REVIEW: ANNIE GET YOU GUN (Union Theatre) ★★★★
After their success with Oklahoma! Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II decided to start producing musicals and book writer Dorothy Fields approached the pair with an idea for a fictionalised musical based on the life of Annie Oakley, a sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Written in 1945 as a star-vehicle for […]
BEAUTIFUL – The Carole King Musical to close in the West End
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, based on the early life and career of legendary singer songwriter Carole King, will complete its run at the Aldwych Theatre on 5 August 2017. The UK tour of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical will open in Bradford on 9 September 2017 and continues in Plymouth, Southampton, Norwich, […]
GARY BARLOW’S musical THE GIRLS set to close in London and go on tour
David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers, the producers of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s new musical comedy, THE GIRLS, based on the true story, the film and the award-winning play by Tim Firth, Calendar Girls, are delighted to announce that the production will return home to Yorkshire and open at the Leeds Grand Theatre on 15 […]
HEATHERS THE MUSICAL and BONNIE & CLYDE amongst new season of show at THE OTHER PALACE
The Other Palace opened in February 2017 as a new home for musical theatre. The venue aims to discover, develop and reimagine musicals. The team want the spaces to be used to nurture the next generation of musicals, and the creatives behind them; celebrating the very best of the art form, from the established to […]
MADALENA ALBERTO, KIERAN BROWN & REBECCA TREHEARN join JOAN VÁZQUEZ in cabaret
After his acclaimed London debut last Fall, Spanish performer Joan Vázquez brings back ‘Something’s Coming – a Sondheim tribute’ as part of Live at Zédel Summer season, on Monday 26th June 2017. In the style of recent actor-musician Sondheim latest productions on Broadway, Joan goes solo celebrating music theatre genius Stephen Sondheim with legendary songs […]
Britain’s Got Talent winner joins the Madness musical UK Tour
A full house for OUR HOUSE has been announced, with street dancing sensation George Sampson confirmed to join the UK Tour of the Olivier Award-winning musical. Having won the second season of Britain’s Got Talent with his interpretation of Singing in the Rain, George has gone on to star in major films (Street Dance 2 […]
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM to star in THE MENTOR at the VAUDEVILLE THEATRE
Laurence Boswell’s critically acclaimed production of Daniel Kehlmann’s The Mentor will have a West End run at London’s Vaudeville Theatre from 24 June 2017. The Mentor stars Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham as Benjamin Rubin, Daniel Weyman as Martin Wegner, Naomi Frederick as Gina Wegner and Jonathan Cullen as Erwin Rudicek. The Mentor is directed […]
Should actors break character to confront bad behaviour in theatre?
Yesterday, Glenn Close became the latest actor to break character during a theatre performance, to tell an audience member to stop taking pictures. Glenn Close is currently reprising her role of the iconic Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard on Broadway, a role which she also played last year in London. According to news reports, Glenn […]
THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO and 13 THE MUSICAL come to AMBASSADORS THEATRE
Following their triumphant sold-out gala fundraising concert of The Color Purple last Sunday, the British Theatre Academy today announces a double bill of musicals this summer at London’s Ambassadors Theatre. The Adventures of Pinocchio, with Music and Lyrics by Neil Bartram, Book by Brian Hill, directed by Bronagh Langan (Promises Promises, Southwark Playhouse) will run […]
Get to know London’s new Elphaba ALICE FEARN …
With today’s fantastic news that Elphaba Standby, Alice Fearn will play the role full time in Wicked from 24 July 2017, I thought I would take a look back and the times I have met and seen Alice, so you can get to know London’s new Elphaba better! Back in 2015, Alice Fearn was starring […]