Anything Goes continues at Kilworth House Theatre, Leicestershire until 2 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Anything Goes is frivolous, fun and guaranteed fabulously joyful entertainment.
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Glorious Gwynne – looking back at the career of the incredibly talented actress Haydn Gwynne (1957-2023)
Glorious Gwynne – looking back at the career of the incredibly talented actress Haydn Gwynne (1957-2023).
66th Evening Standard Awards – the nominees
Anything Goes, Cabaret, Get Up Stand Up!, Oklahoma! and Spring Awakening will battle it out for the title of Best Musical at the 66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
Double Stage Debut nominations for Hugh Coles and Ben Joyce
Back to the Future’s Hugh Coles and Jersey Boys’ Ben Joyce will battle it out in two categories at The Stage Debut Awards. The two actors have received nominations in both the Best Performer in a Musical and Best West End Debut categories. In the musical category they will be up against Elijah Ferreira for […]
Anything Goes – Barbican Theatre
Anything Goes continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 3 September 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Kathleen Marshall’s effervescent revival of Anything Goes continues to gleam as the gold standard for traditional, old-school musical theatre. The show that has dazzled audiences with its beautiful sets, epic set pieces and breathless dancing since […]
Watch Musical Theatre Review’s exclusive video from the Olivier Awards Green Carpet
In this exciting video Musical Theatre Review’s Green Carpet host Andy Oliver chats to nominees and guests at the Olivier Awards on Sunday 10 April 2022 at London’s Royal Albert Hall (with huge thanks to Marc Jason Ali from The Fan Carpet). This was the first time the Olivier Awards had been held as a […]
Extra three weeks added to Anything Goes Barbican encore – Check out the new production images
The Barbican encore season of the hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes has been extended in response to exceptional demand for tickets. A box office record breaker at the Barbican last year the critic and crowd-pleasing will now follow tour dates across the […]
Cabaret triumphs with seven awards at Olivier Awards 2022 while Back To The Future wins Best New Musical
The winners have been unveiled for this year’s Olivier Awards with Mastercard, British theatre’s biggest night, which took place at London’s Royal Albert Hall in London, hosted by Jason Manford. The biggest winner of the night was Cabaret, a revival of the 1966 Kander and Ebb musical which has transformed the West End’s Playhouse Theatre […]
Performances and presenter line-up announced for Olivier Awards 2022
With under a week to go until the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard, details have been revealed for British theatre’s most prestigious and glamorous night, including the star-studded list of award presenters and performances. The Olivier Awards take place on Sunday 10 April at the Royal Albert Hall – returning after a two-year pandemic hiatus […]
Cabaret leads nominations for Olivier Awards 2022
Musicals are once again making their presence felt in the nominations for the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard with the innovative West End revival of Cabaret topping the list with 11 nominations. In the running for the Magic Radio Best Musical Revival, the production which has transformed the Playhouse Theatre into the Kit Kat Club […]
Frozen and Back to the Future the Musical win big at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2022
At a ceremony at London’s Prince of Wales Theatre hosted by Jodie Prenger and Tom Read Wilson, the winners of the 22nd annual WhatsOnStage Awards were announced – the only major theatre awards decided entirely by the theatregoers themselves. The big winner of the night was Frozen with seven awards from its 13 nominations, receiving […]
Anything Goes – new all-star casting revealed
Kerry Ellis, Denis Lawson, Simon Callow and Bonnie Langford will be aboard the hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes when it cruises back into the Barbican this summer. Ellis (Wicked, We Will Rock You) will star as Reno Sweeney alongside Lawson (Mr Cinders, […]
Musical Theatre 2022 Preview – all you need to know
With Covid-related delays and cancellations still plaguing theatre productions, we know it is impossible to predict whether all the shows listed below will go ahead, but we will continue to keep the faith and support all the incredible creatives bringing us these wonderful musical theatre openings in 2022 – in the West End, on the London […]
Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2021
At the end of each year Musical Theatre Review news editor Angela Thomas normally puts together a round-up of all the shows that have received four and five star reviews during the last 12 months, but this year we thought a different approach might be more appropriate. For a start, MTR wants to congratulate all […]
Film Review: Anything Goes
Anything Goes is screened in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 28 November 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If you missed Kathleen Marshall’s phenomenally successful production of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes at the Barbican this year, then fear not: the cameras were in over a few nights to capture the […]
Barbican encore season for record-breaking Anything Goes
The hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes will cruise back into the Barbican Theatre next summer. A box office record breaker at the prestigious London venue the production which celebrated the highest-grossing week for a musical at the Barbican in its 39-year history […]
Anything Goes breaks Barbican’s box office records
The hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes smashed the Barbican Theatre’s box office record last week. With takings of £717,000, the critic and crowd-pleasing production celebrated the highest-grossing week for a musical at the Barbican in its 39-year history. Commenting on the response […]
Cinema screenings announced for hit production of Anything Goes
The hit production of Anything Goes, due to take its final bow on 6 November, will sail into over 450 cinema screens nationwide for two nights only on 28 November and 1 December in a live recording filmed at London’s Barbican Theatre. Presented by the Barbican and filmed live in London – during the show’s […]
Rachel York and Hadyn Gwynne to join cast of Anything Goes in London
Broadway star Rachel York and Tony and Olivier nominee Haydn Gwynne will join the cast of the critically-acclaimed UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of Anything Goes for its final weeks at the Barbican. York (City of Angels, Victor/Victoria) will reprise her US touring production performance as Reno Sweeney from 12 October with Gwyne […]
Anything Goes – Barbican Theatre
Anything Goes continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 31 October 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If anyone comes out of this remarkable revival of Anything Goes without a broad smile on their face, feeling ten times better than when they arrived and humming a Cole Porter classic, the probability is that […]
Broadway’s Sutton Foster to replace Megan Mullally in Barbican’s Anything Goes
Multi-award-winning Broadway star Sutton Foster will replace injury hit Megan Mullally in the much-anticipated UK re-working of award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes at the Barbican this summer. Foster (The Drowsy Chaperone, Thoroughly Modern Millie) will reprise her Tony Award-winning performance as Reno Sweeney and make her West […]
Anything Goes Barbican dates announced plus more casting news
The producers of the much-anticipated UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes have announced new dates and further casting for the show which will play a season at the Barbican before embarking on a UK tour. Starring Emmy and Screen Actors’ Guild winner Megan Mullally […]
Felicity Kendal and Gary Wilmot join the cast of Anything Goes
Felicity Kendal and Gary Wilmot are the latest star additions to the cast of the much-anticipated UK re-working of director Kathleen Marshall’s award-winning 2011 Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes. Evening Standard Theatre Award winner Kendal (Much Ado About Nothing, Lettice and Lovage) will make her West End musical […]
Will & Grace’s Megan Mullally makes her West End musical debut in Anything Goes opposite Robert Lindsay
Classic musical Anything Goes is making a return to the London stage in spring and summer 2021 for a strictly limited 15-week engagement at the Barbican Theatre, starring Emmy & SAG Award winner Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) who is making her West End musical debut as Reno Sweeney, and Tony, Olivier and BAFTA Award […]
Anything Goes – The Other Palace
Anything Goes, a National Youth Music Theatre production, at The Other Palace, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This show comes in several versions and I suspect this one, with its clunky dialogue and long tortuous first half, is not the best. Nonetheless this talented young cast, aged from 12-22, imaginatively directed […]
Anything Goes – Arena Stage, Washington DC
Anything Goes continues at the Arena Stage, Washington DC until 23 December 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Times have changed! Molly Smith, artistic director of the Arena Stage, reinvents, re-evaluates and re-creates another Golden Age musical following the process she applied to South Pacific, Carousel, Camelot, and last year The Pajama Game. Cross-cultural casting is not new to the Mead Center of American Theater, starting with Oklahoma!, when a […]
Interview: John Barrowman gets up close and personal with Seth Rudetsky and the Leicester Square Theatre audience
Stage and screen star JOHN BARROWMAN is back in London for three special cabaret performances as part of Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre series (Friday 13 April and two shows on Saturday 14 April). The Doctor Who, Torchwood and Arrow actor will be inviting fans to join him for music and chat and fans will […]
Anything Goes – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Anything Goes continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 29 January 2017. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It can be more than a little frustrating for the musical theatre lover that because of commercial imperatives, such as a title having to be familiar at all costs, the list of frequently revived […]
Anything Goes at Upstairs at the Gatehouse – casting details
Casting has been announced for Ovation’s revival of the Cole Porter classic musical Anything Goes at Highgate’s Upstairs at the Gatehouse opening next month. Taryn Erickson will make her UK musical debut alongside recent graduates Jack McCann and Jack Keane and West End regulars including Samantha Dorsey, David Pendlebury and Nova Skipp. Also in the […]
Nominations announced for UK Theatre Awards 2015
UK Theatre has announced the nominations for the UK Theatre Awards 2015, the only awards which celebrate outstanding achievement in theatre throughout the United Kingdom. The Awards will be presented on Sunday 18 October at a ceremony at London’s historic Guildhall, a magnificent medieval Grade 1 listed landmark building situated in the City of London. Details of the compere […]
Show Boat is Sheffield Theatres’ Christmas musical
This Christmas Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans will direct Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s timeless masterpiece Show Boat on the Crucible stage. The musical will run from 10 December 2015–16 January 2016 (press night is 16 December). Evans said: “I’m thrilled to announce our autumn season. I’m looking forward to directing a seminal work of American musical theatre, Show Boat, our most ambitious Christmas production to […]
Anything Goes – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Anything Goes continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre until 7 February and then tours until 10 October 2015. Star rating: 5 stars ***** The good ship Anything Goes has sailed full steam ahead out of Sheffield, where Daniel Evans’ Crucible feelgood production launched to general euphoria in December, docking first in Wimbledon before continuing its eight-month UK cruise […]
Musical Theatre 2015 Preview – all you need to know
You can’t get more comprehensive than this, here’s a preview of all the 2015 musical theatre openings we know about so far in the West End, on the London Fringe and across the UK. JANUARY: Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Playhouse, London The UK premiere of David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane’s […]
Anything Goes – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Anything Goes continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 17 January 2015, after which the production will embark on a 32-venue tour in the UK until October 2015. Following on from the success of his previous two Christmas productions My Fair Lady and Oliver!, Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans directs Cole Porter’s uplifting masterpiece of song, dance and […]
Anything Goes – Matt Rawle and Debbie Kurup lead Crucible cast
Artistic director of Sheffield Theatres Daniel Evans has announced the full cast for his production of Anything Goes at the Crucible which opens 8 December (previews from 28 November, and runs until 17 January), before touring the UK and Ireland, beginning at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 29 January 2015. Debbie Kurup (Reno Sweeney) and Matt Rawle (Billy Crocker) lead the company with Stephen Matthews (Lord Evelyn Oakley), Zoë Rainey (Hope Harcourt), Simon […]
Anything Goes tours the UK from January 2015, directed by Daniel Evans
Stage Entertainment, in association with Sheffield Theatres, will present the UK and Ireland tour of Cole Porter’s classic musical comedy Anything Goes. Following its run at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield (28 November 2014–17 January 2015), the tour will open at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 29 January 2015. The new production will be directed by Daniel Evans and […]
Anything Goes: A Celebration of the Music of Cole Porter – Cadogan Hall
Anything Goes: A 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Music of Cole Porter at Cadogan Hall, London continues until 23 August. Goodness knows why we need a reason to celebrate the genius of Cole Porter, but the official excuse for these two beautiful hours of unadulterated joy is that 50 years ago in October the great man left us […]
Anything Goes – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Anything Goes continues at Paradise in Augustines until 17 August. Samuel Butler once said: ‘The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.’ The same must be said of work on the stage. I remember long, long ago, in my own youth, seeking out the shows, in the then […]
Sutton Foster – Cafe Carlyle, New York
Sutton Foster is performing at the Café Carlyle, New York until 28 September. There aren’t many performers these days who merit the old-time appellation ‘a toast of Broadway’, but Sutton Foster is certainly one of them. Foster toiled away in four Broadway shows before her career-making Tony-winning lead performance in Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2002. […]
