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'The X Factor Musical': Simon Cowell Takes In Workshop www.huffingtonpost.com

Could this man be playing Simon Cowell in the X Factor musical?
West End and Broadway actor Alexander Hanson performed as Cowell in a recent workshop to try out the show's material www.radiotimes.com

X Factor musical launches in London

Comedian Harry Hill has said his forthcoming X Factor musical is not just for fans of the ITV talent show.

Speaking at the launch of I Can't Sing!, Hill told the BBC there was "something for the likers and something for the haters" in the musical which pokes fun at the programme.

X Factor boss Simon Cowell added he had no problem being "completely ripped apart" in the production.

"I'm used to it. If it bothered me I wouldn't have done the show," he said.

"I didn't want to do a musical we took too seriously - it's a fun show. The big thing for me was if the songs were good or not, but I get it in the neck throughout.

"I never thought the musical would materialise and when I went to the workshop I was laughing so much I thought we've got to make this show."

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The Axe Factor: Cowell musical drops line mocking Lloyd Webber...in his own theater
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I Can't Sing - review: Simon Cowell takes a bow as Harry Hill's X Factor spoof arrives on stage
Ben Dowell finds himself amused at last night's opening of the cleverly-judged satire on Cowell and The X Factor www.radiotimes.com

X Factor musical I Can't Sing to close after just two months

The show has received glowing reviews since its debut in March at the London Palladium.

But it has shocked organisers that it will now close on May 10.

Chief executive of Stage Entertainment UK Rebecca Quigley told the BBC: “The West End can be an unpredictable place as the closure of a number of high profile productions recently has shown.

"I Can't Sing! has had audiences on their feet night after night, four and five star reviews from the critics and an amazing company and creative team, but it seems that isn't always enough."

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