Theatre Breaks - tagged with disney http://www.theatrebreaksblog.co.uk/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron aroberts@gmail.com Lyceum Theatre - Wellington Street, London - The Lion King http://www.theatrebreaksblog.co.uk/items/view/2397/lyceum-theatre-wellington-street-london-the-lion-king

ell brown has added a photo to the pool:

Continuing on the way to the Strand up Wellington Street, past the theatre showing The Lion King at the Lyceum.

This is the Lyceum Theatre - Wellington Street in London, home of Disney's The Lion King (the stage show not the movie).

The theatre is Grade II* listed.

Lyceum Theatre, Westminster

In the entry for:- TQ 3080 NE WELLINGTON STREET, WC2 73/30 Lyceum Theatre (formerly listed as Nos 17 to 21 (odd) Lyceum Theatre). 20.8.60 The grade shall be upgraded to Grade II* (Star).


TQ 3080 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER WELLINGTON STREET, WC2 73/30 Lyceum Theatre (formerly 20.8.60 listed as Nos 17 to 21. (odd) Lyceum Theatre) G.V. II Theatre now dance hall. 1831-34 by Samuel Beazley, interior rebuilt with auditorium of 1904 by Bertie Crewe. Painted stone front with painted brick side and rear. Graeco-Roman porticoed main front by Beazley, the principal theatre architect of his day. 2 storeys and attic. 3 major bays wide with portico extended to right with a wing whose frontage is angled to street line. Giant hexastyle Corinthian columned portico with coupled outer columns extending over pavement with pediment. Tall attic above the dentilled and modillioned main entablature; triple arched group of doorways. The wing is of 2 storeys only with arcaded treatment and bracketed cornice. Interior despite adaptation and alteration for present ballroom use retains substantial part of Crewe's 1904 work: grand entrance foyer and staircase lead to spectacular auditorium, now with flat floor, but with most of its original lavish Rococo style ornament intact; 3 balconies; immense cartouche above proscenium arch which is flanked by 2 tiers of paired, elaborately framed, boxes, the upper tier with Corinthian columns and fantastical arches; square deeply coved ceiling with original paintings etc. One of the oldest theatres in London and a major Crewe auditorium. The Theatres of London; Mander and Mitchenson

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Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:43:00 -0600 http://www.theatrebreaksblog.co.uk/items/view/2397/lyceum-theatre-wellington-street-london-the-lion-king
Wizard of Oz Sequel – Surrender Dorothy http://www.theatrebreaksblog.co.uk/items/view/1447/wizard-of-oz-sequel-surrender-dorothy

Drew Barrymore is set to direct the film “Surrender Dorothy,” which will be a “loose sequel” to the classic 1939 movie musical “The Wizard of Oz”.

Drew Barrymore

Barrymore has been developing the project for years, and at one point appeared set to play Dorothy’s great-great-granddaughter, who learns to use the ruby slippers’ power when the Wicked Witch unexpectedly returns to take over Oz and the earth. It’s unclear if Barrymore will still take the role or just direct. Now “Surrender Dorothy” is just one out of five “Oz” films that have been reported as being in development recently, following the big box-office success of Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.” Possible films include “Oz the Great and Powerful,” a Disney project that would show how the Wizard came to Oz. There may also be a film version of “Wicked”, the musical prequel to the story, which has been fabulously successful on Broadway and in the London West End.

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Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:09:00 -0500 http://www.theatrebreaksblog.co.uk/items/view/1447/wizard-of-oz-sequel-surrender-dorothy