Playing at the Riverside Studios, London until June 30. Mining the world of daytime television for musical theatre material by necessity invites comparison with Jerry Springer: The Opera, but where Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee used the form to examine morality and religion, in Payback the Musical Paul Rayfield is content to stick with the heightened […]
Patti LuPone – Leicester Square Theatre
Playing at the Leicester Square Theatre, London until 23rd June. It’s not often we get a real live Broadway musical theatre legend in the West End and fans, among them Adele, were out in force for Patti LuPone’s opening night at the Leicester Square Theatre. A belter in the Ethel Merman tradition and an actress […]
Beverley Knight set for The Bodyguard
Award-winning recording artist Beverley Knight will make her West End debut when she joins the cast of The Bodyguard this September to play the leading role of Oscar-nominated star Rachel Marron. Also joining the line-up will be Tristan Gemmill as Rachel’s bodyguard Frank Farmer. The two performers replace Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen who originated the roles […]
Nunsense A-men! and title of show at the Landor
The musicals season at London’s Landor Theatre continues with Sister Mary McArthur (also known as performer Tim McArthur) making her musical theatre debut as the Mother Superior in Dan Goggin’s Nunsense A-men! (the musical) from 27th June-28th July. Nunsense A-men! begins when the Little Sisters of Hoboken discover that their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, has […]
Titanic musical cast revealed
Casting has been announced for the European premiere of a new chamber version of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Titanic. Directed by Thom Southerland and produced by Danielle Tarento, the production of Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s show will run for a six-week season at Southwark Playhouse from 26th July-31st August. The loss of the RMS Titanic […]
Arts Ed – The 25th Annual Spelling Bee
Performed at the Arts Educational School, London. One of the pleasures to be had from supporting drama student productions is the opportunity to see musicals that one only knows from recordings, but have rarely been performed in this country. They also offer the chance to see revivals of old favourites or to catch up on […]
Jersey Boys on the move in 2014
Jersey Boys, which recently celebrated its fifth London birthday at the Prince Edward Theatre, will be transferring to the Piccadilly Theatre in March 2014, with its last performance at the Prince Edward Theatre on Sunday 9 March. The Spice Girls musical Viva Forever!, which closes at the Piccadilly at the end of June, is followed by […]
Mission Drift – The National Theatre Shed
Playing at The NT Shed, London until 28th June. Mission Drift exploded into the UK in 2011 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it blew critics and audiences away. So convincing was its force that those who hadn’t seen it – including me – fell upon the news of a London transfer like ready-made disciples. […]
Tony Awards 2013
Kinky Boots danced away from the Tony Awards on Sunday night in New York with top honours, being celebrated as Best Musical of the 2012-2013 Broadway season, alongside plaudits for Best Original Score (by pop queen Cyndi Lauper) and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Billy Porter as the irresistible drag […]
Tony Awards 2013
Kinky Boots danced away from the Tony Awards on Sunday night in New York with top honours, being celebrated as Best Musical of the 2012-2013 Broadway season, alongside plaudits for Best Original Score (by pop queen Cyndi Lauper) and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Billy Porter as the irresistible drag […]
Amanda McBroom at Crazy Coqs
Amanda McBroom at the Crazy Coqs, London. Everyone has different tastes, of course, but for any cabaret lover there can surely be no better way of spending 80 minutes than in the company of the distinguished, delightful and truly brilliant Californian singer/songwriter Amanda McBroom, a lady best known as the writer of the title song of Bette […]
Barbra Streisand – O2 Arena
Barbra Streisand performed at the O2 on June 1 and 3. Something of a miracle happened when Barbra Streisand succeeded in turning the cold and unwelcoming atmosphere of the O2 into an intimate family reunion. Where else but at this venue are you denied to move to better empty seats at intermission since you paid […]
