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For the Piccadilly Theatre in Beirut, see Piccadilly Theatre (Beirut). Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 The Piccadilly Theatre in Rue Hamra, Beirut was a major venue for concerts musicals and plays in Lebanon during the 1960s and the 1970s


Piccadilly Theatre
Piccadilly Theatre facade, July 2007
Address
16 Denman Street
City
Westminster, London
Architect Bertie Crewe and Edward A. The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Bertie Crewe (died 10 January, 1937 in London) was one of the leading English theatre designers in the boom of 1885 to 1915 Biography Stone
Owned by Ambassador Theatre Group
Capacity 1,232 on 3 levels
(reduced from 1400 on opening)
Type West End theatre
Opened 27 April 1928
Production Grease
www.theambassadors.com/piccadilly/
Coordinates: 51°30′38″N 0°08′03″W / 51.510611, -0.134194

The Piccadilly Theatre is a West End theatre located at 16 Denman Street, behind Piccadilly Circus and adjacent to the Regents Palace Hotel, in the City of Westminster. The Ambassador Theatre Group was co-founded by Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire in 1992 West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the stage musical For the 1978 film of the same name see Grease (film. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Piccadilly Circus is a famous road junction and public space of London 's West End in the City of Westminster,built in 1819 to connect Regent The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status.

Built by Bertie Crewe and Edward A. Bertie Crewe (died 10 January, 1937 in London) was one of the leading English theatre designers in the boom of 1885 to 1915 Biography Stone for Edward Laurillard, its simple facade conceals a grandiose Art Deco interior designed by Marc-Henri Levy and Gaston Laverdet, with a 1232-seat auditorium decorated in shades of pink. Edward Laurillard ( 20 April 1870 – 7 May 1936) was a cinema and theatre producer in London and New York during the first Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial Gold and green are the dominant colours in the bars and foyer, which include the original light fittings. Upon its opening on April 27, 1928, the theatre's souvenir brochure claimed, "If all the bricks used in the building were laid in a straight line, they would stretch from London to Paris. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " The opening production, Jerome Kern's musical Blue Eyes, starred Evelyn Laye, one of the most acclaimed actresses of the period[1]. Jerome David Kern ( January 27, 1885 &ndash November 11, 1945) was an American Composer of popular music Evelyn Laye OBE ( 10 July 1900 &ndash 17 February 1996) was an English Theatre actress.

The Piccadilly was briefly taken over by Warner Brothers, and operated as a cinema using the Vitaphone system, and premièred the first talking picture to be shown in Great Britain, The Singing Fool with Al Jolson. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Cinemaaustraliajpg|thumb|A movie theater in Australia ]]A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre or cinema is a venue Vitaphone was a Sound film process used on features and nearly 2000 Short subjects produced by Warner Bros See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands The Singing Fool in a musical drama Part-Talkie motion picture which was released in 1928 by Warner Brothers. Al Jolson (May 26 1886 October 23 1950 born in Lithuania, Russian Empire, was a highly acclaimed American singer comedian and actor and the first openly The theatre reopened in November 1929, with a production of The Student Prince, having a success in January 1931 with Folly to be Wise, running for 257 performances[1].

Following a conversion into a cabaret restaurant, the theatre reopened in April 1936 as The London Casino, which became noted for its lavish stage shows. Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring Comedy, Song, Dance, and Theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue &mdash a Restaurant A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. The building sustained considerable damage when it was hit by a stray German bomb during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including After renovations in the early 1950s, it returned to its original name and became a venue for plays, revues, and musicals. A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical Entertainment that combines Music, dance and sketches. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance.

In the 1960s and 1970s, it improved its reputation with a series of successful transfers from Broadway – both Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Streetcar Named Desire made their London debuts here. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize The 1990s witnessed an expansion in ballet and dance, notably the most successful commercial ballet season ever to play in the West End, with Matthew Bourne's acclaimed production of Swan Lake. Matthew Bourne (born 13 January 1960) is a British Ballet and Dance choreographer. Swan Lake ( Лебединое Озеро, Lebedinoye Ozero) is a Ballet, op

In 1986, the venue was the setting for ITV's popular Sunday evening variety show, Live From the Piccadilly, hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Live From Her Majesty's was a Sunday night variety show which ran on ITV for three seasons from 1982 to 1985 Jimmy Tarbuck OBE is an English comedian and the father of actress and television presenter Liza Tarbuck.

The Piccadilly has played host to such renowned stars as Henry Fonda, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Michael Pennington, Barbara Dickson, Lynn Redgrave, Julia McKenzie, Eric Sykes, and Dame Edna. Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939 is an English stage and screen actor the Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December, 1934) usually known as Judi Dench, is an English Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (born June 7 1943) is a British director and Actor best known for his role as Moff Jerjerrod Barbara Ruth Dickson OBE (born Dunfermline, Fife, 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer whose hits include " I Know Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE (born 8 March, 1943) is two-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning English Julia McKenzie (born 17 February 1941, Enfield) is an English Actress and Theatre director. Eric Sykes, CBE (born 4 May 1923 is an English comedy writer and actor Dame Edna Everage is a character played by Australian Comedian Barry Humphries. Its productions have run the gamut from Wish You Were Here to Edward II to Spend Spend Spend to Noises Off to Blues in the Night to a season of plays directed by Sir Peter Hall. Wish You Were Here is a musical with a book by Arthur Kober and Joshua Logan and music and lyrics by Harold Rome. Edward II is a Renaissance or Early Modern period play written by Christopher Marlowe. Spend Spend Spend is a musical with a book and lyrics by Steve Brown and Justin Greene and music by Brown Noises Off is a 1982 play by Michael Frayn. The idea for it was born in 1970 when Frayn was standing in the wings watching a performance of Chinamen Blues in the Night is a musical Revue conceived by Sheldon Epps

The Donmar Warehouse production of Guys and Dolls ran from 19 May 2005 - 14 April 2007. Donmar Warehouse is a small not for profit Theatre in the Covent Garden area of the London Borough of Camden, with seating for 250 playgoers Guys and Dolls is a musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. This has been followed by David Ian's new production of Grease which opened on 8 August 2007. David Ian Lane (born Chadwell Heath, Greater London in 1961 is a former actor who turned theatre producer in 1991 to become the This article is about the stage musical For the 1978 film of the same name see Grease (film. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

The Piccadilly is one of twenty-four venues owned by the Ambassador Theatre Group. The Ambassador Theatre Group was co-founded by Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire in 1992

Recent and present productions

References

  1. ^ a b Piccadily Theatre History, at Arthur Lloyd website accessed 23 August 2007

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