MJ the Musical continues at the Prince Edward Theatre, London until Saturday 28 February 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Jamaal Fields-Green offers a phenomenally detailed portrayal of the ‘King of Pop’.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof each win three prizes at the Olivier Awards 2025
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof were among the most awarded shows at the Olivier Awards with Mastercard at London’s Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter.
MJ the Musical – Prince Edward Theatre
MJ the Musical continues at the Prince Edward Theatre, London, booking until 7 December 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It succeeds as an enjoyable night out featuring a first-class ensemble and an undeniably strong lead, perhaps even one of the best shows currently running in the West End.
Broadway’s Michael Jackson Myles Frost to star in West End premiere of MJ
Myles Frost will reprise his Tony Award-winning performance as music legend Michael Jackson when the quadruple Tony Award-winning musical MJ arrives in London next spring.
Date set for West End premiere of MJ
The West End premiere production of quadruple Tony Award-winning musical MJ will begin performances at the Prince Edward Theatre on 6 March 2024 ahead of an opening night on 27 March 2024.
Broadway hit MJ to arrive in West End in 2024
Quadruple Tony Award-winning musical MJ will dance into the West End in March 2024.Featuring a book by double Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lynn Nottage (Ruined, Sweat) and directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winning Royal Ballet associate artist Christopher Wheeldon (An American Paris), the musical which celebrates the artistry of Michael Jackson will make its UK debut at the Prince Edward Theatre.
Company scoops five Tony Awards but there are big wins for Six, MJ and A Strange Loop too
While Marianne Elliott’s production of Company received five prizes at the 75th Annual Tony Awards, it was quite a democratic night for the nominated musicals with Six: The Musical, A Strange Loop, MJ, Paradise Square and Girl From the North Country all having something to celebrate. The gender-swapped staging of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company repeated a large […]
A Tony Awards Newsletter From New York
Mark Shenton offers a Broadway round-up of Tony-nominated musicals… The nominations for this year’s Tony Awards – due to be presented at Radio City Music Hall on 12 June 2022, hosted by West Side Story Oscar winner Ariana DeBose – were delayed this year. Usually they are announced a few days after the eligibility deadline […]
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 […]
Interview: Leanne Cope on the ‘story of hope, love & friendship’ that is An American in Paris and the show’s cinema screenings this week
Fans of An American in Paris will be able to watch the stage musical up close when it hits cinemas this week. The show premiered in 2014 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris before transferring to the Palace Theatre on Broadway, where it became the most awarded musical of the 2015/16 season, including four […]
Review: An American in Paris – arriving in cinemas on 16 May
An American in Paris – the film of the original London cast will be shown in 42 cinemas nationally and worldwide on 16 May 2018. Directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ For any lover of Gershwin and dance and classic musicals this broadcast is a must. On […]
An American in Paris to arrive in cinemas on 16 May
Highly-acclaimed musical An American in Paris will arrive in cinemas on 16 May 2018 (excluding North America and Japan). An American in Paris premiered in 2014 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris before transferring to the Palace Theatre on Broadway, where it became the most awarded musical of the 2015/16 season, including four Tony […]
Brigadoon – New York City Center
Brigadoon at New York City Center. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Brigadoon, the mythical Scottish village that awakens out of the Highland mists for only one day every 100 years, departed from its routine by coming to glorious life for seven consecutive performances at New York City Center. This gala presentation […]
An American in Paris – Dominion Theatre
An American in Paris continues at the Dominion Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was back in December 2014 that our contributor Jeremy Chapman reviewed this reinvention of the wonderful 1951 Oscar-winning Vincente Minnelli/Gene Kelly movie when it opened – rather appropriately – at the Theatre du Chatelet in […]
Darcey Bussell hosts An American in Paris London launch
Ballet superstar and Strictly Come Dancing judge Darcey Bussell hosted a special event last week, offering a sneak preview of her friend Christopher Wheeldon’s reinvention of the Gene Kelly classic An American in Paris which will dance its way into London’s Dominion Theatre in March. Wheeldon and his stars Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope joined Bussell for the […]
An American in Paris – news of full West End cast
Full casting has been announced for Christopher Wheeldon’s reinvention of the Gene Kelly classic An American in Paris which will dance its way into London’s Dominion Theatre early next year. Joining the previously announced stars of the hit Broadway production Robert Fairchild (as Jerry Mulligan) and Leanne Cope (as Lise Dassin) will be Haydn Oakley […]
An American in Paris opens at the Dominion in spring 2017
An American in Paris arrives on the West End stage for the first time when Christopher Wheeldon’s multi award-winning new Broadway musical comes to London’s Dominion Theatre next spring. Inspired by the Oscar-winning film and featuring the music and lyrics of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin with book by Craig Lucas, An American in Paris has preview performances from Saturday 4 March 2017 with […]
An American in Paris – Theatre du Chatelet, Paris
An American in Paris continues at the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris until 4 January. Where else but gay Paree to launch the world premiere of a musical inspired by An American in Paris, the 1951 movie with those unforgettable Gene Kelly dance sequences that won six Oscars and is as much loved today as it […]
