Elaine Paige Stripped Back Concert Tour

Elaine Paige  has just announced a 20 date series of Stripped Back weekend concerts running from October to December 2016, when she  her perform her favourite tracks, from contemporary songwriters, accompanied by  a small group of musicians.  This follows her last solo tour in 2014 celebrating her 50 year career to  say “farewell” to a full touring schedule.

She said:   “I’m so excited about this series of ‘weekend’ concerts. Having made the decision not to do a back to back tour again, this appealed to me not only because of the schedule, but as I’ve marked my 50 years on stage, this is going to allow me to do something completely different, a brand new show celebrating the contemporary songwriters I love such as Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, Jim Webb, Burt Bacharach, Leonard Cohen, Sting, Elton John, Lennon & McCartney … the list goes on. Their music has been the soundtrack to all our lives, not just mine. And its the ideal opportunity to perform in an intimate way … I recently played the Royal Albert Hall with the 60 piece BBC Concert Orchestra … I’m doing these new shows ‘Stripped Back!” –

Tickets go general sale on Friday 1st April at 10am (presale starts tomorrow) for the following dates:

October 2016

    Saturday 1st – Guildford G Live
    Sunday 2nd – Canterbury Marlowe Theatre
    Thursday 6th – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
    Saturday 8th – Manchester Bridgewater Hall
    Thursday 13th – Southend Cliffs Pavilion
    Friday 14th – Basingstoke Anvil
    Friday 21st – Grantham Meres Centre
    Saturday 22nd – Scunthorpe Baths Hall
    Saturday 29th – Leicester The Curve Theatre
    Sunday 30th – Kings Lynn Corn Exchange

November 2016

    Friday 4th – Leeds Grand Theatre
    Saturday 5th – Birmingham Symphony Hall
    Saturday 12th – Malvern Concert Hall
    Saturday 19th – Lowther Pavilion, Lytham St Annes
    Sunday 20th – Scarborough Spa
    Tuesday 29th – Cheltenham Town Hall
    Wednesday 30th – Northampton Derngate

December 2016

    Monday 5th – Bury St Edmonds The Apex
    Tuesday 6th – Bury St Edmonds The Apex
    Sunday 18th – London Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Elaine Paige to release CD & DVD of 50th anniversary concert, I'M STILL HERE

Elaine Paige hast just  announced that her 50th anniversary concert, I'M STILL HERE, will soon be released on  DVD and CD.

The performance was shown across cinemas in the UK, Ireland, Europe, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand this spring after being filmed at London's Royal Albert Hall on October 22nd, 2014.

More news on release date to follow.

Maxine Peake, Matt Lucas and Elaine Paige star in Russell T Davies' A Midsummer Night's Dream

Maxine Peake, Matt Lucas and Elaine Paige are heading the cast of former Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies' adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Peake will star as Titania, Lucas will be Bottom and West End star Elaine Paige is  Mistress Quince.

Davies has written what is described as a "bold and accessible" adaptation of Shakespeare's play which will be  will be filmed in Cardiff’s Roath Lock studios and shown as part of a new Shakespeare season on BBC One in 2016.

It is being aimed at all age ranges, said the BBC, from "children, who can laugh at Bottom and his Mechanicals and marvel at the fairies' awesome powers" to "adults, who know those broken hearts and star-crossed lovers all too well" and "whole families, united in front of the television to enjoy the play's dazzling world of danger, jokes, scares, poetry, thrills and fun."

Matt Lucas will  play the part of Bottom, the Athenian weaver who organises a troupe of actors to venture into the wood to rehearse their play – only to fall prey to the mischief of the fairies who rule the forest. Hi s troupe will be played by One Foot in the Grave actor Richard Wilson as Starveling, Bernard Cribbins playing Snout. Comedian Javone Prince  as Snug and Fisayo Akinade as Flute.

Mistress Quince – the wife of Peter Quince who wrote the play performed by the so-called Rude Mechanicals of idiotic actors – will be played by Elaine Paige.

It will air on BBC One at 8:30 on on 30th May 

Elaine Paige postponed Irish Concert tour dates rescheduled

Elaine Paige's  postponed Irish dates from her recent concert tour have now been rescheduled and tickets are available. Here are the details including an extra show in Limerick:

• Tuesday, 10th Feb 2015: National Concert Hall, Dublin
  (Phone: + 353 1 417 0000 | www.nch.ie)
• Thursday, 12th Feb 2015: National Concert Hall, Dublin
  (Phone: + 353 1 417 0000 | www.nch.ie)
• Saturday, 14th Feb 2015: University Concert Hall, Limerick
  (Phone: + 353 61 331 549 | www.uch.ie)
• Monday, 16th Feb 2015: Cork Opera House, Cork
  (Phone: + 353 21 417 0077 | www.corkoperahouse.ie)

Elaine Paige Page by Paige concert to be broadcast on BBC Radio 2

Musical theatre diva  Elaine Paige has been celebrating  her 50 years in show business with a special Page by Paige concert tour which ended recently but was recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Chris Egan and special guests Gardar Thor Cortes, and the Mountview Academy Theatre of Arts. The concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Friday 5th December from 8.00-10.00pm.

The concert features music from throughout Elaine's career, including Memory from 'Cats'; As If We Never Said Goodbye from 'Sunset Boulevard'; Je Ne Regrette Rien from 'Piaf', I Know Him So Well from 'Chess' and Good Morning Starshine from 'Hair'.

New Elaine Paige Show on Sky Arts

It has just been announced that Elaine Paige will host a new six-part series of one hour shows on Sky Arts beginning on Wednesday 14th May at 8:00 pm

The first episode features Julian Ovenden performing a special version of "Something's Coming" from West Side Story, Olivier Award winner Leigh Zimmerman singing"Adelaide's Lament" from Guys and Dolls and award winning choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne talking to Elaine about her work on Cats.

The Elaine Paige Show will provide a glimpse into the world of musical theatre with songs, performances and interviews, as Elaine is joined by a variety of guests from stage and screen.

Elaine Paige is celebrating celebrate 50 years on stage with her new Elaine Paige Page by Paige tour which starts in October.  She has starred in more smash hit West End & Broadway musicals than anyone else of her generation – Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Billy, Evita, Cats, Chess, Anything Goes, Piaf, Sunset Boulevard, The King & I, Sweeney Todd, The Drowsy Chaperone and Follies. She was awarded an OBE for services to Musical Theatre in 1995.

In each episode Elaine will be joined by stars from both the West End and Broadway who will perform in front of a studio audience. Guests include Scarlett Strallen, Christine Andreas, Michael Feinstein, John Owen Jones, Hannah Waddingham, Clive Rowe and Leigh Zimmerman. She will also be doing in depth interviews with Herbert Kretzmer and Trevor Nunn.

The Elaine Paige Show will open and close with a bespoke performance by Elaine who said: I’m delighted to be working with Sky Arts and Fresh One in this, my 50th year on stage, to bring my passion for musical theatre to television. I look forward to welcoming some of my friends and colleagues to the show and singing not only some new songs, but some of my all-time classics.

Elaine Paige Announces her Page by Page by Paige Farewell Tour

Elaine Paige has just announced her Page by Page by Paige new UK concert for 2014 celebrating her 50th Anniversary in show business is to be her ‘farewell’ tour.

She said:   “I’ve thought long and hard about this decision, but feel this landmark event, my 50th Anniversary, is a good time to bid adieu. I’m really look forward to seeing everyone – it’ll be As If We Never Said Goodbye!”

The tour starts on Thursday 9th October 2014 at St David’s Hall in Cardiff and ends at the Brighton Dome on Wednesday 22nd October, including a special show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 20th October with special guests and the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Presale bookings will open from 10am on Thursday 28 November and go on general sale on Friday 29th November at the following venues:

• Thursday 09 October – Cardiff St David’s Hall
• Saturday 11 October – Bristol Colston Hall
• Sunday 12 October – Manchester Bridgewater Hall
• Tuesday 14 October – Gateshead Sage 
• Wednesday 15 October – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
• Friday 17 October – Birmingham Symphony Hall
• Saturday 18 October – Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
• Monday 20th October - London Royal Albert Hall
• Wednesday 22 October – Brighton Dome

Elaine Paige & Ruthie Henshall in Prince’s Trust Gala

The Huawei Winter Concert 2012 is being held in the Grade II listed Central Hall Westminster on 27th November 2012 at 20.00.

The Prince’s Trust is the benefiting charity with special guests: Elaine Paige, Ruthie Henshall, Michael Collins, Chris Egan and the City of London Sinfonia perfuming an evening of musical theatre and popular classics.

Tickets from: https://store.ambassadortickets.com/

Elaine Paige Los Angeles Bound with Follies

She has been appearing in Follies on Broadway and Elaine Paige has only briefly returned to the UK before heading back across the pond to reprise her role when the show opens in Los Angeles.

The Broadway-to-Los Angeles transfer of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s musical Follies will star Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines and Elaine Paige joined by Tony winner Victoria Clark who is replacing Bernadette Peters.

Following a summer 2011 engagement at the Kennedy Center, Follies opened on September 12th Broadway's Marquis Theatre, where it ended its run on January 22nd .The production will run at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from May 3rd to June 9th.

Elaine Paige stays with Follies in Los Angeles

The Broadway production of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s Follies closes on 22nd January and is now due to transfer from Marquis Theatre to the Center Theatre in Los Angeles for six weeks from 3rd May (opens 9th May) to 9th June 2012. 

Bernadette Peters is leaving the cast with Tony winner Victoria Clark (pictured) taking over the role of Sally in her place. Also now officially confirmed to transfer with the production are co-stars Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines and Elaine Paige. Announcements regarding the rest of the cast are expected shortly.

Clark's theatre credits include roles in the Broadway musicals Sunday in the Park with George (1985), Guys and Dolls (1992-93), A Grand Night for Singing (1993-94), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1995-96, as Smitty), Titanic (1997-99, creating the role of Alice Beane), Cabaret (1999-2000, as Fraulein Kost) and Urinetown (2003, as Penelope Pennywise), as well as numerous roles off-Broadway, in national tours and in regional theatre.

Cast for Follies on Broadway starring Elaine Paige & Bernadette Peters

The final piece of casting is now complete with Don Correia starring as Theodore Whitman for the Broadway transfer of the Kennedy Center’s critically acclaimed new production of James Goldman Stephen Sondheim’s musical Follies.

He joins the previously announced Bernadette Peters as Sally Durant Plummer, Jan Maxwell as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Danny Burstein as Buddy Plummer, Ron Raines as Benjamin Stone and Elaine Paige as Carlotta Campion who are reprising their roles for the Broadway transfer.

The production also stars Christian Delcroix as Young Buddy, Rosalind Elias as Heidi Schiller, Colleen Fitzpatrick as Dee Dee West, Lora Lee Gayer as Young Sally, Michael Hayes as Roscoe, Florence Lacey as Sandra Crane, David Sabin as Dimitri Weismann, Kirsten Scott as Young Phyllis, Frederick Strother as Max Deems, Nick Verina as Young Ben, Susan Watson as Emily Whitman and Terri White as Stella Deems - all of whom are reprising their roles for Broadway.

New to the production are Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell as Hattie Walker and Mary Beth Peil as Solange LaFitte.

Rounding off  the ensemble is Lawrence Alexander, Brandon Bieber, John Carroll, Mathew deGuzman, Sara Edwards, Leslie Donna Flesner, Jenifer Foote, Leah Horowitz, Suzanne Hylenski, Danielle Jordan, Joseph Kolinski, Amanda Kloots-Larsen, Brittany Marcin, Erin N. Moore, Pamela Otterson, Clifton Samuels, Kiira Schmidt, Brian Shepard, Jessica Sheridan Amos Wolff, Ashley Yeater.

The $7.3 million production recently played a six-week run in the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater from 7th May to 19th June.

The Broadway transfer of Follies will open at the Marquis Theatre on 12th September following previews from 8th August for an open run that will initially book through to 30th December 2011.

Elaine Paige back in Follies on Broadway

The Kennedy Center's critically-acclaimed production of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's Follies is transferring to Broadway this summer playing a limited engagement at the Marquis Theatre with performances beginning on August 7^th and an opening night of September 12^th.

It has just been announced that Elaine Paige will reprise her role as Carlotta Campion and be joined by more cast members from the Kennedy Center production including Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein and Ron Raines. Other members of the Broadway company will be announced shortly.

Elaine Paige won an Olivier Award for creating the title role in Evita  in London’s West End where she also created the role of Grizabella in Cats and starred in Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, Chess, Anything Goes, Sunset Boulevard , The King and I and The Drowsy Chaperone. She has also recently completed a concert tour and released a new CD entitled “Elaine Paige and Friends”.

Elaine Paige Chichester Cathedral Concert

Elaine Paige has just returned from the USA where she has been appearing to great critical acclaim  in Stephen Sondheim's Follies.

She will next be performing a selection of her favourite jazz classics and contemporary numbers in a one off concert entitled An Evening with Elaine Paige next Saturday (July 9th) at 8:00 pm at Chichester Cathedral.

Tickets at www.chifest.org.uk

Elaine Paige’s warm up for Oliviers

Having just finished her concert tour in Torquay on Friday, Elaine Paige has to wait a bit for a day off as ahead of tonight’s Olivier Awards she is presenting an hour long special celebrating award-winning musicals and performances from the past few years on her Radio 2 show at 13:00.

She will also be presenting an award at the Oliviers tonight which you can listen to on Radio 2 from 5.30 tonight or watch it on the Red Button.

Special Ticket Offers for Tours of Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show, Elaine Paige Concerts and Spamalot

Ticketmaster are offering special deals on tickets for the tours of Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show, Elaine Paige in Concert and Spamalot  which are bookable for 72 hours from noon today until noon on Monday 14 February 2011.

Just click on the links below to take you through to the booking page.

Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show - Buy one get one free - normally up to £35 each.

Elaine Paige Concert Tour – Buy a pair of tickets at Blackpool Opera House and save up to £15 - normally up to £38.50 each.

Spamalot – Sunderland Empire top tickets for £22.50 - normally up to £32.50.

Elaine Paige appearing in Dionne Warwick & Friends Concert in January

Dionne Warwick & Friends is a concert supporting World Hunger Day on Sunday 9th January 2011 at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London

The concert stars Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, Elaine Paige, Mica Paris, David Elliot, Simon Keenlyside and Steven McRae performing some of the greatest songs in popular music with The London Community Gospel Choir. They are supported by the full orchestra of the Southbank Sinfonia.

STOP PRESS:  Rachel Tucker and Louise Dearman from Wicked now appearing.

The Ambassador Theatre Group has donated London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre to host the concert to raise awareness and funds for The Hunger Project’s programmes in 13 countries.

Book tickets at: www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Elaine Paige appearing in Follies

The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced additional casting and a two week extension for its revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Follies. The production has been extended two weeks and will now run from May 7th-June 19th 2011 in the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater.

Elaine Paige will play Carlotta Campion - the seen-it-all-before ex-Follies girl and fading film star, who belts out show-stopper “I’m Still Here”.  She follows a long line of musical theatre stars who have played the part including Shirley MacLaine, Carol Burnett, Elaine Stritch and the late Eartha Kitt. She also recorded a new album when she was in New York recently.  Elaine Paige and Friends  is due to be released in the UK on 1st November.

Speculation that Kim Cattrall would be joining Bernadette Peters (who is playing Sally Durrant Plummer) to perform the role of Phyllis Rogers Stone was incorrect and Jan Maxwell will be playing the part. Miss Maxwell  is a Broadway regular whose appearances in The Royal Family and Lend Me a Tenor in New York both earned her Tony Award nominations.

Other casting in the musical features Terrence Currier (Theodore Whitman), Rosalind Elias (Heidi Schiller), Florence Lacey (Sandra Crane), Linda Lavin (Hattie Walker), Régine (Solange LaFitte), David Sabin (Dimitri Weismann), Susan Watson (Emily Whitman) and Terri White as Stella Deems.

Elaine Paige UK Concert Tour Dates

Elaine Paige is touring the UK in concert in February and March 2011, including a performance the Royal Festival Hall in London on March 4th.

Her new CD Elaine Paige and Friends will be released in the UK on November 1^st (USA in early 2011). 

The album has been produced by Phil Ramone and features duets recorded by with 14 of her favourite musical performers, including Paul Anka, John Barrowman, Michael Bolton, Kenny G, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Idina Menzel, Olivia Newton-John, Billy Ocean, Sinead O'Connor, LeAnn Rimes, Jon Secada, Neil Sedaka and Dionne Warwick.

The thirteen tracks include Take A Bow, The Prayer, Just The Way You Are, Closest Thing To Crazy, Where Is The Love, You Are Everything, All The Way and Thank You For Being A Friend.

You can order a copy at www.amazon.co.uk

Her tour dates are:

Location	Venue	Date
Ipswich	Regent Theatre	23rd February 2011
Blackpool	Opera House	25th February
Gateshead	The Sage	26th February
Edinburgh	Playhouse	28th February
Glasgow	Royal Concert Hall	1st March
Eastbourne	Congress Centre	3rd March
London	Royal Festival Hall	4th March
Manchester	Bridgewater Hall	6th March
Birmingham	Symphony Hall	7th March
Cardiff	Millennium Centre	9th March
Torquay	Princess Theatre	11th March

go on sale on October 28^th. 

Elaine Paige and Friends CD UK release date 1st November

West End Diva Elaine Paige has spent the last three months in New York launching her book Memories, performing her one-woman show Elaine Paige 40 Years On Stage and recording her new CD Elaine Paige and Friends which has been produced by the legendary Phil Ramone.

The CD features duets recorded by EP with 14 of her favourite musical performers, including Paul Anka, John Barrowman, Michael Bolton, Kenny G, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Idina Menzel, Olivia Newton-John, Billy Ocean, Sinead O'Connor, LeAnn Rimes, Jon Secada, Neil Sedaka and Dionne Warwick.

The thirteen tracks include Take A Bow, The Prayer, Just The Way You Are, Closest Thing To Crazy, Where Is The Love, You Are Everything, All The Way and Thank You For Being A Friend.

You can order Elaine Paige and Friends from Amazon here

Elaine Paige recording new Tim Rice number with Sinead O’Connor

As already reported, Elaine Paige is in New York performing in cabaret and recording a new duets album tentatively called “Elaine and Friends.”

She has just told the New York Post that the album would feature a new song by Tim Rice  called “It's Only Life”.  She is duetting on this with Sinead O'Connor and described the number as very dark but very beautiful.