Total Eclipse: Symphonic Jim Steinman was performed at the London Coliseum. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ With the Steinman torches well and truly lit, this London audience stomped, gestured and roared.
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The Sunday Night Variety Show – Charing Cross Theatre
The Sunday Night Variety Show at the Charing Cross Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A glorious celebration of musical theatre that left everyone begging for more.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Curve Leicester and Touring
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was reviewed at Curve Leicester. The tour continues until 10 August 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Joseph continues to entertain with a winning combination of a likeable score and (techni)colourful spectacle.
Oklahoma! in Concert – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Oklahoma! in Concert was reviewed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We have in recent years been treated to a lot of semi-staged concerts; this Oklahoma! ranks as one of the best.
West End Sessions: Daniel Koek and Christina Bianco – Brooks Mews Wine House
West End Sessions: Daniel Koek and Christina Bianco at the Brook Mews Wine House, Mayfair, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Here’s giving a warm welcome to London’s newest cabaret space at the Brooks Mews Wine House.
The Wizard of Oz – London Palladium
The Wizard of Oz continues at the the London Palladium until 3 September 2023. tour??
Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Christina Bianco: In Divine Company – Menier Chocolate Factory
Christina Bianco: In Divine Company continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 20 May 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
More star casting for The Wizard of Oz at the Palladium
Dianne Pilkington, Louis Gaunt and Christina Bianco are the latest additions to the cast of Curve’s hit new production of The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium this summer.
Christina Bianco’s Birthday Bash – The Pheasantry
Christina Bianco’s Birthday Bash at The Pheasantry, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Christina Bianco is far more than the sum of her near-200 impersonations and the pocket dynamo New Yorker used her two-night Pheasantry debut to tell the world she’s a serious singer-entertainer in her own right.
Tori With An “I” – Crazy Coqs
Tori Scott: Culture Shock at Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Tori Scott blazes onstage, her personality lighting up the room, a cross between Bette Midler and a young Ethel Merman. The voice rings out, belting in a healthy chest sound, the top notes never shouted, and the emotion true.
The Wizard Of Oz – Curve Leicester
The Wizard Of Oz continues at Curve Leicester until 8 January 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The Wizard Of Oz will always be timeless entertainment, and there will be audiences who always enjoy it in whatever form it takes, and some will revel in Curve’s kitschy twist.
Cast confirmed for Curve’s festive Wizard of Oz
Leicester Curve has unveiled the full cast for the regional premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version of The Wizard of Oz this Christmas. As previously announced, Georgina Onuorah (Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre, Millennials, The Other Palace Studio) will make her Curve debut as Dorothy. Onuorah will take to the yellow brick road alongside Jonny Fines […]
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool and Touring
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice continues at Liverpool Playhouse until 21 May 2022 and on tour until 16 July 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Originally written 30 years ago very much as a showcase for the vocal dexterity of Jane Horrocks, Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little […]
Full cast and creatives for The Rise and Fall of Little Voice UK tour
Full details of the cast and creative team for next year’s major new touring production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice have been confirmed. As previously announced the newest version of Jim Cartwright’s much-loved play will be directed by Bronagh Lagan and will star Off-Broadway and YouTube star Christina Bianco in the title […]
Christina Bianco and Shobna Gulati to play mother and daughter in new production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
Off-Broadway and YouTube star Christina Bianco will take on the title role in new UK touring production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice next year. Presented by Katy Lipson and Glass Half Full Productions, the newest version of Jim Cartwright’s much-loved play next month will also star Shobna Gulati and Ian Kelsey. Often […]
The Ballad of Anne and Mary – Long Cat Media
The Ballad of Anne and Mary is available on all podcast players and via www.longcatmedia.com. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ History isn’t always written by the victors. Sometimes it’s just written by those in power, and anybody who threatens that power can often find their story disappears from the written record. […]
Line-up for Barn Theatre’s celebration of the work of Finn Anderson
Cirencester’s Barn Theatre has unveiled another star-studded line-up for the second concert in the venue’s new virtual series showcasing the work of Britain’s musical theatre composers. Celebrating the work of Scottish musical theatre composer and singer/songwriter Finn Anderson, the concert will be released on 23 May 2020 at 7.30pm BST on the venue’s Facebook, YouTube […]
Daily online conversation series Theatre Camp: Live! launched
Stars from across the West End and Broadway are supporting a new online series set up to support LGBTQ and vulnerable young people. Music director Benjamin Rauhala, journalist William J Connolly and Darren Bell for concert promoters Club 11 London have launched Theatre Camp: Live! – a daily online discussion series and charity fundraiser. Launching […]
Funny Girl – Theatre Marigny, Paris
Funny Girl at Theatre Marigny, Paris. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Watching pocket rocket Christina Bianco belt out ‘Don’t Rain On My Parade’ to bring the curtain down in the final week of Funny Girl’s triumphant four-month stay in Paris was to see musical theatre at its finest. For a wet Wednesday when […]
INTERVIEW: Christina Bianco and Ashley Day star in Funny Girl at Theatre Marigny in Paris
American actress-singer impressionist CHRISTINA BIANCO is currently playing the title role of 1920s vaudeville star Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Theatre Marigny in Paris opposite British triple threat performer ASHLEY DAY as Nick Arnstein. The show (in English with French surtitles) finishes on 7 March 2020. Below, Musical Theatre Review’s Patrick Honoré chats […]
Musical theatre is bustin’ out all over in Paris
Musical theatre is bustin’ out all over in Paris these autumn days and American actress-impersonator Christina Bianco opens tonight (Thursday) in Funny Girl at the gloriously refurbished Marigny just off the Champs Elysees. Bianco plays old-time Broadway comedienne Fanny Brice in the only part Barbra Streisand ever performed on the West End stage back in […]
Christina Bianco to play Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Theatre Marigny
American actress-singer impressionist Christina Bianco is to play the title role of 1920s vaudeville star Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Theatre Marigny, just off the famed Champs Elysees in Paris. Official opening night is 7 November 2019 with the show (in English with French surtitles) finishing next 5 January 2020. Funny Girl made […]
Star-packed music video accompanies Dan and Laura Curtis song which raises funds for Help For Heroes
Judi Dench, Paul McCartney, Whoopi Goldberg and Steve Martin are among a glittering group of stars who have joined a host of West End favourites in a very special musical video tribute to servicemen and women around the world. Aimed at raising funds for UK charity Help The Heroes, The Hero – A West End […]
Christmas In Leicester Square – line-up details
Underbelly Productions and Westminster City Council have unveiled details of this year’s Christmas In Leicester Square which will run from 10 November until 6 January 2018. Presented in partnership with Hilton, the line-up of yuletide entertainment offers a mix of cabaret, comedy and family entertainment alongside a European-style Christmas market and Santa’s Grotto. One of […]
Interview – woman of a thousand voices Christina Bianco on loving UK audiences and plans for Little Voice on Broadway
YouTube sensation [23 million views worldwide] and woman of a thousand voices, CHRISTINA BIANCO is heading to Viva Blackpool for the final date of her UK tour. Despite being a solo performance, her unique vocal impression show fills the room with icons across every musical genre during An Intimate Evening With Christina Bianco. Christina has […]
Musical theatre cruise – Floating Festival Stages – to be launched in 2018
A host of the West End’s biggest names are climbing aboard the UK’s first specialist musical theatre festival at sea. Launching on a round trip from Southampton on 15 October next year, the four-night Floating Festival Stages on board the Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas will feature some of musical theatre’s most popular stars. […]
Christina Bianco – O Come All Ye Divas – Charing Cross Theatre
Christina Bianco – O Come All Ye Divas continues at the Charing Cross Theatre, London until 7 January 2017. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Christina Bianco has made a name for herself as a comedy impressionist of some renown, specialising in mimicking a range of larger-than-life singers. In this new Christmas […]
Christina Bianco to debut Christmas Show in London
Off-Broadway and YouTube star Christina Bianco will be premiering her new festive show O Come, All Ye Divas at the Charing Cross Theatre in December. The American vocal impressionist billed as ‘the girl of a thousand voices’ will be bringing her own mix of music and comedy back to the capital for 15 performances from […]
Christina Bianco – Party of One – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Party of One, performed by Christina Bianco, continues at Assembly George Square Gardens – Spiegeltent Colombino until 16 August. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The New York-based Christina Bianco possesses a powerful and thrilling voice, but it is ironically the voices of other artists that people have come to enjoy. Bianco is a very […]
Interview – Anna-Jane Casey on Forbidden Broadway, Family Guy and girl power
Actress ANNA-JANE CASEY is currently starring in the Menier Chocolate Factory production of Forbidden Broadway at London’s Vaudeville Theatre. She also appeared in the 2009 production of the long-running satirical reuve at the Menier. Having performed as a child in theatre, television and radio, Casey made her West End debut in the role of Rumpleteazer in Cats […]
Forbidden Broadway – Vaudeville Theatre
Forbidden Broadway continues at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, until 24 November. Musical theatre fans who missed this hilarious mickey-take on their favourite and not-so-favourite shows in its sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory now have 11 weeks to catch it on The Strand and it is well worthy of its transfer to the West End. […]
Party of One – Christina Bianco – London Hippodrome
Christina Bianco performed her show Party of One at the London Hippodrome Matcham Rooms. “I’ll be your host… and also your guest list,” quips Christina Bianco at the start of her solo show at the Hippodrome’s Matcham Rooms. Bianco has gained a formidable reputation as an impressionist of female singers, but her show Party of One indicates that impressionism […]
Menier’s Forbidden Broadway transfers to Vaudeville with Christina Bianco in cast
Following a sold out and critically acclaimed run, the Menier Chocolate Factory’s production of Forbidden Broadway will transfer to the West End’s Vaudeville Theatre from 9 September-22 November, with press night on 15 September. Joining the cast is YouTube sensation Christina Bianco who has played in Forbidden Broadway: Goes to Rehab in New York (Drama Desk nomination for […]
