The 2027 UK and Ireland tour of multi-award-winning musical Chicago will open at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 5 February 2027.
Tag Archives | Bob Fosse
On Broadway with Patrick Honoré
Patrick Honoré has been giving his regards to Broadway… Dancin’, Some Like it Hot, Bad Cinderella and Kimberly Akimbo.
A conversation with Stephen Schwartz: Pippin, that Wicked movie and an astonishing career as a composer
When STEPHEN SCHWARTZ was just 26 years old, he had three successful shows running on Broadway simultaneously. Four and a half decades later, with Wicked about to join The Prince of Egypt in reopening after the Covid closures, and Charing Cross Theatre’s psychedelic production of Pippin extending its run to 3 October 2021, the legendary […]
One singular sensation – Remembering Ann Reinking
ANN REINKING, who has died aged 71, will be remembered not only for being an exceptional actress, dancer and choreographer but also as a protégée of the director-choreographer Bob Fosse, responsible for furthering his work following his death, and keeping his name and his talent before the public eye. Michael Darvell recalls the life and […]
Chicago The Musical 2021 UK tour announced
David Ian in association with Barry and Fran Weissler has announced the 2021 UK tour of the multi-award-winning musical Chicago. The show will open at the Birmingham Alexandra Theatre on 12 March, running until 20 March. After Birmingham, the tour is due to visit Sunderland, Liverpool, Woking, Milton Keynes, Eastbourne, Crawley, Torquay, Cardiff, Manchester, Inverness, […]
Todrick Hall to play Billy Flynn in West End Chicago
American Idol star Todrick Hall will follow his recent run as Billy Flynn on Broadway by reprising his performance on this side of the Atlantic in the hit revival of Chicago at London’s Phoenix Theatre. A judge and choreographer on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Hall who has also appeared on Broadway as Lola in Kinky Boots, […]
Alexandra Burke and Duncan James to play extra dates in West End’s Chicago
Alexandra Burke and Duncan James will be spending a little more time in the hit revival of Chicago at London’s Phoenix Theatre in response to public demand. Originally scheduled to give her last performance as Roxie Hart last Saturday (14 October 2018), X Factor winner and recording artist Burke will now return to the show […]
There will always be a place to enjoy his comic genius’: Remembering Neil Simon
NEIL SIMON, the most prolific comedy writer in the world who died on 26 August 2018 at the age of 91, had a very long career as a writer for television, the theatre and the cinema. There was just nobody else to match him, not even Shakespeare! Michael Darvell looks back at the life of a total comic […]
Alexandra Burke to play Roxie Hart in the West End’s Chicago
Alexandra Burke will take over from Sarah Soetaert in the role of Roxie Hart in the hit revival of Chicago at London’s Phoenix Theatre from Monday 16 August 2018 until Saturday 14 October. The former X Factor winner and recording artist whose musical theatre career includes starring roles in The Bodyguard (West End and UK […]
Chicago the Musical – Phoenix Theatre
Chicago the Musical continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The critics are giving this revival of Chicago a rough ride, some only giving it two stars, but don’t be put off – it’s still a very entertaining night out. How could it be otherwise? Bob Fosse’s […]
It’s opening night for Chicago in the West End – we interview Ruthie Henshall, Josefina Gabrielle, Sarah Soetaert & Cuba Gooding Jr
After five years away, Bob Fosse and Kander and Ebb’s Chicago has found a new home at the Phoenix Theatre and has its official opening tonight (Wednesday 11 April 2018). The cast is led by Josefina Gabrielle as Velma Kelly, Sarah Soetaert as Roxie Hart, Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr as Billy Flynn and Ruthie Henshall […]
Book Review – Cabaret FAQ
CABARET FAQ – June Skinner Sawyers (APPLAUSE BOOKS – ISBN: 978-1-4950-5144-9) Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ The latest addition to the FAQ series of books is Cabaret FAQ which, it says, takes a closer look at the show and film that has become a classic of the Broadway stage. The book […]
Cuba Gooding Jr to make musical debut in Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre
Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr will be making his British stage debut and his musical debut as smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in the multi award-winning Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End. Following a successful UK and international tour and after a five and a half year absence from London, the winner of […]
Award-winning Chicago returns to the West End
The world’s longest-running American musical, the multi award-winning Chicago, is to return to London’s West End after a five and a half year absence. Following a successful UK and international tour, Chicago will be transferring into London, with performances at the Phoenix Theatre from Monday 26 March 2018. Tickets will go on sale at 10am […]
Chicago – Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury and Touring
Chicago continues at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury until 16 July and then tours until 26 November 2016. Rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ goes the saying and it’s one that applies to this slick and sophisticated reinterpretation of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse’s Chicago […]
Pippin – Royal Theatre Carré, Amsterdam
Pippin continues at the Royal Theatre Carré, Amsterdam until 10 April. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ For a month-long engagement, the Dutch are being treated to the US touring company of Pippin, a part of the new yearly Broadway on the Amstel series in Amsterdam. This is sadly the only European and last […]
Chicago – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Chicago continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 27 February and continues touring until 29 October 2016. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As the Broadway revival of Chicago celebrates passing the landmark of 8,000 performances, this new UK touring production gives the show a new twist by casting performers who have all experienced reality show fame in a […]
Sweet Charity – Cadogan Hall
Sweet Charity was performed at the Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As this year’s summer musical, the Cadogan Hall treated us to a concert version of Sweet Charity, just five years after the last London revival of this classic show transferred from the Menier Chocolate Factory to the Haymarket. Adapted by […]
London School of Musical Theatre – Redhead
Redhead was performed by students from the London School of Musical Theatre at the Bridewell Theatre, London. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a real treat to go to a show not really knowing what to expect and then discovering a wonderful ‘lost musical’ performed by an exciting cast. And so it was at the […]
Verity Rushworth – Chicago-bound
Former soap star Verity Rushworth is taking on the role of Velma Kelly at the Curve, Leicester, in a brand new production of Chicago. As the show’s memorable opening line states, it’s ‘a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery’. Bit like an episode of Emmerdale, really. Born in West Yorkshire, Rushworth […]
