As if the late Diana, Princess of Wales, didn’t suffer enough in her short life and sudden, violent death, here she is as the title character and subject of a new Broadway musical, being exploited all over again.
NEWS: Birmingham Repertory Theatre announces 50th anniversary autumn season
Artistic director Sean Foley has announced his programme for the 50th anniversary season of Birmingham Repertory Theatre in its current home on Centenary Square.
‘Some scenes are all-out hilarious’: I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE – Lambert Jackson Productions (Online review)
The latest digital show from Lambert Jackson Productions and the London Coliseum is the Off-Broadway hit, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.
‘Nothing lost & so much gained’: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – Chiswick Playhouse
A genuinely updated I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a really rather lovely thing at the newly renamed Chiswick Playhouse.
‘Will have you constantly smiling’: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – Chiswick Playhouse ★★★★
I love you, you’re perfect, now change lives up to its name as Chiswick Playhouse give us an extensively re-written 2018 version of an Off-Broadway gem that ran for 12 years straight since premiering in 1996.
‘I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed’: F*CKING MEN – King’s Head Theatre ★★
King’s Head Theatre is currently home for the show F*cking Men, written by Tony Award-winning writer Joe DiPietro. The show follows a multitude of characters that are interwoven into multiple narratives, exploring monogamy, lust and cruising.
‘I could go back & see again & again’: F*CKING MEN – King’s Head Theatre ★★★★
I hope that F*cking Men continues to evolve and resonate with new audiences. Expect scatterings of nudity throughout, brief simulated sex scenes, naughty words, and a really gorgeous ending.
Album Review: Leading Ladies – Songs From The Stage
Across the 14 tracks of the collection, there’s a variety of approaches as they tackle songs from a wide range of musicals. Each singer gets a couple of solo numbers, and they all chip in with backing vocals on some of those, but the highlights come when the trio sing together.
THE TOXIC AVENGER – Arts Theatre
The Toxic Avenger is certainly a stylised, kitsch, cult musical – takis’ set and costumes paint a vivid picture of a luminously dystopian New Jersey (or is it reality?), overrun with toxic waste that the Mayor (Natalie Hope) is dumping about town in order to make a quick buck.
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… The Toxic Avenger’s (& Bon Jovi’s) David Bryan
As The Toxic Avenger returns to London’s Arts Theatre, Jonathan Baz spoke with composer and Bon Jovi keyboards ace, David Bryan. David , what attracted you to write The Toxic Avenger…
THE TOXIC AVENGER – Arts Theatre ★★★★
It’s no small tale they have to tell, as small-town nerd Melvin takes on the corrupt establishment of New Jersey (Who Will Save New Jersey) who are taking bribes from the Manhattan elite so they can continue to dump their waste across the Hudson River.
NEWS: Mark Anderson reprises title role in Toxic Avenger’s return in Edinburgh & London
The cast for the return of The Toxic Avenger The Musical has been announced as the production prepares to open at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before its West End transfer this autumn.
NEWS: Toxic Avenger transfers to Arts Theatre, TICKETS ONSALE
Following a sold-out UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse last year, rock musical THE TOXIC AVENGER transfers to the Arts Theatre for a strictly limited ten-week season from 28 September to 3 December 2017.
F**KING MEN – Vaults Theatre
Joe DiPietro’s cult hit is enjoyable enough, but rather predictable in both form and content.
NEWS: F*cking Men transfers to Vaults for 5 weeks, 2 Nov
Following three sell-out runs in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe, The King’s Head Theatre production of F*cking Men is to transfer to The Vaults Theatre in Waterloo.
NEWS: F*cking Men transfers to Vaults for 5 weeks, 2 Nov
Following three sell-out runs in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe, The King’s Head Theatre production of F*cking Men is to transfer to The Vaults Theatre in Waterloo.
INTERVIEW: Jimmy Roberts on I Love You…, Joe DiPietro & new projects
Ahead of August’s I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change reunion, we catch up with the musical’s composer, Jimmy Roberts, about the musical comedy’s enduring appeal, his long-running collaboration with Joe DiPietro and his upcoming projects including a new musical about Rex Harrison and Noel Coward.
NEWS: All-star cast reunites for I Love You, You’re Perfect for two shows only, 15 Aug
Hartshorn-Hook Productions is thrilled to announce the reunion of last year’s critically-acclaimed cast – Simon Lipkin, Gina Beck, Julie Atherton and Samuel Holmes – in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. The production, nominated for Best Revival in last year’s Broadway World Awards, will return for two performances at the West End’s Arts Theatre on Monday 15 August 2016.
THE TOXIC AVENGER – Southwark Playhouse
To describe the show as tongue in cheek could almost be an obtuse reference to the grotesque prosthetic (good work from Jonathan Moriarty North’s studios) that Anderson sports as Toxie. But this musical’s not to be taken seriously and it’s only to be seen by those who share that guilty pleasure of liking their comedy served bloody, with a large helping of political incorrectness on the side.
NEWS: Mark Anderson stars in Toxic Avenger premiere, full cast
Casting has been announced for The Toxic Avenger. The European premiere of the smash-hit off-Broadway rock musical, based on the 1984 classic cult film, opens at London’s Southwark Playhouse on 26 April 2016, with previews from 22 April. It continues until 21 April.
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