Samantha Barks News

Frozen opens at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 8 September 2021, with previews from 27 August, and is now booking until 3 April 2022. Learn more about the production here!

Twenty years ago, the world fell in love with a quirky young woman by the name of Amélie Poulain. The French waitress stuck in her own little universe slowly starts to help people find their happiness, finally reaching hers. The stone-skipping and crème brûlée-cracking character played by Audrey Tautou immediately charmed her way into popular culture and by 2015 Daniel Messé, Nathan Tysen, and Craig Lucas had adapted Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s beloved film into a stage musical with Samantha Barks and Phillippa Soo both taking the titular role at separate times in the US.

With Theatres finally allowed to re-open and to celebrate shows coming back Danny Kaan and Sophie Ross, creators of Dear Audience have produced 32 additional lay-in pages with performers and other theatre creatives to add to their coffee table photo-book 'Dear Audience'. 

Check out this week's top ten TikToks, featuring Keala Settle, Keke Palmer, Samantha Barks, Alex Wong and many more!

The West End production of Frozen is back on sale to the public, opening at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 8 September 2021, with previews from 27 August, and is now booking until 3 April 2022. 

The West End production of Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane has announced that performances will be further postponed. The show was originally set to open in April.

Seyfried is no stranger to the movie musical. She played Sophie in 'Mamma Mia!' and 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,' and starred as Cosette in the 2012 film adaptation of 'Les Misérables.'

As BroadwayWorld reported last week, West End and Broadway stars, Samantha Barks and Ramin Karimloo are set to star in the film adaptation of Laurence Mark Wythe's musical Tomorrow Morning. Tomorrow Morning has received previous productions in both London and Chicago and in 2009, won Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Musical, in addition to a 2011 off-Broadway production at York Theatre. Check out highlights from productions around the world.

West End and Broadway stars, Samantha Barks and Ramin Karimloo are set to star in the film adaptation of Laurence Mark Wythe's musical Tomorrow Morning. 

Check out this week's top ten TikToks, featuring stars from Broadway and the West End, including Keala Settle, Samantha Barks, Amber Riley and many more!

The Make A Difference Trust today announce the release of the charity single I Dare You. The track featuring a host of stars of the West End stage will be released on Tuesday 16 March 2021.

The West End production of Frozen has announced that it will open at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on August 27, 2021. It was announced in January, 2021 that performances were going to be further postponed after the show was originally set to open in April. 

The Make A Difference Trust today announce the release of the charity single I Dare You. The track featuring a host of stars of the West End stage will be released on Tuesday 16 March 2021.

Check out our favorite TikToks of the week featuring stars like Ben Platt, Samantha Barks, Jessica Vosk, Tommy Bracco, Larry Owens, JJ Niemann, Amber Riley and many more!

The musical theatre competition series All Star Musicals will return in 2021, hosted John Barrowman.

Today's top stories: Nicole Kassell will direct The Wizard of Oz remake, First Date starring Samantha Barks and Simon Lipkin comes to BroadwayHD, and more!

First Date: The Musical, starring Samantha Barks as Casey and  Simon Lipkin as Aaron will arrive exclusively on BroadwayHD on February 12th.  The production, directed by Dean Johnson and produced by Lambert Jackson productions, was live streamed for a limited time in October 2020 from the world renowned Crazy Coqs, a music venue in London.  This is the first time the production will be available to fans since the limited engagement this past fall.

It's time for the 2021 edition of 100 Theatre Twitter Accounts You MUST Follow! We chose accounts we find interesting for a number of reasons - be it news, comedy, backstage info, Twitter-savvy performers, or just because we happen to enjoy their feed.

The clever minds on TikTok are working on yet another musical, based on the Netflix series Bridgerton, which premiered in December 2020. Some familiar Broadway faces have even gotten in on the action, with the latest being Bonnie Milligan!

Today's top stories: Jeremy Jordan and Ashley Spencer's performance as part of The Seth Concert Series, is now available On Demand, and more!