Acclaimed West End performers Louise Dearman, Alice Fearn and Rachael Wooding will share the role of Grizabella in the UK and Ireland tour of the record-breaking Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats.
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Kimberly Akimbo – Hampstead Theatre
Kimberly Akimbo continues at the Hampstead Theatre, London until 7 November 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ An exceptionally entertaining evening out with exactly as much to give as you are emotionally able to take.
Cast for European premiere of Kimberly Akimbo
The full cast for the European premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori’s Tony Award-winning musical Kimberly Akimbo has been confirmed.
Dear Evan Hansen – Edinburgh Playhouse and Touring
Dear Evan Hansen was reviewed at Edinburgh Playhouse. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The audience were on their feet, roaring and cheering at the curtain calls – the greatest approval any show could hope for.
Dear Evan Hansen – Nottingham Playhouse and Touring
Dear Evan Hansen was reviewed at Nottingham Playhouse where it runs until 28 September 2024. The tour continues until 24 May 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dear Evan Hansen is one of the most powerful and important musicals to emerge from the genre in recent years.
Music Review: Schwartz Songs
Schwartz Songs – Brand New Recordings of Stephen Schwartz’s Greatest Songs (Westway Music). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A must-listen for fans of musical theatre, not only paying homage to Schwartz’s incredible career but also introducing his music to a new generation of listeners.
Full cast and creatives for Dear Evan Hansen UK tour
Ryan Kopel will take on the title role in the first new UK production of the multi-award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen as it embarks on a major UK tour later this year.
Musical Con 2023 – full schedule confirmed
The full schedule has been confirmed for the second Musical Con – the musical theatre-themed event which will turn ExCel London at Royal Victoria Dock into a haven for musical theatre lovers on 21 and 22 October 2023.
Box Office Radio lines up VIP musical weekender in 2024
A host of leading West End stars will feature in the Box Office Radio VIP Musicals Weekender in Torquay in Devon early next year.
Then, Now & Next – Southwark Playhouse Borough
Then, Now & Next continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 29 July 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Listen now: Alice Fearn discusses the Wicked movie adaptation and the rumours of her involvement on The Mayor of Musical Theatre Podcast
For weeks, rumours that beloved West End star ALICE FEARN will appear in the Wicked movies as Glinda’s mother have whirled around Oz like so many Kansas houses. On the latest episode of The Mayor of Musical Theatre podcast (in association with Musical Theatre Review), The Mayor took the opportunity to take the question directly to Fearn herself.
Cast confirmed for new musical Then, Now & Next
The full cast has been unveiled for the world premiere of heart-warming original musical Then, Now & Next at the Southwark Playhouse this summer.
Alice Fearn to star in new musical Then, Now & Next
West End favourite Alice Fearn will star in the world premiere of heart-warming original musical Then, Now & Next at the Southwark Playhouse this summer.
Dates and details are revealed for Musical Con 2023
When Phantoms walk the streets and Cats cosplayers crowd the Elizabeth line singing ‘One Day More’, you know what time it is. Musical Con, the West End’s official musical theatre fan convention, is back with over 70 West End stars joining fans at the ExCeL London on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October 2023.
First Musical Con – full schedule announced
The full schedule has been confirmed for Musical Con, the new musical theatre themed event which will turn ExCel London into a haven for musical theatre lovers on 22 and 23 October 2022. Ten thousand musical theatre fans and enthusiasts are due to attend the weekend event which will offer fans the opportunity to meet […]
More tickets available for first Musical Con
Extra tickets have been released for the UK’s first musical theatre fan convention Musical Con in response to high demand. Announced in April this year, the latest event from the team behind the popular West End Musical Drive-In and West End Musical Celebration, will turn ExCel London into a haven for musical theatre-lovers on 22 […]
Final curtain for London’s Come From Away in January 2023
The producers of the multi-award-winning Come From Away have announced a final extension to the show’s West End run with its last performance at the Phoenix Theatre scheduled for 7 January 2023. By the time the West End company takes its final bow, the critic and crowd-pleasing production will have played 1,048 performances in London […]
Crowds help West End Flea Market raise over £45,500 for charity
Leading theatrical charity Acting For Others has revealed last weekend’s West End Flea Market raised over £45,500 – almost double the amount raised at the first West End Flea Market in 2019. Thousands of people joined in the fun at St Paul’s Covent Garden where Christopher Biggins was joined by Michael Ball and Bridgerton’s Golda […]
West End stars to join Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for Rodgers and Hammerstein concert
The timeless music of Rodgers and Hammerstein will be celebrated in a special concert performance at the Saffron Hall in Saffron Walden on 12 June 2022. Rodgers & Hammerstein: Some Enchanted Evening will feature the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martin Yates, accompanying West End stars Gina Beck (South Pacific, Show Boat), Alice […]
West End Flea Market – judges and shows revealed
Leading theatrical charity Acting For Others has confirmed the judges and the hit shows lined-up to take part in this year’s West End Flea Market later this month. West End Flea Market regular Christopher Biggins will be joined by Michael Ball and Bridgerton’s Golda Rosheuvel to pass judgement on the stalls created by teams from […]
Stars line-up for the first West End Musical Convention
Musical theatre fans will be able to celebrate their favourite theatrical genre in the company of a host West End stars this autumn at the first West End Musical Con. The latest event from the team behind the popular West End Musical Drive-In and West End Musical Celebration, will turn ExCel London into a haven […]
West End favourites to star in new London concert series The Westway Sessions
Musical theatre favourites will take centre stage in a new intimate concert series at London music venue Piano, Smithfield in May. Hosted by new music and film label, Westway, The Westway Sessions will launch on 9 May 2022 with a performance reuniting former Les Misérables’ co-stars Rob Houchen (City of Angels) and Emma Kingston (Heathers) […]
Theatre Support Fund+ and Aqua Shard offer show-stopping prize draw of unique paintbrushes signed by renowned theatre actors
Exclusively designed paintbrushes which made up Aqua Shard’s show-stopping 2021 Christmas tree in support of Theatre Support Fund+ are to be offered in a prize draw which launched on 28 January to tie in with BBC1’s Big Night Of Musicals. Eight hundred stunning, golden, brushes dipped in glitter made up the tree, which was designed […]
First look and listen to Footballers’ Wives The Musical
Fans of guilty pleasure ITV series Footballers’ Wives are being given their first taste of the upcoming stage musical version of the drama with the release of a music video for the song ‘Don’t Lose It’. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the TV show’s premiere, the track features West End star Alice Fearn (Wicked, Come […]
The Theatre Channel – Stephen Schwartz special
The Theatre Channel – Stephen Schwartz special (Episode 8) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Theatre Channel’s focus on the phenomenal career of Stephen Schwartz, doyen of musical theatre, film for his work with Disney, and even an opera (Séance on a Wet Afternoon), is time restrained to a mere taster, but […]
West End Musical Celebration concerts to return to London
Following a successful six show run at London’s Palace Theatre, the organisers of the West End Musical Celebration concert series have announced a three-month residency at London’s Vaudeville Theatre. One of the first shows to reopen West End theatres in the summer, the star packed celebration of live musical theatre will be back on stage […]
London return for musical theatre-themed RE:arrangement
Award-winning musical director Nick Barstow will bring his hit concert series RE:Arrangement back to London later this month at Udderbelly’s London Wonderground for one night only. After debuting at Crazy Coqs in London and entertaining audiences aboard the Stages Floating Festival musical cruise in 2019, musical director, composer and arranger Barstow will bring his musical […]
West End stars feature in workshop presentation of new Brit show Tinker Bell the Musical
West End stars Alice Fearn, Oliver Savile and Courtney Bowman will be among the cast of a week-long workshop production of new British musical Tinker Bell the Musical. Directed by Anna Fox with assistant director Ayoade Bamgboye, the cast will also include Miracle Chance, Tosh Wanogho-Maud, Patrick Munday, Charlie Kristensen, Beth Hinton-Lever, Gwion Morris Jones, […]
The Theatre Channel Episode 8 will celebrate the work of Stephen Schwartz
The work of multi-award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz will be in the spotlight when the popular pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series The Theatre Channel returns next month. Presented by Adam Blanshay Productions, Park Theatre, Playbill and The Theatre Café, the special episode will be narrated by Schwartz who will also join the resident […]
Star-studded cast for Children of Eden concert
Ruthie Henshall is among the high-powered West End cast assembled for the 30th anniversary concert performances of Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s Children of Eden this autumn. A member of the musical’s original London cast, Henshall (Chicago, Cats) will appear alongside Alice Fearn (Come From Away, Wicked), Carl Spencer (Hamilton, Motown: The Musical), Adam Pearce (The […]
Come From Away – Phoenix Theatre
Come From Away continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ You can tell, simply by observing the pre-set simplicity of Come From Away that this is a story not about spectacle or glittering chorus lines. There are towering tree trunks flanking the stage and the cyclorama has the appearance […]
The Distance You Have Come – Apollo Theatre
The Distance You Have Come continues at the Apollo Theatre, London on 28 June 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s the second time around for this song cycle by US composer-lyricist Scott Alan. From its premiere at London’s Cockpit Theatre in 2018, this two-act exploration of the vicissitudes of modern life […]
West End Musical Celebration – Palace Theatre
West End Musical Celebration continues at the Palace Theatre, London until 13 June 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I – like you, I’m sure – have spent the last 15 months sat at home, counting down the days until I would get ‘Defying Gravity’ belted directly into my face again. […]
Intermissions goes Live at the Vaudeville Theatre
Following the success of last year’s digital shows Alice Fearn is back with Intermissions Live, this time in person at London’s Vaudeville Theatre on 24 May 2021. For one night only the Intermissions team, including vocalist Emma Lindars and musical director Nick Barstow, will reunite onstage for an evening of live music, interviews and very […]
Revival of Scott Alan’s The Distance You Have Come planned
Original cast members will reunite for the upcoming revival of award-winning composer and lyricist Scott Alan’s The Distance You Have Come at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue for two performances in June. The song cycle which was first seen at London’s Cockpit Theatre in 2018 will be performed at the Apollo Theatre on 21 […]
West End Musical Celebration concerts rescheduled
With indoor theatre performances not due to resume until 17 May 2021 at the earliest, the West End Musical Celebration – Live At The Palace Theatre concerts have been rescheduled to dates in June. Originally planned for October last year, the star-packed celebration of musical theatre and the return of live theatre will now play […]
April return for West End Musical Drive-In
The UK’s biggest musical theatre concert series West End Musical Drive-In is returning with a series of live performances in its London home next month. Following on from its popular live shows last year (and the current digital re-streaming) which brought a touch of musical theatre magic to audiences in their cars, the series will […]
West End Musical Drive-In shows to be streamed online
Home-bound audiences will be able to get a taste of the initiative that brought a touch of musical theatre magic to a London car park with the release of digital recordings of the West End Musical Drive-In concerts via the stream.theatre platform. Featuring over 25 West End stars including Alice Fearn (Come From Away), Lucie […]
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – London Coliseum
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change streamed from the London Coliseum and continues until 30 January 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ I Love You? Yes! You’re Perfect? Nothing ever is, is it, but this clever little revue is guaranteed to give you 80 minutes’ respite from the grim world outside, Now Change… […]
Come From Away concert cancelled – ATG theatres to remain closed until April
The special staged concert production of the Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical, Come From Away has become the latest casualty of the current lockdown. Originally due to play the hit show’s West End home, the Phoenix Theatre from 10-27 February 2021, performances of Come From Away: The Concert have now been cancelled with performances of […]
New dates and new look for West End Musical Celebration – Live At The Palace Theatre
The postponed festive show West End Musical Christmas – Live at London’s Palace Theatre has been re-scheduled and re-branded after the show was shelved due to the December Covid-closedown. Now re-titled West End Musical Celebration – Live At The Palace Theatre, the star packed celebration of musical theatre will now play the Palace Theatre from […]
Roles We’ll Never Play – West End to be streamed to home audiences
A live recording of last month’s West End debut of the popular Roles We’ll Never Play concert series will be streamed to home audiences next weekend. Featuring a cast of over 25 the performance which was filmed live during the concert’s sold-out run at London’s Apollo Theatre in December will be streamed via stream.theatre at […]
New streamed production of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Lambert Jackson Productions and the London Coliseum have announced a virtual production of the long running Off-Broadway musical I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Written by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts, the new production of the revue style show stars Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre, Aladdin, Prince Edward Theatre), Brenda Edwards (White […]
Concert version of Come From Away is coming back to the West End
Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical, Come From Away is heading back to the West End with a special staged concert version at the Phoenix Theatre in February 2021. Running from 10-27 February, Come From Away: The Concert will reunite the London cast, band and company for a specially adapted staging of the hit show created […]
Unlimited: The Songs of Stephen Schwartz – Thespie.com
Unlimited: The Songs of Stephen Schwartz is streamed by Thespie.com. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is the first of Thespie’s four streamed December concerts under the Reunited banner, the reunion in this case being nine performers who have all appeared in Stephen Schwartz’s huge hit Wicked in its first 14 […]
Cassidy Janson to host West End-flavoured series at Ronnie Scott’s
Olivier Award winner Cassidy Janson will host a new weekly show featuring fellow West End stars at the iconic Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club from 5 December 2020. Following on from her recent sold-out show at the world-famous Soho music venue, the star of & Juliet and Beautiful: The Carole King Story will return for All […]
Musical theatre favourites to feature in Reunited series of streamed concerts on Thespie
Over 30 of the UK’s leading musical theatre artists are lined up to feature in Reunited, a series of filmed concerts premiering on theatre platform Thespie. Following on from last month’s successful The Reunion show featuring seven Queens from the original West End run of Six, the Reunited series of four concerts will be filmed […]
High demand for The Show Must Go On Live! At The Palace Theatre leads to additional dates
Two extra dates have been added to The Show Must Go On! Live At The Palace Theatre concert series in response to high public demand. After selling out the initial four star-packed special performances at London’s Palace Theatre, the team behind the successful lockdown-launched Theatre Support Fund + will now move their fundraising efforts onstage for […]
West End debut for Roles We’ll Never Play series
The popular Roles We’ll Never Play concert series will make its West End debut at London’s Apollo Theatre in December. Following two successful years of sold-out concerts in the capital, Roles We’ll Never Play West End on 7 December 2020 will once again offer a host of West End favourites the chance to perform songs […]
Star-packed West End Musical Christmas shows for London’s Palace Theatre
The team behind the popular West End Musical Brunch events and the recent West End Musical Drive-In series has joined forces with producer Nica Burns to bring a festive version of the north London shows to the heart of the West End this Christmas. Running from 17 until 20 December 2020, West End Musical Christmas […]
