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The Beatles heading for London's West End as a musical

The Beatles heading for London's West End as a musical

The Advertiser17-05-2025

The Beatles are heading for the West End in London.
Screenwriter Richard Curtis is reportedly planning to turn his film Yesterday - which features the music of The Beatles - into a West End musical and he has already held talks with potential investors including Andrew Lloyd Webber.
A source told Britain's The Mirror: "This has been kept under wraps for months but it is a huge opportunity, and the prospect of a Beatles musical is too big to miss.
"It's easy to imagine that it could play for years and years.
"There was a performance this week to show the basics of what the production will be, and all the big players in London's theatre world came along.
"It's a no-brainer that any theatre will want to host it so there is likely to be a bit of a bidding war to secure it. These are the most famous songs of all time, so it could run and run."
Curtis wrote the film, which Danny Boyle directed, and the pair are said to be working together on the West End version.
Curtis previously insisted he would not have been able to made the 2019 movie without the backing of The Beatles.
The Beatles are heading for the West End in London.
Screenwriter Richard Curtis is reportedly planning to turn his film Yesterday - which features the music of The Beatles - into a West End musical and he has already held talks with potential investors including Andrew Lloyd Webber.
A source told Britain's The Mirror: "This has been kept under wraps for months but it is a huge opportunity, and the prospect of a Beatles musical is too big to miss.
"It's easy to imagine that it could play for years and years.
"There was a performance this week to show the basics of what the production will be, and all the big players in London's theatre world came along.
"It's a no-brainer that any theatre will want to host it so there is likely to be a bit of a bidding war to secure it. These are the most famous songs of all time, so it could run and run."
Curtis wrote the film, which Danny Boyle directed, and the pair are said to be working together on the West End version.
Curtis previously insisted he would not have been able to made the 2019 movie without the backing of The Beatles.
The Beatles are heading for the West End in London.
Screenwriter Richard Curtis is reportedly planning to turn his film Yesterday - which features the music of The Beatles - into a West End musical and he has already held talks with potential investors including Andrew Lloyd Webber.
A source told Britain's The Mirror: "This has been kept under wraps for months but it is a huge opportunity, and the prospect of a Beatles musical is too big to miss.
"It's easy to imagine that it could play for years and years.
"There was a performance this week to show the basics of what the production will be, and all the big players in London's theatre world came along.
"It's a no-brainer that any theatre will want to host it so there is likely to be a bit of a bidding war to secure it. These are the most famous songs of all time, so it could run and run."
Curtis wrote the film, which Danny Boyle directed, and the pair are said to be working together on the West End version.
Curtis previously insisted he would not have been able to made the 2019 movie without the backing of The Beatles.
The Beatles are heading for the West End in London.
Screenwriter Richard Curtis is reportedly planning to turn his film Yesterday - which features the music of The Beatles - into a West End musical and he has already held talks with potential investors including Andrew Lloyd Webber.
A source told Britain's The Mirror: "This has been kept under wraps for months but it is a huge opportunity, and the prospect of a Beatles musical is too big to miss.
"It's easy to imagine that it could play for years and years.
"There was a performance this week to show the basics of what the production will be, and all the big players in London's theatre world came along.
"It's a no-brainer that any theatre will want to host it so there is likely to be a bit of a bidding war to secure it. These are the most famous songs of all time, so it could run and run."
Curtis wrote the film, which Danny Boyle directed, and the pair are said to be working together on the West End version.
Curtis previously insisted he would not have been able to made the 2019 movie without the backing of The Beatles.

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