The team behind the high-profile new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park With George have announced the production will no longer be staged in 2027.
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Jonathan Bailey withdraws from Sunday in the Park With George following Ariana Grande’s departure
Following the news in early August that Ariana Grande had withdrawn from next year’s eagerly awaited new production of Sunday in the Park With George at London’s Barbican Theatre, it has now been announced that Jonathan Bailey will also no longer appear in the production.
Barbican’s Sunday in the Park With George to be recast as Ariana Grande plans to take a break from public life
The team behind next year’s eagerly awaited new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer-winning musical Sunday in the Park With George is on the search for a new leading lady after Grammy Award winner Ariana Grande has withdrawn from the production.
Wicked: For Good is snubbed in Oscar nominations 2026
Only two sequels have ever won the Best Picture Oscar and Wicked: For Good won’t be the third after being snubbed when the nominations for Tinseltown’s Red Carpet night on 15 March were revealed this week.
Music Review: Wicked: For Good
Wicked: For Good – Movie Cast Recording (Universal Studios and Republic Records). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Fans of the first part of the Wicked movie duology had to wait patiently for 12 months but the second instalment – Wicked: For Good – finally landed in cinemas and concluded the well-loved story […]
Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande to lead major new London production of Sunday in the Park With George
Olivier Award winner Jonathan Bailey and Grammy Award winner Ariana Grande will lead a major new London production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park With George.
Streaming date revealed for Wicked: For Good – MTR editor Lisa Martland reviews the new movie on Andrew Tomlins’ West End Frame Show
Part Two of Jon M Chu’s thrillifying film adaptation of the much-loved hit musical Wicked – Wicked: For Good, will be released on digital platforms in the UK on 2 January 2026.
Music Review: Wicked: The Soundtrack – Movie Cast Recording
Wicked: The Soundtrack – Movie Cast Recording (Universal Studios and Republic Records). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This will only reinforce the five-star status of the story and score for years to come.
Wicked, Emilia Pérez and more – Which musical movies will come out top at the Academy Awards 2025?
Two musicals, Wicked and Emilia Pérez, made the final ten for Oscars night on 2 March after nominations for Hollywood’s big night were eventually announced last week.
Wicked movie wins Golden Globe for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
The movie version of West End and Broadway mega-hit Wicked took home the second Golden Globe Award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement at the weekend’s star-studded ceremony.
Musical Theatre Review editor Lisa Martland reviews the Wicked movie on Andrew Tomlins’ West End Frame Show
To mark the release of part one of the Wicked movie, Musical Theatre Review editor joined podcast supremo Andrew Tomlins on the West End Frame Show to discuss the momentous occasion.
NBC’s Hairspray Live! is this week’s Shows Must Go On offering
The US TV production of Hairspray Live! starring Harvey Fierstein, Martin Short, Maddie Baillio, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth, Dove Cameron and Billy Eichner will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. First broadcast live in the US in the run-up to Christmas 2016, the […]
CD Review: For The Girls – Kristin Chenoweth
FOR THE GIRLS – Kristin Chenoweth (Concord Records) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Full disclosure: I love Kristin Chenoweth. Always have done. I have followed her career since she brought life to You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown in 1999 right up to the present day. Not only does she have a phenomenal […]
CD Review: Christmas: A Season Of Love – Idina Menzel
CHRISTMAS: A SEASON OF LOVE – Idina Menzel (Decca Records) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ How many Christmas albums have you accumulated over the years? Now, how many of them do you actually play throughout this festive period? If like me the answer to the first question is 30 or more and the […]
Elaine Paige presents star-studded collection of show tunes on latest CD
West End leading lady turned radio presenter Elaine Paige has used her expertise to help put together a three CD collection – Elaine Paige Presents Showstoppers from the Musicals – celebrating the best and most successful stage and screen musicals. The Evita star who now presents the hit Radio 2 show Elaine Paige On Sunday has […]
