Stage Spy

Where the West End whispers first.

While our news desk handles the official headlines, Stage Spy lives in the wings, the stage doors, and the late-night bars of Soho. This is your home for the "unconfirmed but credible" — the casting whispers that haven't hit the contract stage, the Broadway transfers scouting for a theatre, and the secret workshop readings everyone is talking about.

It isn’t a fact until the curtain rises — but it’s a rumour here first.

Hollywood star Glenn Close considering Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum.

Black-and-white studio portrait of Glenn Close,

10 July 2015

Hollywood star Glenn Close considering Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum.

James Bond: The Musical?

James Bond The Musical

8 July 2015

James Bond: The Musical?

Broadway hit Newsies still aiming for a West End transfer

6 March 2015

Broadway hit Newsies still aiming for a West End transfer

ITV’s Fat Friends to become stage musical

17 January 2015

ITV’s Fat Friends to become stage musical

Casting underway for Kinky Boots London

12 January 2015

Casting underway for Kinky Boots London

Sheridan Smith to star in Easter Parade?

9 January 2015

Sheridan Smith to star in Easter Parade?

Bradley Cooper to make West End debut in The Elephant Man?

8 January 2015

Bradley Cooper to make West End debut in The Elephant Man?

Motown The Musical pushed back to 2016

18 December 2014

Motown The Musical pushed back to 2016

Damian Lewis to star in West End theatre revival of American Buffalo

12 December 2014

Damian Lewis to star in West End theatre revival of American Buffalo

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in No Man’s Land?

8 December 2014

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in No Man’s Land?

Strictly Ballroom eyeing West End run

28 November 2014

Strictly Ballroom eyeing West End run

Imelda Staunton in Gypsy heading to the West End’s Savoy Theatre?

Imelda Stuanton in Gypsy

21 November 2014

Imelda Staunton in Gypsy heading to the West End’s Savoy Theatre?

Michael Ball to star in Mack and Mabel

14 November 2014

Michael Ball to star in Mack and Mabel

A Few Good Men set for live staging on US TV

7 November 2014

A Few Good Men set for live staging on US TV

Harvey to return to West End starring James Dreyfus?

3 November 2014

Harvey to return to West End starring James Dreyfus?

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Musical headed for West End?

31 October 2014

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Musical headed for West End?

High Society heading to the Old Vic?

16 October 2014

High Society heading to the Old Vic?

Sleepless in Seattle The Musical?

14 October 2014

Sleepless in Seattle The Musical?

Bend It Like Beckham musical heading to Phoenix Theatre?

8 October 2014

Bend It Like Beckham musical heading to Phoenix Theatre?

Stage Spy: Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins reunite for The Dresser

3 October 2014

Stage Spy: Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins reunite for The Dresser

Al Pacino to star in Oscar Wilde’s Salome in London

26 September 2014

Al Pacino to star in Oscar Wilde’s Salome in London

Is Pride The Musical West End bound?

22 September 2014

Is Pride The Musical West End bound?

Rupert Murdoch play starring James Cromwell to West End?

13 September 2014

Rupert Murdoch play starring James Cromwell to West End?

American Psycho dropped but Broadway bound?

American Psycho - Almeida Theatre (2013). Photo buy Alastair Muir

12 September 2014

American Psycho dropped but Broadway bound?