Dave Willetts will join the cast of the eagerly anticipated new West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love in late May.
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The Last Five Years and Rags share the musical theatre honours at the 2021 Offies
There were two wins each for the Southwark Playhouse run of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years and the Park Theatre transfer of Hope Mill Theatre’s critically-acclaimed production of Rags (Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz, Joseph Stein), directed by Bronagh Lagan, at OffWestEnd’s 2021 Offies Awards. Jonathan O’Boyle won in the Director category for his […]
The Last Five Years and Rags lead the musical theatre nominees for 2021 Offies
The Southwark Playhouse run of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years and the Park Theatre transfer of Hope Mill Theatre’s critically-acclaimed production of Rags lead the musical theatre finalists for OffWestEnd’s 2021 Offies Awards. Jonathan O’Boyle’s actor-musician production of The Last Five Years and Bronagh Lagan’s staging of Rags The Musical lead the list […]
CD Review: Rags The Musical – Original London Cast Recording
RAGS THE MUSICAL – Original London Cast Recording (Ghostlight Records – download) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Rags The Musical is my all-time favourite Strouse/Schwartz score. I absolutely loved the original (almost) Broadway version and, when I worked for a production company in London in the 1990s I tried desperately to get the […]
London cast recording of Rags – release date announced
Ghostlight Records will release Rags – The Musical: Original London Cast Recording in digital and streaming formats on 15 May 2020 with a physical CD to be made available later in the year. The first recording of the show since Sony’s 1991 album of the Broadway cast and the first to include the newest version […]
Rags: The Musical – Park Theatre
Rags: The Musical continues at the Park Theatre, London until 8 February 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In an early scene of this musical about the New York Jewish immigrant experience in the early 20th century, Carolyn Maitland’s expert seamstress Rebecca is berated by Jack (Jeremy Rose), the dressmaker for […]
Full cast for Rags The Musical’s London transfer
Carolyn Maitland, Dave Willetts and Sam Attwater will star in the London transfer run of Hope Mill Theatre’s critically acclaimed RAGS The Musical at Finsbury Park’s Park Theatre early next year. With starring roles in genre hits including Ghost (UK tour) and Groundhog Day (The Old Vic) Maitland will play Rebecca opposite The Phantom of […]
Wonderland – Edinburgh Playhouse and Touring
Wonderland continues at the Edinburgh Playhouse until 28 January, before embarking on a UK tour until 19 August. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ In returning Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to the UK, this first touring production of 2011 American musical Wonderland has a lot going for it in terms […]
Frank Wildhorn & Friends – Palace Theatre, Manchester
Frank Wildhorn & Friends was performed at the Palace Theatre, Manchester. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ At one point in this enjoyable rattle through prolific Queens-born composer Frank Wildhorn’s greatest hits, the man himself introduces ‘The Longer I Live’ as the “11 o’clock song” from his ill-fated musical Dracula. The song, sung here by […]
Frank Wildhorn to make UK concert debut in Manchester
Acclaimed Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn will make his UK concert debut next month with a special one-night-only performance at Manchester’s Palace Theatre. The multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk award nominated creator of shows including Jekyll & Hyde, Dracula, Wonderland, Bonnie & Clyde and The Scarlet Pimpernel, will play the Palace on Tuesday 22 November. […]
Out There – Union Theatre
Out There continues at the Union Theatre, London until 8 October. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ After the success of its 2015 revival of Loserville, which earned itself a rare second run later the same year, the Union Theatre is justly enamoured of the musical writings of Elliot Davis and James […]
Wonderland UK tour – Wendi Peters, Kerry Ellis and Dave Willetts in cast
Former soap favourite and stage actress Wendi Peters will star alongside West End leading man Dave Willetts in the 2017 UK tour of Frank Wildhorn’s Tony Award-nominated Wonderland. Peters, who starred in the UK tour of Oh What a Lovely War!, will play the Queen of Hearts opposite Willetts (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera) as […]
Pure Imagination – The Songs of Leslie Bricusse – St James Theatre
Pure Imagination – The Songs of Leslie Bricusse continues at the St James Theatre, London until 17 October. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In a relatively short time this theatre has established itself as a home for exhilarating compilation shows. This latest one celebrates the long and prolific career of Leslie Bricusse. Some people […]
Pure Imagination at St James Theatre – cast includes Dave Willetts and Siobhan McCarthy
Final casting has been announced for the world premiere of Pure Imagination, which celebrates the songs of Leslie Bricusse, one of the most prolific and well-loved film and musical theatre songwriters of our time. Dave Willetts, Siobhan McCarthy, Niall Sheehy, Julie Atherton and Giles Terera will star in Pure Imagination, produced by Danielle Tarento and directed […]
Love Beyond – SSE Arena, Wembley
Love Beyond was performed at the SSE Arena, Wembley, London. Love Beyond is an overview of the whole Bible, focusing on the themes of love, doubt and faith, throughout the New and Old Testament, connecting the Biblical stories with our modern day human experience. Writer and producer Richard Haley says that he had the idea […]
Dave Willetts heads cast of Love Beyond the Musical
The London cast of Love Beyond the Musical, a new musical playing for two special performances only on 1 and 2 October at The SSE Arena, Wembley, will be headed by musical theatre performer Dave Willetts. Love Beyond the Musical is a unique presentation of the greatest love story ever told, unfolding the entire story of the Bible […]
The Man Inside – Landor Theatre
The Man Inside continues at the Landor Theatre, London, until 29 March. It is getting on for 30 years since Dave Willetts took over from Colm Wilkinson as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables and then did the same with Michael Crawford in the title role of The Phantom of the Opera, but although the big-money […]
Dave Willetts stars in new British musical The Man Inside
Actor and singer Dave Willetts will star in the world premiere of The Man Inside, a new British musical, which will play at London’s Landor Theatre from 12 March (press night is 13 March) to 29 March 2014, following previews at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham. The Man Inside has music by Tony Rees and book […]
