The international theatre world has been in mourning following the sudden death of Broadway and West End star Chris Peluso.
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West End stars add their voices to On Hope: A Digital Song Cycle
A host of musical theatre stars are among the cast of over 100 performers due to make a contribution to the inspirational on hope: a digital song cycle which will be live streamed in the coming weeks. Performers from hit shows including Bat Out of Hell, Les Misérables, Six and Wicked will make their contributions […]
Interview – Ashley Stillburn and Chris Peluso on re-imagining Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White at the Charing Cross Theatre
The first ever revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony and Olivier Award-nominated musical The Woman in White since its West End premiere in 2004 opens tonight at the Charing Cross Theatre. Susan Elkin caught up with two of the production’s stars… It is during rehearsals between previews for The Woman in White that I catch up with ASHLEY STILLBURN […]
Clare Burt completes Big Fish cast at The Other Palace
Clare Burt will join the previously announced Kelsey Grammer in the London premiere production of John August and Andrew Lippa’s quirky romance Big Fish The Musical. Directed by Nigel Harman, the production – which will mark Frasier favourite Grammer’s London stage debut – will play The Other Palace from 1 November until 31 December with a […]
Interview – Chris Peluso on touring in Funny Girl and loving the UK
After making his West End debut as Chris in Miss Saigon and sailing through his role in Show Boat, New Yorker CHRIS PELUSO is bringing his talents to the UK stage once more, this time alongside Sheridan Smith in the national tour of Funny Girl. The next stop for Funny Girl is Bristol Hippodrome (21-25 March) and […]
Funny Girl – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Funny Girl continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 4 March, then tours until 19 August. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Following smash-hit runs at the Menier Chocolate Factory and the Savoy, Funny Girl comes to the Milton Keynes Theatre as the second stop on its nationwide tour. The show stars […]
Death Takes a Holiday – James Gant takes over from Chris Peluso
Death will have a new face from today (13 February) when James Gant will take over from Chris Peluso in the European premiere run of Maury Yeston’s Death Takes a Holiday at the Charing Cross Theatre. Gant (Titanic), whose previous role in the production as the manservant Fidele will now be played by Ken Christiansen […]
Death Takes a Holiday – Charing Cross Theatre
Death Takes a Holiday continues at the Charing Cross Theatre, London until 4 March. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Thom Southerland and Danielle Tarento once again give Maury Yeston the five-star treatment, with the European premiere of the composer/lyricist’s 2011 musical Death Takes a Holiday. Based on Alberto Casella’s play La […]
Death Takes a Holiday at the Charing Cross Theatre – exclusive images
Thanks to Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan, here are exclusive production images of the European premiere of the musical Death Takes a Holiday, continuing at the Charing Cross Theatre, London until 4 March (press night is on 23 January). Zoë Doano, Chris Peluso and Mark Inscoe head the cast of the much-anticipated staging of Maury Yeston’s Death Takes a […]
Funny Girl tour extended – Chris Peluso to play Nick Arnstein
Show Boat’s Chris Peluso will play Nick Arnstein opposite Sheridan Smith when she takes her acclaimed performance as Fanny Brice on the road for part of the Funny Girl tour which begins in Manchester on 18 February 2017. Smith’s leading man for the show’s hugely successful London runs, Darius Campbell, will also return to the […]
Death Takes a Holiday Euro premiere – Maxwell Caulfield, Zoë Doano and Chris Peluso cast
Maxwell Caulfield, Zoë Doano and Chris Peluso will head the cast of the much-anticipated European premiere of Maury Yeston’s Death Takes a Holiday at the Charing Cross Theatre next month. The third production in Thom Southerland’s first season as artistic director, following on from the critically acclaimed Titanic and Ragtime (which has just received a […]
West End Show Boat to close early
The limited season of Daniel Evans’ acclaimed Sheffield Crucible production of Show Boat will now play its final West End performance on 27 August 2016. Show Boat began West End previews at the New London Theatre on 9 April 2016 with opening night on 25 April 2016 after which Evans’ production was the recipient of a second set of five star reviews. […]
West End transfer of Show Boat – casting news
Casting details have been announced for the West End transfer of Daniel Evans’ sell-out Sheffield Crucible production of Show Boat. Malcolm Sinclair (My Fair Lady, The Meeting) will play Capt. Andy Hawks and Chris Peluso (Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Miss Saigon) will take on the role of Gaylord Ravenal. They have joined many of […]
