Stars to perform at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Birthday in the Park
John Barrowman is to host a special concert in Hyde Park to celebrate Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 60th birthday, featuring performances from Lee Mead and Idina Menzel.
The show, which will be held on Sunday, September 14, will also include appearances by Elaine Paige, singer Joss Stone and X Factor finalist Rhydian.
Other artists lined up to perform include Julian Lloyd Webber, Hayley Westenra, Duncan James and former contestants from BBC1’s I’d Do Anything.
Called Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Birthday in the Park, the event is being hosted by BBC Radio 2 and will include music from Lloyd Webber’s top shows, including The Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Starlight Express, Cats, Sunset Boulevard and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Music will be performed by the 70-piece BBC Concert Orchestra and the celebrations will close with a firework finale.
The event, which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on October 10, will take place the day after Proms in the Park, using the stage and infrastructure already in place from the previous concert.
Tickets cost £25. More information can be found at bbc.co.uk/radio2
Latest news [RSS]
- Just William back on the BBC
- Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye is to adapt Richmal Crompton’s Just William books for the BBC, marking the third…
- Move north rejected by majority of BBC middle managers
- More than 50% of staff in the five BBC departments relocating to Salford’s MediaCityUK, the new base for BBC North,…
- Del Boy back in Only Fools and Horses prequel
- Derek Trotter, the character made famous by David Jason in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, is to return to…
- Cardiff’s Sherman Cymru theatre wins Arts and Business award
- Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Mold and Cardiff’s Sherman Cymru theatre have been recognised at this year’s Arts and Business…
- Sales of Theatre Tokens up 14%
- Sales figures for Theatre Tokens in the first four months of this year are 14% higher than they were in 2008.
- Acosta to perform with Ballet Nacional de Cuba at Coliseum
- Carlos Acosta is to perform with the Ballet Nacional de Cuba for the first time in the UK next year, as part of the…
Content is copyright © 2009 The Stage Newspaper Limited unless otherwise stated.
All RSS feeds are published for personal, non-commercial use. (What’s RSS?)