The week in pictures: 16 – 22 September
42nd Street turned queue lines into kick lines
Ian McKellen took a trip down memory lane…
#TBT on a fine summer day in 1965. I posed outside @ChichesterFT where, 52 years later, I will be on stage as King Lear beginning Friday. pic.twitter.com/EX62YvgbRV
— Ian McKellen (@IanMcKellen) September 21, 2017
…As did Carrie Hope Fletcher
After 14 years, I’m back @BristolHipp ! Last time, I was 11 years old playing sweet Jane Banks in Mary Poppins! How things have changed! pic.twitter.com/UaX0GinpIa
— Carrie Hope Fletcher (@CarrieHFletcher) September 19, 2017
We got a look at unreleased Jesus Christ Superstar photos
As the show wrapped up a summer of biblical proportions
506 lights are used in #JesusChristSuperstar, including 394 par cans (233 are on, or in, the set!). #funfact pic.twitter.com/9O2giWOxl8
— Open Air Theatre (@OpenAirTheatre) September 20, 2017
StillStanding! Gonna miss being this Insane Egomaniacal GlamourPuss#KingHerod @OpenAirTheatre #oatsuperstar #finalweek Photo @grahammichael pic.twitter.com/EBA5y9ry1o
— Peter Caulfield (@petercaulfield) September 19, 2017
Musical Supervisor, @tomdeering, will have climbed equiv of The Empire State Building from tech to final perf #JesusChristSuperstar #funfact pic.twitter.com/RLBY9bUxDv
— Open Air Theatre (@OpenAirTheatre) September 21, 2017
Maggie Smith and Derek Jacobi colluded with criminals
Huge congrats to our @BankRobberyPlay team for the 600th performance last night! Dame Maggie Smith & Derek Jacobi in the crowd this week too pic.twitter.com/qMn15E0ljx
— Mischief Theatre (@mischiefcomedy) September 20, 2017
Beyoncé made another trip to Broadway
Leaving musical Disney’s #ALADDIN on Broadway. #Beyonce pic.twitter.com/fBRlRERlk9
— Beyoncé Tribe Italia (@BeyonceTribe) September 20, 2017
David Walliams had a family reunion

© Adam Bennett
Steve McFadden had a close encounter of the scaly kind
Lauren Samuels prepared for death by chocolate
I'm at work guys. Seriously. #RomanticsAnonymous @The_Globe pic.twitter.com/zLL7lfqio1
— Lauren Samuels (@Laurensamuels88) September 21, 2017
Wings celebrated its opening night
#congratulations to cast&crew for a Stella #press night @Juliet945600 @NatalieAbrahami fab job ! #actorslife @youngvictheatre #stroke pic.twitter.com/wbHA76n11H
— Kelle Bryan (@kellebryan) September 20, 2017