In a special, one-night-only concert, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton’s musical Sunset Boulevard will be staged at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 3 December 2021.
CD Review: Mazz Murray – Midnight Mazz – Here We Go Again / Mascherato the Musical / Howard Goodall’s Songs from the Musicals Vol 1
This set of album reviews covers Mazz Murray – Midnight Mazz – Here We Go Again, Mascherato the Musical (Original Studio Cast Recording) and Howard Goodall’s Songs from the Musicals Vol. 1.
NEWS: Jacqueline Jossa, Matt Jay-Willis, Lucie Jones, Sandra Marvin, Cedric Neal & more join Brian Conley in A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre
A star cast including Jacqueline Jossa, Matt Jay-Willis, Lucie Jones and Cedric Neal will join Brian Conley in the new, musical staged concert of Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens and Mike Ockrent’s A Christmas Carol, which is set to play a strictly limited season at London’s Dominion Theatre from 7 December 2020 to 2 January 2021 (press night is 14 December).
‘The audience is whisked right back to the 1930s’: REPUTATION – The Other Palace ★★★★
The writing father/daughter duo Alick Glass and Suzanne Glass really captures the feeling of the period in Reputation which, despite the drama of its core story, remains a feel-good show.
‘Ultimately a feel-good show’: REPUTATION – The Other Palace ★★★
Despite the plot holes, this is a charming musical that has potential. This might be the first outing for Alick Glass’s 1930’s set musical but there is still plenty of potential to be found in it despite the flaws in the plot and number of songs included in it. Taking place in 1935, Michelle is… Read More
‘Karimloo’s voice remains a thing of wonder’: BROADWAY @ LEICESTER SQUARE – Ramin Karimloo
The Broadway @ The Leicester Square brand is one which surfaces infrequently but always pays rich rewards when it does. Having attracted Patti LuPone, then Audra McDonald and John Barrowman into the intimate surroundings of an informal chat and sing-song arrangement with Seth Rudetsky, it is now Ramin Karimloo’s turn to deliver such a boutique concert.
‘An exhilarating if somewhat brutal comment on humanity’: SWEET CHARITY – Nottingham ★★★★
As Bill Buckhurst’s production of Sweet Charity takes the show squarely back to its 1960s origins with Rebecca Trehearn in the lead, the show delivers an exhilarating if somewhat brutal comment on humanity that proves disarmingly timeless.
‘Captivated by the sheer talent on the stage’: EVITA – Touring ★★★★
Evita is definitely not a show to miss, and the UK tour continues until June. Grab your tickets whilst you can.
NEWS: Broadway’s Hayden Tee joins Les Mis, cast changes from 5 Dec
Now into its 32nd year in the West End, the hit musical Les Miserables will have several cast changes from Monday 5 December 2016 at the Queen’s Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenu
ALBUM REVIEW: Nadim Naaman’s Sides
Sides is Nadim Naaman’s second album and it is a pleasure to catch up with this talented young man’s vocal interpretations of some of Disney’s and the West End’s greats along with a selection of his own compositions.
NEWS: Cast changes for Les Miserables in its 31st West End year
Now in its record breaking 31st year, Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to announce cast changes for LES MISÉRABLES at the Queen’s Theatre. From Monday 13 June 2016 David Langham will play ‘Thénardier’ and Chris Cowley will play ‘Enjolras’.
Review: Sweeney Todd (Harrington’s Pie and Mash Shop)
We love us a bit of site-specific theatre. We’re also almost indecently partial to a pie. So the opportunity to sample both in a staging of Sondheim’s enduring Sweeney Todd in a 100-year-old London pie and mash shop was right up our street. Even if that street was in Tooting. Not that Tooting is to be […]
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