the stage: https://nytimes.com/2024/12/22/arts/music/lin-manuel-miranda-mufasa.html