Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced that their new production of Hello, Dolly! has been postponed. Hello, Dolly! was due to begin performances at London’s Adelphi Theatre in London on 11 August 2020 for a 30-week season. It is believed that the production will be delayed until 2022 as the show’s star, Imelda Staunton, […]
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Tyrone Huntley, Clare Halse and Harry Hepple joins Hello Dolly! cast
West End rising star Tyrone Huntley will join quadruple Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton in the eagerly-anticipated new production of the classic musical Hello, Dolly! at the Adelphi Theatre this summer. The Dreamgirls and Book of Mormon actor who was nominated for an Olivier for his performance as Judas in the hit Regent’s Park Open […]
White Christmas – Dominion Theatre
White Christmas continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 4 January 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It isn’t difficult getting into the Christmas spirit at the Dominion Theatre with the giant foyer and the twin staircase bedecked with sparkling decorations and a female trio of singers spreading their message of […]
Michael Brandon, Danielle Hope, Clare Halse and Brenda Edwards join White Christmas at the Dominion
Michael Brandon will take on the role of General Waverly when Leicester Curve’s critically-acclaimed 2018 production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas plays its festive season at London’s Dominion Theatre. The star of the classic TV crime series Dempsey & Makepeace, who created the role of Jerry Springer in the National Theatre’s Jerry Springer The Opera, […]
Ria Jones heads up the Guys and Dolls cast at Paris’ Theatre Marigny
Paris will be seeing Guys and Dolls for the first time when Frank Loesser’s iconic 1950 musical lands in the Theatre Marigny, just off the Champs-Elysees, for a four-and-a-half-month run from 13 March to 27 July. Ria Jones, so brilliant in Sunset Boulevard, heads the cast which also features Clare Halse, Christopher Howell and Matthew […]
42nd Street – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
42nd Street continues at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, booking until 5 January 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s hard for me not to feel a tad sentimental about 42nd Street. Despite the fact I am getting older and there are moments when I enter a room, not remembering […]
Bonnie Langford heads back to the West End in 42nd Street
Bonnie Langford will swap Albert Square for 42nd Street when she steps into the role of Dorothy Brock in the hit re-working of classic backstage musical comedy at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The star who has just announced she is quitting her role as Carmel Kazemi as part of her character’s current harrowing storyline, […]
Lulu joins West End cast of 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Lulu returns to the West End after 30 years to join the cast of 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the role of Dorothy Brock. Lulu made her acting debut at the age of 16, starring with Sidney Poitier in the unforgettable To Sir With Love – and taking the title song […]
42nd Street – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
42nd Street continues at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It has been 33 years since 42nd Street had its first original London production at the Theatre Royal in 1984, when, in parallel to the production’s book, Catherine Zeta-Jones was plucked from the chorus and placed into the […]
Opening night for 42nd Street at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane – exclusive gallery of images
Tonight 42nd Street (with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin and music by Harry Warren) has its official opening at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Here is an exclusive gallery of images from Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan. The production is directed by Mark Bramble (whose other hit shows include Barnum, Treasure Island, The Three Musketeers, The Grand Tour) and […]
42nd Street – Sheena Easton makes West End debut
Sheena Easton – the Grammy award-winning artist who has sold more than 20 million records around the world – is to make her West End debut in the forthcoming production of 42nd Street. Easton, who remains the only artist in history to have top five records on five major Billboard charts, will perform the role of Dorothy Brock […]
Singin’ in the Rain – Theatre du Chatelet, Paris
Singin’ in the Rain continues at Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, until 26 March and returns there from 27 November 2015 to 15 January 2016. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s raining Gene Kelly at the Chatelet with the pre-Christmas stage premiere of his 1951 masterpiece An American in Paris (now transferred to Broadway) quickly […]
