It has been announced that performer Kyle Birch (A Strange Loop, The Color Purple, I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire) died on 2 December 2024, aged 26.
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Olivier Awards 2024 – show performances, presenters and broadcast details
Want to know more about the Olivier Awards 2024 ceremony on Sunday 14 April at London’s Royal Albert Hall?
Olivier Awards 2024 – Sunset Boulevard is the most nominated production
The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2024 with Mastercard have been announced and Jamie Lloyd’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, starring Nicole Scherzinger (Best Actress in a Musical nominee) and Tom Francis (Best Actor in a Musical nominee) has come out on top by being recognised in 11 categories.
The Stage Debut Awards 2023 – winners announced
The winners of The Stage Debut Awards, in association with ATG, have been announced at the annual awards ceremony at London’s 8 Northumberland Avenue, hosted by drag artist, performer and songstress Divina De Campo.
A Strange Loop – Barbican Theatre
A Strange Loop continues at the Barbican Theatre until 9 September 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ By the time we emerge from its tangled hierarchy of layers, we may be returned from New York to the Barbican: back where we started – but we are changed. We, too, have been transformed by a strange loop.
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.
Broadway’s Kyle Ramar Freeman to lead the West End cast of A Strange Loop
Kyle Ramar Freeman will make his West End debut in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning A Strange Loop at London’s Barbican Theatre this summer.
Broadway sensation A Strange Loop to open in London
The smash hit Broadway musical sensation A Strange Loop will transfer from New York to London this summer, running at the Barbican Theatre from 17 June to 9 September 2023 (press night is 28 June). Nominated for 11 Tony Awards and winner of every Best Musical award in New York, Michael R. Jackson’s critically acclaimed […]
Company scoops five Tony Awards but there are big wins for Six, MJ and A Strange Loop too
While Marianne Elliott’s production of Company received five prizes at the 75th Annual Tony Awards, it was quite a democratic night for the nominated musicals with Six: The Musical, A Strange Loop, MJ, Paradise Square and Girl From the North Country all having something to celebrate. The gender-swapped staging of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company repeated a large […]
CD Review: A Strange Loop – Original Broadway Cast
A STRANGE LOOP – Original Broadway Cast (Ghostlight Records and Yellow Sound Label – download) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What an absolute joy! No wonder A Strange Loop is nominated for 11 Tony Awards this year. Meet Usher: A Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer […]
Company and Six are big winners at the Drama Desk Awards 2022
Both Company and Six each won in four categories at the Drama Desk Awards 2022, held this week at Sardi’s Restaurant in New York. Kimberly Akimbo was named the Outstanding Musical. The newly created Ensemble Award went to SIX: The Musical’s Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macasaet, Brittney Mack, Abby Mueller, Samantha Pauly and Anna Uzele. Founded in 1955, the Drama Desk Awards […]
A Tony Awards Newsletter From New York
Mark Shenton offers a Broadway round-up of Tony-nominated musicals… The nominations for this year’s Tony Awards – due to be presented at Radio City Music Hall on 12 June 2022, hosted by West Side Story Oscar winner Ariana DeBose – were delayed this year. Usually they are announced a few days after the eligibility deadline […]
A Strange Loop leads 2022 Tony Awards nominations but the Queens of Six The Musical are close behind
The 2022 Tony Awards nominations, recognising the best and brightest of the 2021-22 Broadway theatre season, have been announced by Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry and British talents are celebrating. American shows A Strange Loop (11 nominations), MJ (10) and Paradise Square (10) may lead the pack but they are closely followed by Marianne Elliott’s production of Company […]
A Strange Loop voted Outstanding Musical in New York’s Drama Desk Awards.
A Strange Loop capped its winning streak in the 2019/2020 New York theatre season, as it grabbed the Outstanding Musical Award from the Drama Desk. The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced on 13 June 2020 in a special pre-recorded presentation on a local television news channel. The awards are usually handed out with […]
