Lionel Bart

It's tough to go wrong with “Oliver” at the holidays. You've got tousle-haired urchins, pathos, Fagin, melodrama and power ballads — orchestrated with a whiff of the sounds of Dusty Springfield's Swingin' London — and a...

This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details. Over the last half-century, the actors who have ......

Watching the first episode of the terrific three-part PBS series, "Broadway or Bust" which started last weekend and continues for two further Sundays, I began thinking if I ran a school system, which musicals would I suggest for my high school musical,...

Everyone's eyes are on London as the 2012 Summer Olympics are well underway. But London isn't as far away as it seems with the Ivoryton Playhouse's production of Lionel Bart's Oliver! This Tony Award-winning musical hits the Playhouse's stage through...

Compass Rose Studio Theater will complete a successful inaugural season this spring, capped by Lionel Bart's classic musical "Oliver." Based on Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist," the story of an impoverished orphan sold to an undertaker before escaping to...

Charles Dickens: Tuesday marks the bicentennial of Charles Dickens' birth. Britain's National Film Theatre is holding a retrospective, and a ceremony will be held at London's Westminster Abbey starring actor-director Ralph Fiennes, who, along with...

Victoriana-meets-late-night-rave was the vibe at Marc Jacobs' fall and winter 2012 runway show which took place on Feb. 13, during New York Fashion Week....

Editor's note: This corrects the play's showtimes. There are elements of the Huntington Beach Playhouse's revival of the musical "Oliver!" that could stand toe to toe with the best professional productions, which makes it easier to overlook the show's...

If January is just around the corner, you can bet the farm that the Huntington Beach Playhouse is assembling a musical to start its new season. You can likewise wager that Larry Watts will be directing it and Adriana Sanchez will be singing. Last...

For the second consecutive year, the Huntington Beach Playhouse will offer a season of new productions — not "new" in the chronological sense, but plays that haven't yet been performed in the history of the Huntington Beach theater, which dates back...

The following is a list of theatrical productions: ANNIE RUSSELL THEATRE The theater is on the campus of Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park. Season tickets are $50 and $60 for general audiences and $47 and $57 for seniors. Second-stage shows...