Rosie: A New Musical was reviewed at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ The show is blessed with some of most beautiful new music for the stage I have heard in a very long time.
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From Here To Eternity returns to London in a brand new production
Tim Rice and Stuart Brayson’s epic musical From Here To Eternity is to get its first London revival in a newly revised production at London’s Charing Cross Theatre from 29 October to 17 December 2022 (press night is 8 November). Adapted from the classic novel by James Jones, the musical unites the writing talents of […]
Jewish Hollywood – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Jewish Hollywood continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 17 April 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A solo saxophone wails the opening bars of George Gershwin (Jacob Gershwine)’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’. A musical hint of what’s to come in this high-octane revue. Chris Burgess’ informative and entertaining script takes a […]
Cast for Jewish Hollywood at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
The inspirational stories of the Jews who spearheaded the creation of Hollywood as the heart of the cinema industry are being celebrated in musical revue Jewish Hollywood. Presented by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment, the production which has a script by Chris Burgess (Bette Midler and Me, The Great Jewish American Songbook) will play London’s […]
New dates for Zorro The Musical at Charing Cross Theatre
Christian Durham’s innovative new production of Zorro The Musical will begin previews at Charing Cross Theatre on 2 April 2022 ahead of an opening night on 12 April. Presented by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and John Gertz, the immersive actor-musician production which had played just two previews at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre before the […]
Re-imagined Zorro The Musical to play the Charing Cross Theatre in early 2022
Christian Durham’s innovative new production of Zorro The Musical will begin previews at Charing Cross Theatre in March 2022, two years after its debut run was cut short by the pandemic. Presented by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and John Gertz, the immersive actor/musician production which had played just two previews at Manchester’s Hope Mill […]
The Wizard of Oz – Blackpool Opera House
The Wizard of Oz continues at Blackpool Opera House until 30 December 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was good news and bad news for Dorothy Gale and her motley friends as they prepared to traverse the legendary long and winding cobbled Yellow Brick Road in search of Emerald City’s enigmatic Wizard. Just […]
UK premiere for Jeanine Tesori’s award-winning musical Violet at the Charing Cross Theatre
Violet, a multi-award-winning musical with music by Jeanine Tesori (Tony Award winner for Best Original Score with Lisa Kron for Fun Home, and Tony-nominated for Caroline, Or Change and Shrek the Musical), and book and lyrics by Brian Crawley (The Little Princess), is to get its UK premiere in an international co-production at London’s Charing Cross Theatre, followed […]
Soap favourite Kelvin Fletcher to join Blackpool’s Wizard of Oz
Emmerdale’s Kelvin Fletcher will make his musical theatre debut as the Tin Man in the Blackpool Opera House’s eagerly-anticipated Christmas production of The Wizard of Oz. The actor who played the ITV soap’s Andy Sugden for 20 years will ‘follow the yellow brick road’ alongside the previously announced 2017 X Factor finalist Holly Tandy who […]
Avenue Q to tour UK again in 2019
Award-winning puppet show with bite Avenue Q is heading back on the road with a new UK tour opening at Portsmouth’s Kings Theatre on 21 January next year. Featuring a cast of 11 performers and puppets, the production will be directed and choreographed by Cressida Carré, with design by Richard Evans, lighting design by Charlie […]
BEAM 2018 – shining a light on talent with 58 new British musicals in development
Musical Theatre Review’s Tina Foote previews BEAM 2018, the Biennial Industry Showcase for New British Musical Theatre Writing, running from 1-2 March at London’s Theatre Royal Stratford East. This weekend Everybody’s Talking About Jamie won Best New Musical in the WhatsOnStage Awards after a successful transfer from the Sheffield Crucible to the West End, now happily […]
Directors announced for BEAM 2018 showcase event
Musical Theatre Network and Mercury Musical Developments have revealed the directors enlisted to take the helm of the eight musicals chosen to feature as 25-minute extracts at BEAM2018 at Theatre Royal Stratford East on Thursday 1 and Friday 2 March 2018. Hannah Chissick will direct The Season by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, a satirical […]
Titanic at the Charing Cross Theatre – brand new production images
First seen at the Southwark Playhouse in 2013, the award-winning production of Titanic which marked the London premiere of the hit show has returned to the capital with director Thom Southerland again at the helm. View a gallery of brand new production images from Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan. Based on the tragic […]
Sneak preview of Titanic at Charing Cross Theatre
Theatre fans are being given a sneak preview of the multi-award winning Broadway musical Titanic which sails back into London for a ten-week season at the Charing Cross Theatre at the end of this week. The short video features rehearsal footage and on-camera interviews with director Thom Southerland and choreographer Cressida Carré. First seen at […]
Titanic sails back to London and a season at the Charing Cross Theatre
The Broadway musical Titanic is sailing back into London for a ten-week season at the Charing Cross Theatre from 28 May. First seen at the Southwark Playhouse in 2013, the award-winning production – which marked the London premiere of the hit show – will return to the capital with director Thom Southerland once again at […]
Avenue Q – Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch and Touring
Avenue Q continues at the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch until 6 February, and on tour until 18 June 2016. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ If you’re like me, there’s a good chance that you grew up watching The Muppets and Sesame Street, along with Disney movies, where the stories would always seem to promise that, […]
World’s first ‘computer musical’ Beyond the Fence will play the Arts Theatre
2016. The computer revolution. In a world becoming ever more technologically advanced, and reliant upon computers, machine learning and artificial intelligence are rapidly and fundamentally changing every aspect of human experience. But how does technology affect art and the creative process? In a world first, Sky Arts and Wingspan Theatricals will explore this question by […]
Avenue Q – Greenwich Theatre and Touring
Avenue Q continues at the Greenwich Theatre until 24 May before continuing on a UK tour until May 2016. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The mad, bad muppets are back and they’re as filthy, foul-mouthed and funny as ever! I somehow managed to miss every opportunity to see Avenue Q when staged here in the UK, […]
Musical Theatre Academy – Something Old, Something New
Something Old, Something New 2015 was presented by students from the Musical Theatre Academy (MTA) at the Bridewell Theatre, London. Star rating: 3 stars ★ ★ ★ There is much to enjoy in this vibrant, energetic revue which really shows what MTA’s 19 talented second-year students can do. MTA policy is to showcase its second year at this […]
Avenue Q – Sell a Door reveals more dates and casting
Casting and further dates have been announced today for award-winning comedy musical Avenue Q, which will bring a host of fuzzy friends to theatres across the country in a new 2015/16 UK tour. A smash hit on Broadway, in the West End and most recently in a critically-acclaimed 2014 UK tour, Avenue Q opens at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester on Wednesday 22 […]
Cast revealed for Herman’s The Grand Tour at the Finborough
Alastair Brookshaw, Nic Kyle and Zoë Doano are to head the cast for the European premiere of Jerry Herman’s 1979 Broadway musical The Grand Tour, directed by Thom Southerland at the Finborough Theatre as part of the 20 Premieres Season. Produced by Danielle Tarento, The Grand Tour will run for an eight-week strictly limited season from Thursday 1 January to Saturday 21 […]
Just So – Musical Theatre Academy
Just So was performed by students from the Musical Theatre Academy (MTA) at the Bridewell Theatre, London. When selecting a musical for performance by a class of students who are coming to the end of their time at college, there are few that provide a sufficiently wide range of characters for most, if not all, […]
Avenue Q – Greenwich Theatre and Touring
Avenue Q continues at the Greenwich Theatre, London until 11 May, then tours until 16 August. In this current climate of major musicals closing in the West End after less than a year, it seems almost inconceivable that Avenue Q originally ran for five years. So it makes sense that members of the Sell a […]
