42nd Street continues at Kilworth House Theatre, Leicestershire until 13 July 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It dances up a storm, delivering some of the finest footwork you’ll see this year, and celebrates the timelessness of the heart of New York theatre.
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Black British Theatre Awards nominees – Tina: The Tina Turner Musical leads the way
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical leads the way in the nominations for the Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs). The hit West End show which is currently in its fifth year at the Aldwych Theatre tops the list of nominees for the fifth annual awards with five nominations. Tina’s closest musical theatre rival on the shortlist is Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre with a total of three nominations.
42nd Street – New Victoria Theatre, Woking and Touring
42nd Street was reviewed at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking. The production continues touring until 4 May 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Its nature as a backstage musical ideally lends itself to the dazzling succession of song and dance montages that bear the hallmarks of its cinematic origins and yield a genuine spectacular from start to finish.
42nd Street – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
42nd Street continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 2 September 2023 and then tours until 4 May 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
42nd Street – Sadler’s Wells
42nd Street continues at Sadler’s Wells, London until 2 July 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
West End LIVE line-up unveiled
A packed line-up featuring nearly every single musical playing in the West End has been unveiled ahead of this year’s West End LIVE. This free celebration of London’s world-leading theatre scene comes to Trafalgar Square on the weekend of 17 and 18 June 2023.
Samantha Womack, Michael Praed and Faye Tozer to lead UK tour of 42nd Street
Samantha Womack, Michael Praed and Faye Tozer will step into Curve and Sadler’s Wells’ 42nd Street when the new production of classic backstage musical comedy heads out on tour this summer.
Star casting announced for Curve and Sadler’s Wells’ 42nd Street
Ruthie Henshall, Adam Garcia, Les Dennis, and Nicole-Lily Baisden will lead Curve and Sadler’s Wells’ highly anticipated new production of classic backstage musical comedy 42nd Street.
‘We’ll always have Paris’: Cabaret – Lido2 / 42nd Street – Theatre du Chatelet
They might (just) be able to beat us at football but British-based casts sure as hell get their own back with Kander and Ebb’s stupendous Cabaret at the sparkling new Lido2 on the Champs-Elysees and a long-delayed revival of tap-tap-tap triumphant 42nd Street at the regal Theatre du Chatelet down by the Seine.
‘Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome!’: Paris prepares for the Kander and Ebb classic Cabaret
The French, who didn’t use to favour Broadway musicals, now turn out in droves to see them and with Cabaret playing at the new Lido2 Theatre on the Champs-Elysees and 42nd Street paying an eagerly-awaited return visit to the Theatre du Chatelet down by the Seine, they have two Broadway musicals to choose from over the festive period. And you don’t have to pay London Kit Kat Club prices for a ticket!
First tour dates announced for Curve and Sadler’s Wells’ 42nd Street
David Ian for Crossroads Live and Jonathan Church Theatre Productions have announced the tour dates for Curve and Sadler’s Wells’ major new production of classic backstage musical comedy 42nd Street.
Paris return for Stephen Mear’s 42nd Street
Director and choreographer Stephen Mear’s critically acclaimed version of classic backstage musical comedy 42nd Street will return to the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris later this year. First seen in 2016 and originally due to return to the prestigious French venue in 2021, the production’s limited encore season will run from 7 December 2022 until 15 […]
New production of 42nd Street to launch with seasons at Curve and Sadler’s Wells
Jonathan Church (Singin’ in the Rain, The Drifters Girl) will direct a major new production of classic backstage musical comedy 42nd Street. Presented by David Ian for Crossroads Live and Jonathan Church Theatre Productions, the Curve and Sadler’s Wells production will open at Leicester Curve on 17 May 2023 (until 3 June 2023) ahead of a […]
Come and meet those dancing feet: The first complete recording of 42nd Street is released
Good things come to those who wait and JAY Records’ release of the First Complete Recording of 42nd Street on 8 April 2022 is a perfect example of that. This is an opportunity for musical theatre fans to enjoy the sensational and sparkling orchestrations of Philip J. Lang and ALL the dance sequences complete and […]
Bonnie Langford: Fifty Years On Stage – live-streamed from Crazy Coqs
Bonnie Langford: Fifty Years On Stage – live-streamed from Crazy Coqs, London (repeated at 6.30pm and 8.30pm on 17 December 2020). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ From the almost unbearably cute six-year-old who won TV talent show Opportunity Knocks to her multiple stage successes and TV soap fame, there hasn’t been much in […]
The Top 12 Olivier Awards Performances of the Last Ten Years
In lieu of an Olivier Awards ceremony this Sunday evening, ITV is broadcasting a compilation of their greatest performances instead. Just in case the choices don’t match yours, here are our top 12 favourite Olivier Awards performances of the last decade, in no particular order. With thanks to Ian Bowkett. 2019 – Jason Manford, Janie […]
How to survive two weeks of isolation with free online musicals
Have a slight cough and a finely-honed sense of anxiety? Facing two weeks of self-isolation in home lockdown? Worried whether your body can even cope with an entire fortnight away from kick-lines, high Eb belts, and getting charged £10 for a house red? Here are 14 pieces of musical theatre you can watch online for […]
42nd Street – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
42nd Street continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 26 January 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Just a year after the most spectacular version ever of 42nd Street closed at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Ovation is treating us to the most intimate ever as the company’s eagerly-awaited yearly musical […]
BFI to celebrate the movie musical
The British Film Institute will celebrate the film musical with a major season dedicated to the silver screen’s best-loved song and dance movies. Running from October this year until January 2020 BFI Musicals! The Greatest Show On Screen will include hundreds of screenings and events at venues across the UK. Announcing the musical-themed season, Robin […]
Mousetrap Awards 2019 – winners revealed
Young people took centre stage at the eighth edition of The Mousetrap Awards, the UK’s only theatre awards run by and for young people, at a packed Charing Cross Theatre. Presented by Mousetrap Theatre Projects’ Youth Forum, the lively event opened with a welcome speech by the current star of hit show Everybody’s Talking About […]
42nd Street – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
42nd Street continues at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, booking until 5 January 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s hard for me not to feel a tad sentimental about 42nd Street. Despite the fact I am getting older and there are moments when I enter a room, not remembering […]
Bonnie Langford heads back to the West End in 42nd Street
Bonnie Langford will swap Albert Square for 42nd Street when she steps into the role of Dorothy Brock in the hit re-working of classic backstage musical comedy at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The star who has just announced she is quitting her role as Carmel Kazemi as part of her character’s current harrowing storyline, […]
Super-understudy Steph Parry wins leading role in 42nd Street
In a major case of life imitating art, Steph Parry will step into a leading role in the hit re-working of classic backstage musical comedy 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The actress who hit the headlines last week when she raced to the rescue when the leading lady in the nearby production […]
West End Eurovision – Shaftesbury Theatre
West End Eurovision at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Hamilton, Young Frankenstein, 42nd Street, Dreamgirls, The Phantom of the Opera and Aladdin. All musicals with a healthy dose of camp. Take a bunch of cast members, add some over the top creativity and some Eurovision songs, and you get […]
Olivier Awards 2018 ceremony – Hamilton opener, Chita Rivera singing West Side Story, Joseph 50th ann tribute
Special performances to mark the 60th anniversary of the London opening of West Side Story and the 50th anniversary of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will feature in the star-studded ceremony for the 2018 Olivier Awards on 8 April 2018. Musical theatre legend Chita Rivera will celebrate her London debut as Anita in the classic […]
Fourth West End Bake Off to coincide with Royal Wedding
Acting For Others has announced this year’s West End Bake Off has been scheduled for the day of Prince Harry’s marriage to Meghan Markle, Saturday 19 May. The fourth edition of the annual fundraiser that combines freshly baked cakes and sweet treats with West End theatre stars will once again take place at The Actors’ […]
West End Eurovision returns to London in April
Sequin-spangled fundraiser West End Eurovision will return to the heart of London’s theatreland for the first time in four years next month. Inspired by the annual song contest, the show which raises funds for Make A Difference Trust, the UK-based charity involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS both at home and overseas, will […]
Hamilton receives a recording-breaking 13 nominations in Olivier Awards 2018
Smash hit musical Hamilton predictably leads the field with a record-breaking 13 nominations for this year’s Olivier Awards, overtaking previous joint record holders: last year’s The Cursed Child and 2008’s Hairspray with 11 nominations. Announced today by Elaine Paige and Alexandra Burke, the nominees for the 2018 Olivier Awards with Mastercard recognised a number of […]
WhatsOnStage Awards 2018 – a photo-reflection on the big night
At a ceremony hosted at the Prince of Wales Theatre by Trevor Dion Nicholas and Vikki Stone, the 18th annual WhatsOnStage Awards – decided entirely by theatregoers themselves – were revealed. Photographer Vivienne Vincent was there. Leading the pack was 42nd Street, currently running at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, which took home four prizes for Best Musical […]
WhatsOnStage Awards 2018 – 42nd Street and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie come out on top
Leading the pack at the 18th annual WhatsOnStage Awards was 42nd Street, currently running at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, which took home four prizes for Best Musical Revival, Best Choreography, Best Set Design and Best Costume Design – from a total of eight nominations. At a ceremony hosted at the Prince of Wales Theatre […]
Lulu joins West End cast of 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Lulu returns to the West End after 30 years to join the cast of 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the role of Dorothy Brock. Lulu made her acting debut at the age of 16, starring with Sidney Poitier in the unforgettable To Sir With Love – and taking the title song […]
Musical Theatre Review 2017 – a reflection – what was your favourite?
Musical Theatre Review reflects on an incredibly busy year of theatre – in the West End, on the London Fringe, across the UK – and picks a selection of shows from each month that topped the FOUR and FIVE star ratings with our contributors [apologies to fans of all the concerts and cabarets – there’s just […]
WhatsOnStage Awards 2017 – 42nd Street and Bat Out of Hell top musical theatre nominations
At a ceremony held today at London’s Café de Paris, Aladdin’s Trevor Dion Nicholas announced the nominees for the 18th annual WhatsOnStage Awards, the only major theatre awards decided entirely by the theatregoers themselves. The announcement of the nominations marks the opening of the final voting stage which closes 31 January, with the winners announced […]
Winner of West End Bake Off is 42nd Street
42nd Street was today announced as the winners of the third annual West End Bake Off in aid of theatrical charity Acting for Others. The winners, chosen by judges choreographer Arlene Phillips and Olivier Award-winning actress Janie Dee, were revealed at the event held today at the Actors’ Church, St Paul’s Covent Garden. The show was crowned the winner after competing against 16 other teams, including Kinky Boots, […]
42nd Street – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
42nd Street continues at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It has been 33 years since 42nd Street had its first original London production at the Theatre Royal in 1984, when, in parallel to the production’s book, Catherine Zeta-Jones was plucked from the chorus and placed into the […]
Opening night for 42nd Street at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane – exclusive gallery of images
Tonight 42nd Street (with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin and music by Harry Warren) has its official opening at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Here is an exclusive gallery of images from Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan. The production is directed by Mark Bramble (whose other hit shows include Barnum, Treasure Island, The Three Musketeers, The Grand Tour) and […]
Musical Theatre 2017 Preview – all you need to know
You can’t get more comprehensive than this, here’s a preview of all the 2017 musical theatre openings we know about so far in the West End, on the London Fringe and across the UK. JANUARY The Girls – Phoenix Theatre, London Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s new British musical, The Girls, based on the true story, […]
42nd Street – Theatre du Chatelet, Paris
42nd Street continues at Theatre du Chatelet, Paris until 8 January. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Now here’s a great idea for a Christmas present (especially if someone else pays for it): best seats at the glorious 1,800-seater Chatelet on the banks of the Seine, Eurostar tickets (cheap right now) and […]
View from 42nd Street – the launch at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
The reworking of the classic musical comedy 42nd Street, which will open for previews at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in March 2017, will be ‘sensational’, according to director and co-author Mark Bramble. Following the announcement that Grammy Award-winning artist Sheena Easton will make her West End debut in the production, playing the part of prima donna Dorothy Brock, […]
Double helping of 42nd Street – first stop Theatre du Chatelet in Paris
While London readies itself for a March revival of 42nd Street, the musical that propelled Catherine Zeta-Jones to stardom in 1984, Paris gets in first with a seven-week English-language run of the same show at the Theatre du Chatelet from 17 November to 8 January. Stephen Mear will be directing a Chatelet cast headed by […]
42nd Street – Sheena Easton makes West End debut
Sheena Easton – the Grammy award-winning artist who has sold more than 20 million records around the world – is to make her West End debut in the forthcoming production of 42nd Street. Easton, who remains the only artist in history to have top five records on five major Billboard charts, will perform the role of Dorothy Brock […]
42nd Street to open at Drury Lane in March 2017
A major new re-working of classic backstage musical comedy 42nd Street will open at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane next March. Based on the 1933 Warner Brothers film musical, the new version of the show which premiered on Broadway nearly 40 years ago will begin previewing on Monday 20 March 2017, ahead of a press night […]
42nd Street at Theatre du Chatelet – Ria Jones leads the cast
Ria Jones, the supersub who played Norma Desmond to rave reviews and standing ovations when Glenn Close went sick for a number of performances of Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum at the end of April, gets a starring role in her own right in Paris in November. Jones plays Dorothy Brock in the Theatre […]
Stephen Mear stages 42nd Street at Theatre du Chatelet
Stephen Mear, who danced in the original London production of 42nd Street in the 1980s, is to direct and choreograph a revival of the famed showbiz musical in Paris in November (he recently choreographed Singin’ in the Rain at the venue). The show launched Catherine Zeta-Jones’ career when, as a 17-year-old, she was pitched from the […]
