Jo: The Little Women Musical in Concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Heartfelt, charming and a very promising new musical.
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Release date for film of The Prince of Egypt musical
The film of the hit West End production of The Prince of Egypt The Musical will be screened in selected cinemas across the UK and internationally on 19 and 22 October 2023.
We Will Rock You – London Coliseum
We Will Rock You continues at the London Coliseum until 27 August 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Full company confirmed for Sondheim’s Old Friends
The full cast has been unveiled for the highly anticipated West End return of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends with a strictly limited season at the Gielgud Theatre later this year.
Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga to star in West End run of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Broadway legend Bernadette Peters will be appearing in a West End run for the very first time when Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends returns to the West End to play a special limited season at the Gielgud Theatre.
Live at Lola’s – London Hippodrome
Live at Lola’s – new concert series at the London Hippodrome. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Not every night needs to be an enormous book musical, and this show gets that elusive low pressure fun vibe just right with its blend of art and laughs. A stagey good time is guaranteed.
West End stars join Frank Wildhorn for London show
Seven West End favourites will join acclaimed Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn when he brings his popular Frank & Friends show to London for the first time with a performance at Cadogan Hall on 17 April 2022. Presented by Fourth Wall Live, the performance will feature the multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominated composer […]
West End stars to join Frank Wildhorn for London show
Five West End favourites will join acclaimed Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn when his popular Frank & Friends show makes its London debut for one night only early next year. Presented by Fourth Wall Live, the performance at Cadogan Hall on 16 January 2022 will feature the multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk award nominated composer […]
The Theatre Channel – Stephen Schwartz special
The Theatre Channel – Stephen Schwartz special (Episode 8) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Theatre Channel’s focus on the phenomenal career of Stephen Schwartz, doyen of musical theatre, film for his work with Disney, and even an opera (Séance on a Wet Afternoon), is time restrained to a mere taster, but […]
Final curtain for West End’s The Prince of Egypt in early 2022
The Prince Of Egypt will take its final bow at London’s Dominion Theatre at the end of its current booking period on 8 January 2022. Already seen by 180,000 people, the confirmation of the closing date for the stage musical version of the popular DreamWorks Animation film was accompanied by the announcement of three extra […]
West End stars line up for new version of Eurobeat musical
Fourth Wall Live presents the world premiere of a new online version of the cult West End musical Eurobeat – The Pride of Europe. This irreverent, hilarious homage and celebration of the world’s best loved song contest will be filmed at The Clapham Grand and streamed globally from 30 April to 10 May 2021 on […]
Dates for the return of The Prince of Egypt
The hit stage musical version of the popular animated film The Prince of Egypt will resume performances at London’s Dominion Theatre on 1 July 2021 with public booking now extended until 8 January 2022. The stage musical based on the popular animated film was just days into its world premiere season when the pandemic hit. […]
Line-up for 21st WhatsOnStage Awards revealed
Details of the star-studded line-up for this year’s special WhatsOnStage Awards ceremony have been unveiled. Reflecting current times as the industry awaits the return to live theatre following the Covid crisis, the event will feature performances from shows that were cut short in 2020 and selections from productions planned for 2021. Jodie Prenger and Tom […]
We Need A Little Christmas – Actors’ Church
We Need A Little Christmas at the Actors’ Church, Covent Garden, London, available to stream until 1 January 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This bumper bundle of Christmas songs old and new, plus a couple of spoken gems from Maureen Lipman and Simon Callow, does not stint on quantity or […]
Christine Allado and David Bedella are among the line-up for charity concert We Need A Little Christmas
A host of stage and screen stars are uniting for a festive filmed concert in support of Shelter and Crisis at Christmas which will be streamed online from 20 December 2020 until 1 January 2021. Filmed at The Actors Church (St Paul’s Church) in Covent Garden, We Need A Little Christmas will feature performances from: […]
High demand for The Show Must Go On Live! At The Palace Theatre leads to additional dates
Two extra dates have been added to The Show Must Go On! Live At The Palace Theatre concert series in response to high public demand. After selling out the initial four star-packed special performances at London’s Palace Theatre, the team behind the successful lockdown-launched Theatre Support Fund + will now move their fundraising efforts onstage for […]
Fans star in music video for The Prince Of Egypt
Fans of new musical The Prince Of Egypt feature in a new music video for the show’s most famous song ‘When You Believe’. The video has been created following an appeal to fans of the show to upload their own video performance of the Oscar-winning song originally performed by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. A […]
CD Review: The Prince Of Egypt – Original London Cast
THE PRINCE OF EGYPT – Original London Cast (Ghostlight Records: 791558460131) Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ When I started playing this album I was a little impressed – I thought to myself ‘If the rest of this cast recording is as powerful as the opening number, ‘Deliver Us’, then we are in […]
The Prince of Egypt – Dominion Theatre
The Prince of Egypt continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 31 October 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
View an exclusive gallery of new images from The Prince Of Egypt at the Dominion Theatre
The Prince Of Egypt, the brand-new musical that officially opens tonight (Tuesday 25 February 2020) at London’s Dominion Theatre, has added seven extra weeks to its limited engagement with 100,000 new tickets now on sale to 31 October 2020. So there’s no better time to reveal our exclusive gallery of production images taken by Musical […]
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella In Concert – Cadogan Hall
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella In Concert at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It was Julie Andrews’ agent who was the first to think of Rodgers and Hammerstein adapting the tale of Cinderella as a musical for his client, Andrews having already played that part in a pantomime at the London […]
Full cast announced for The Prince of Egypt
The producers of the new stage musical version of The Prince Of Egypt have revealed full casting details and released the first scenic design illustration by Kevin Depinet for the show’s London premiere early next year. As previously announced Luke Brady (Sweeney Todd, Chichester Festival Theatre, West End, St George and the Dragon, Shakespeare’s Globe, […]
Luke Brady, Liam Tamne, Christine Allado and Alexia Khadime join the West End cast of The Prince of Egypt
Luke Brady, Liam Tamne, Christine Allado and Alexia Khadime will head the cast of the new stage musical version of The Prince of Egypt which is due to receive its London premiere early next year. RADA-trained Brady (Sweeney Todd, Chichester Festival Theatre, West End, St George and the Dragon, Shakespeare’s Globe, National Theatre) will play […]
Christine Allado, Fra Fee and Wendi Peters head up cast of The Clockmaker’s Daughter concert performance
Wendi Peters will join several of the West End stars who featured on the recent studio recording of The Clockmaker’s Daughter for a concert performance of Webborn and Finn’s magical musical next month. Former Coronation Street regular turned stage star Peters (Wonderland, Follies in Concert) will appear alongside Christine Allado, Fra Fee, Lauren James Ray […]
Stars line up to record The Clockmaker’s Daughter studio album
Five leading West End stars will lend their voices to a new studio recording of Webborn and Finn’s The Clockmaker’s Daughter. Currently starring as Peggy Schuyler in Hamilton, Christine Allado (In The Heights) will record the role of Constance alongside Ramin Karimloo (The Phantom of the Opera and Love Never Dies) as Abraham, Fra Fee […]
New booking period for West End run of Hamilton – tickets go on sale 29 January
A new booking period for the hit London version of the multi-award-winning Broadway musical Hamilton has been announced. Tickets for performances from 30 July to 15 December will go on sale via official Hamilton ticketing channels from Monday (29 January) at 12 noon GMT. The new booking period follows on from the news that the team […]
Hamilton West End – initial casting revealed
Initial casting has been announced for the West End production of Hamilton: Christine Allado (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Rachelle Ann Go (Eliza Hamilton), Tarinn Callender (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Rachel John (Angelica Schuyler), Jason Pennycooke (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Cleve September (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Giles Terera (Aaron Burr) and Obioma Ugoala (George Washington) will open the […]
In The Heights – new cast members join company
New cast members are set to join the company of Olivier Award-winning musical In The Heights from tonight. Joining the cast are Christine Allado (From Here to Eternity, Here Lies Love) as Vanessa, Norma Atallah (The Sound of Music – Live) as Abuela and Jonathan Bishop (The Lion King) as Graffiti Pete (from 15 April). […]
