Aaron Tveit to make UK stage debut in Assassins

Baz Bamigboye has announced that Broadway star Aaron Tveit will make his UK stage debut in Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

He will star as John Wilkes Booth in the production which is directed by Jamie Lloyd.

Further casting has now been announced. Click here for more.

The actor has starred in the Broadway productions of Hairspray, Next to Normal and Catch Me If You Can. He also starred as Fiyero in Wicked opposite Kerry Ellis as Elphaba during her run in the Broadway production and played Enjolras in the film adaptation of Les Misérables.

The cast also includes Catherine Tate, Carly Bawden, Simon Lipkin, Mike McShane, Andy Nyman, and David Roberts.

Mike McShane joins cast of The Tailor-Made Man at the Arts Theatre

American actor, singer and improvisational comedian, Mike McShane will be joining the cast of the new musical, The Tailor-Made Man, when it opens at the Arts Theatre in London on Thursday 21st February, previewing from 14th February. He will be playing the role of Louis B Mayer. Also in the cast will be the previously announced Faye Tozer as Marion Davies and Dylan Turner as William Haines, along with Bradley Clarkson as Jimmy Shields, Michael Cotton, Kay Murphy, Matt Wilman, Lauren Grant, Vivien Carter, Holly Easterbrook and Edward French.

Mike McShane's most recent West End role was as the voice of Audrey II in the Menier Chocolate Factory production of Little Shop of Horrors at the Duke of York's Theatre in 2007. On Broadway, he appeared in La Cage aux Folles in 2011. On British TV, he is probably best known for his regular appearances between 1988-1997 on the British version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and he played Kramer's nemesis, Franklin Delano Romanowski (FDR) on Seinfeld.