Stage, screen and recording artist Josh Groban will play the Demon Barber, Sweeney Todd opposite Tony Award-winner Annaleigh Ashford as the resourceful Mrs Lovett in the first Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s multi-award-winning musical thriller Sweeney Todd since 1980. Produced by Jeffrey Seller and directed by Hamilton’s Tony Award-winning director Thomas Kail, […]
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Film Review: ’A spellbinding cinematic firework’ – In The Heights
In the Heights, now playing in cinemas. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Many years before Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first musical was In The Heights: a love letter to the neighbourhood in which he grew up. It is arguably less technically sophisticated than his later Pulitzer Prize-winning ode to America’s first treasury secretary, […]
CD Review: Always Like New – Jennifer Nettles
ALWAYS LIKE NEW – Jennifer Nettles (Concord Records – 7223572) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jennifer Nettles is a multi Grammy Award-winning country singer – so what is she doing releasing an album of show music? Well, I’ll tell you: she is bringing new life to these chosen tracks and has accomplished […]
Hamilton – Disney Plus
Hamilton is streaming now (and hopefully forever) on Disney Plus. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s hard to say anything about Hamilton that hasn’t already morphed into a cliché. Certainly, every critic who has reviewed it – in seemingly the most ubiquitously discussed art event in some time – has jostled […]
Watch: The non-stop rise of Lin-Manuel Miranda
On Friday 3 July 2020, the film of Hamilton will be made available to stream on Disney Plus, giving millions the opportunity to see the show from the comfort of their own homes for the very first time. To celebrate the occasion, here is a brief history of writer/star Lin-Manuel Miranda’s remarkable career to date: […]
Message in a Bottle – Peacock Theatre
Message in a Bottle continues at the Peacock Theatre, London until 21 March 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ [Pictures: Roy Tan] Choreographer Kate Prince comes of age with an intelligent and vital contemporary dance piece inspired by the music of Sting. Prince is probably known for her Sadler’s Wells commissions Into […]
The Wrong Man – MCC Theater Space, New York
The Wrong Man continues at The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space, New York until 17 November 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ “Am I a human being/Or am I here performing?” So sings Duran, the lead character, at the start of the new Off-Broadway musical The Wrong Man. It’s a […]
Tony Award-winning Dear Evan Hansen will transfer to the West End in autumn 2019
Producer Stacey Mindich has confirmed the eagerly-awaited West End debut of the multi-award-winning Dear Evan Hansen will be at the Noël Coward Theatre in the autumn of 2019. The West End run will reunite the creative team behind the show’s record-breaking Broadway run which began in 2016 and earned rave reviews and collected six Tony […]
More tickets available for Hamilton
Jeffrey Seller and Cameron Mackintosh have announced another extended booking period for the smash hit London version of the multi-award-winning Broadway hit Hamilton. Tickets for performances until Saturday 30 March 2019 will go on sale via official Hamilton ticketing channels from Monday (4 June 2018) at 12 noon GMT. Earmarked by Mackintosh as the perfect […]
Hamilton collects seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical
New American musical Hamilton collected seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards 2018 with Mastercard, the UK’s most prestigious stage honours, announced at London’s Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Catherine Tate. Composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and orchestrator Alex Lacamoire won Outstanding Achievement in Music (which Lacamoire accepted by singing a speech […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt join forces for new Hamildrop recording
Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has teamed up with Dear Evan Hansen’s Ben Platt for a special musical mash-up released as part of Miranda’s popular Hamildrop series. Arranged by Hamilton orchestrator Alex Lacamoire, ‘Found Tonight’ combines lyrics from ‘The Story of Tonight’ from Hamilton and ‘You Will Be Found’ from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s Dear […]
