Several changes are being made to the cast of the West End production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi-award-winning Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
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The Drifters Girl – Garrick Theatre
The Drifters Girl continues at the Garrick Theatre, London until 15 October 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s not an easy task to follow in the footsteps of national treasure Beverley Knight but Broadway star (and Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee) Felicia Boswell makes a fine West End debut […]
Drifters Girl to take final bow at the Garrick in October – 2023 UK tour planned
Producers Michael Harrison and David Ian have confirmed their acclaimed new musical The Drifters Girl will play its final performance at the Garrick Theatre on 15 October 2022. The new musical inspired by the life of the woman behind legendary vocal group The Drifters which received its world premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal in October […]
Broadway star Felicia Boswell to play Faye Treadwell in the West End production of The Drifters Girl
The acclaimed Broadway star Felicia Boswell will join the cast of West End musical The Drifters Girl. Boswell will play Faye Treadwell, the legendary manager of The Drifters, who, alongside her husband, fought for three decades to turn Atlantic Records’ hottest vocal group into a global phenomenon. Boswell is an Emmy Award winner and Grammy […]
The Drifters Girl cast album due to be released in May
Following Olivier Award nominations for Best New Musical and Best Actress in a Musical, it has been announced that The Drifters Girl world premiere cast album, recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, is due for release on 6 May 2022. The album features the original cast of the acclaimed new musical: Queen of British […]
The Drifters Girl’s West End run extended into 2023
Michael Harrison and David Ian’s hit new musical The Drifters Girl will continue its debut West End run at the Garrick Theatre until February 2023. Originally due to play a 20-week season at London’s Garrick Theatre from 4 November 2021 following its world premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal a month earlier, the new musical inspired […]
The Drifters Girl – Garrick Theatre
The Drifters Girl continues at the Garrick Theatre, London. There is so much that is perfect about The Drifters Girl, the musical that tells the story of Faye Treadwell (Beverley Knight), a woman of colour who broke into a male-controlled music industry more than 60 years ago. So we have the inspirational story of Faye Treadwell, […]
Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud cast in The Drifters Girl
Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced that Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud will play The Drifters in a brand new musical, also starring Beverley Knight, which tells the remarkable story of one of the world’s greatest vocal groups and the woman who made them. The Drifters Girl will begin […]
King: The Musical in Concert – Hackney Empire
King: The Musical in Concert, Hackney Empire, London Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In this, the 50th anniversary year of the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, it feels appropriate to revive this musical based on his life. Although maybe “revive” isn’t the right word. King, performed in concert this […]
Rebecca Trehearn, Adam J Bernard and Alexia Khadime join A Little Princess cast
Olivier award winners Rebecca Trehearn (Show Boat) and Adam J Bernard (Dreamgirls) and Wicked’s Alexia Khadime are the latest star names to be added to the cast of the UK premiere production of Andrew Lippa’s musical version of Francis Hodgson Burnett’s much-loved novel A Little Princess. Joining the previously announced Sherlock star Amanda Abbington and […]
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 […]
CD Review – Dreamgirls – Original London Cast
DREAMGIRLS – Original London Cast (Sony – 889854294922) Having taken London by storm at the Savoy Theatre, Sony has released a double live recording which simply sizzles with electricity and loads of atmosphere. Not only is it recorded live, but it also contains the full score, which is absolutely brilliant for all those Dreamgirls enthusiasts […]
Dreamgirls West End cast recording – release details
Newly-crowned Olivier Award winners Amber Riley and Adam J Bernard feature on the highly anticipated Original London Cast Recording of the West End production of Dreamgirls which will be released by Sony Masterworks Broadway next month. Currently available to pre-order now via Amazon, the two CD set will be available via Amazon, iTunes and all […]
Olivier Awards 2017 – Groundhog Day wins Best New Musical, double acting prizes for Dreamgirls
While the biggest story of the Olivier Awards 2017 was the success of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which collected a record-breaking nine Olivier Awards (overtaking Matilda and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time as the most decorated production in the ceremony’s history), there was still plenty to celebrate in the musical […]
