Moulin Rouge! The Musical dominated the musical categories at the 74th Tony Awards, a long-delayed, abbreviated contest honouring the best of the 2019/2020 Broadway season, cut short by the Coronavirus pandemic. The lavish stage version of the Baz Luhrmann 2001 hit movie Moulin Rouge! won the Best Musical prize, beating out just two other nominees, […]
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Broadway shutdown extended / Tony nominations announced
The entire 2020-2021 Broadway season has disappeared, swallowed up in the unyielding maw of the Coronavirus pandemic. Nevertheless, a passel of New York theatre-makers have reason to celebrate with the unveiling of the Tony Award nominations for the 2019-2020 season, as abbreviated as it was. A date for the awards presentation, however, is yet to […]
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 […]
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical – Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical continues at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Blasting its way from London, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical has securely landed in New York, and the Broadway behemoths have quickly crowned Adrienne Warren, its star in both cities, as the […]
Aisha Jawando is the new West End Tina Turner
Pop Queen Tina Turner has given her royal seal of approval to the latest actress chosen to take over the title role in Tina – The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre from early October. After originally playing Tina’s sister Alline Bullock and playing Tina at certain performances, Aisha Jawando (Motown The Musical, The […]
Company leads individual production nominations for Evening Standard Awards
Marianne Elliott’s critically-acclaimed gender-swapped version of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company leads the individual production nominations for the 64th Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Just three weeks after the show’s opening night, Company has been nominated for the award for best musical alongside Caroline, or Change, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Fun Home and Hamilton. The […]
Tina the Musical – Aldwych Theatre
Tina the Musical continues at the Aldwych Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Tina the Musical is a hotchpotch of an evening taken to another level in the final stages by the stunning talent and stage presence of Adrienne Warren as the iconic recording artist Tina Turner. It tends to […]
Tina the musical – open auditions announced for young Tina Turner
The West End production of Tina will hold open auditions on Saturday 13 January 2018 for the opportunity to portray Anna Mae, the 11-year-old Tina Turner, with the adult cast of the musical. The company is looking for black and mixed race girls between the ages of 9 and 12 years old, under 4’ 10”, […]
Tina the Musical – new casting revealed
New casting has been announced for the world premiere of the new musical Tina the Musical which will open at the Aldwych Theatre in April 2018. Joining the previously announced Adrienne Warren, who plays the title role, are Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Ike Turner, Madeline Appiah as Tina’s mother Zelma Bullock, Jenny Fitzpatrick as the alternate Tina, […]
Tina Turner musical – Adrienne Warren cast in lead role – images and footage
Adrienne Warren has been announced by Tina Turner as the actor who will portray her in the world premiere of the new musical Tina. Tina will open at the Aldwych Theatre in April 2018. Performances will begin on 21 March 2018 with press night on 17 April. Produced by Stage Entertainment, Tina is currently booking to 16 […]
