Dear Evan Hansen was reviewed at Edinburgh Playhouse. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The audience were on their feet, roaring and cheering at the curtain calls – the greatest approval any show could hope for.
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BBC transmission date for National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals 2025
The recording of the National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals 2025 will be broadcast on BBC One and available on iPlayer on 22 March from 6.50pm.
The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals – AO Arena, Manchester
The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals was reviewed at the AO Arena Manchester on 27 January 2025 and will be broadcast in the spring on BBC One, BBC Radio 2, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2024
A selection of Musical Theatre Review critics were asked to choose their ‘show of the year’ from all the productions they had seen in 2024. As you can see below, some struggled to pick just one!
Dear Evan Hansen – Nottingham Playhouse and Touring
Dear Evan Hansen was reviewed at Nottingham Playhouse where it runs until 28 September 2024. The tour continues until 24 May 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dear Evan Hansen is one of the most powerful and important musicals to emerge from the genre in recent years.
Full cast and creatives for Dear Evan Hansen UK tour
Ryan Kopel will take on the title role in the first new UK production of the multi-award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen as it embarks on a major UK tour later this year.
New Dear Evan Hansen to tour UK in 2024
The first new UK production of the multi-award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen will embark on a major UK tour next year.
Come From Away completes trio of Broadway productions due to close
The Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Come From Away has become the third high-profile show to announce its closure before the end of the year. Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s Come From Away will take its final bow at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on 2 October 2022, following on from the departure of Dear Evan […]
West End production of Dear Evan Hansen to close in October 2022
The Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical Dear Evan Hansen will have its final London performance at the Noël Coward Theatre on 22 October 2022, three years after its West End premiere on 29 October 2019 and a year after its return to the West End after the Covid shutdown (26 October 2021). The cast, who […]
New music video released by West End production of Dear Evan Hansen
A new music video featuring the full West End company of Dear Evan Hansen has been released. Starring Sam Tutty as Evan, the performance is of the show’s Act I anthem ‘You Will Be Found’ from the show’s Olivier Award-winning score written by Grammy, Tony and Academy Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The […]
MTI acquires rights to Dear Evan Hansen
Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International has acquired the rights to Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen. Boasting a book by Steven Levenson, and a score by composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen becomes the third musical by Pasek and Paul to be added to the MTI catalogue following on […]
The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals – A0 Arena, Manchester
The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals at A0 Arena, Manchester, broadcast on BBC1 and BBC Radio 2, also available via BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Close your eyes, listen and you would swear it was Tina Turner belting out ‘We Don’t Need Another Hero’, ‘Simply […]
New booking period for West End’s Dear Evan Hansen
A new booking period has been announced for the hit London production of Dear Evan Hansen with tickets now on sale for performances at the Noël Coward Theatre until 22 October this year. Starring Sam Tutty who returned to the title role which earned him the 2020 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical […]
BBC to broadcast performances from National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals
Jason Manford will take charge of a star-studded celebration of musical theatre at the AO Arena in Manchester later this month. Featuring many of the nation’s most popular musicals, The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals on 24 January 2022 has been planned as a ‘thank you’ to National Lottery players who have helped support […]
Film Review: Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen, in cinemas now. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It has been confusing to see the strength of negative feeling this film has generated since it hit the world earlier this year. The stage production of Dear Evan Hansen won countless awards and precipitated a more loyal and passionate […]
Olivier Award-winning Sam Tutty heads returning cast for London’s Dear Evan Hansen
Sam Tutty will return to role which earned him the 2020 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical when the hit London production of Dear Evan Hansen resumes performances at the Noël Coward Theatre on 26 October 2021. London’s Evan Hansen will reunite with returning cast members Lucy Anderson (Zoe Murphy), Doug Colling (Connor […]
‘Best ever line-up’ promise for West End LIVE 2021
Nearly 50 shows and acts will be on hand to turn London’s iconic Trafalgar Square into the ultimate open air theatre when West End LIVE makes its eagerly anticipated return next weekend. After being forced to cancel last year’s event due to the pandemic, the organisers of the crowd-pleasing live entertainment event are promising 2021’s […]
West End LIVE returns in September: Top London shows to perform in Trafalgar Square
West End LIVE will return over the weekend of 18 and 19 September 2021 with thousands of theatre fans able to enjoy free performances from the West End’s top shows. This year’s event features the first ever West End LIVE appearances from award-winning musicals Hamilton and The Book Of Mormon, as well as an exciting […]
Watch: The official trailer for the Dear Evan Hansen movie
The official trailer for the Dear Evan Hansen movie has arrived! Watch Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprise his role as the anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being A Wallflower, […]
Dear Evan Hansen to return to the West End ahead of the Broadway & North American tour productions
Tickets will go back on sale on 18 May 2021 for the eagerly-awaited return of the hit London production of Dear Evan Hansen which is due to resume performances at the Noël Coward Theatre on 26 October. The curtain will rise on the West End production six weeks ahead of the return of the original […]
Musicals: The Greatest Show – BBC1 and BBC iPlayer
Musicals: The Greatest Show – BBC1 and BBC iPlayer (where it is available for a year). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ As soon as the great Ramin Karimloo launched into a sublime ‘Music of the Night’, tears started rolling down cheeks and shivers tumbled like a waterfall down the spine. We […]
September cinema release date for Evan Hansen movie
The movie adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen will premiere in cinemas on 24 September 2021 before being made available to stream on premium pay-per-view services in October. Featuring Ben Platt reprising his Tony Award-winning performance in the title role, the star-studded cast for the eagerly-anticipated film includes Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever and Danny […]
Sheridan Smith to host Palladium show as part of BBC musicals special
Sheridan Smith will return to the London Palladium to host a star-studded transatlantic celebration of the music and stars of musical theatre and film on BBC Radio 2 later this month. Musicals: The Greatest Show will be the centrepiece of Radio 2 Celebrates Musicals – three days of programming on the national radio station along […]
Anti-bullying campaigner Charlie and West End friends feature on charity single
Inspirational young anti-bullying campaigner Charlie Kristensen is joining forces with a host of West End stars to release a charity fundraising single to mark the start of National Anti-Bullying Week (16-20 November 2020). Available from 15 November, the recording of ‘You Will Be Found’ from Dear Evan Hansen features the Berkshire 10-year-old along with a number […]
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 […]
Black British Theatre Awards 2020 winners announced
Thriller Live beat off strong opposition from Hamilton and Tina – The Tina Turner Musical to claim the Best Musical Production Award at the 2020 Black British Theatre Awards during a special socially distanced event at London’s Young Vic Theatre which aired on Sky Arts as part of the channel’s new free-to-air line-up. Following on […]
Dear Evan Hansen, & Juliet, Mary Poppins & Fiddler all winners at the Olivier Awards 2020
The winners of the Olivier Awards 2020 with Mastercard were announced in a special ITV programme filmed at the London Palladium, and on Official London Theatre’s YouTube channel. The presentation was hosted by Jason Manford, and honoured Ian McKellen with his seventh Olivier Award for his 8oth Birthday tour, as well as lyricist Don Black, […]
Olivier Awards 2020 – A video refresher of the musical nominees
It feels like forever ago that we could simply hop down to the West End and – perhaps after a spot of bank robbery to afford a ticket – bask in the brilliance of some of the most spectacular musicals London has ever seen. Presumably, all the nominees at this year’s delayed Olivier Awards deserve […]
Don Black and Ian McKellen to be honoured in Olivier Awards 2020
The winners of the 2020 Olivier Awards with Mastercard will be revealed on 25 October 2020 during a special programme broadcast from the London Palladium on ITV at 10.20pm. Originally due to be held in April this year, the replacement for the usual Red Carpet event will be hosted as planned by Jason Manford and […]
Palace theatre dates for The Show Must Go On charity concerts
The team behind the successful lockdown-launched Theatre Support Fund + will move their fundraising efforts on-stage with four star-packed special performances at London’s Palace Theatre next month. Presented by the Theatre Support Fund + and Take Two Theatricals, The Show Must Go On! Live At The Palace Theatre will be the first show to reopen […]
Black British Theatre Awards 2020 to air on Sky Arts
Hamilton, Thriller Live and Tina – The Tina Turner Musical are in the running for the Best Musical Production Award at the 2020 Black British Theatre Awards in late October. Following on from last year’s inaugural live ceremony, the winner of the Best Musical category will be announced during a special socially distanced event at […]
Special show for Oliviers 2020 announced – 2021 awards likely to be shelved
The winners of the 2020 Olivier Awards with Mastercard will be announced on 25 October 2020 during a special programme broadcast from the London Palladium on ITV and Magic Radio. Originally due to be held in April this year, the replacement for the usual red carpet event will be hosted as planned by Jason Manford […]
Double win for newcomer Sam Tutty at The Stage Debut Awards 2020
Dear Evan Hansen’s Sam Tutty took home two awards for his performance in the West End premiere of the Broadway hit at The Stage Debut Awards 2020. The Italia Conti-graduate who made his professional debut in the show which was one of the highest profile openings in London last year was one of two winners […]
The Stage Debut Awards 2020 – nominees announced
Pop superstar Robbie Williams, US stage and screen star Wendell Pierce and Dear Evan Hansen’s Sam Tutty are among the nominees for The Stage Debut Awards 2020. Presented in association with Access Entertainment, the prestigious awards will be presented for the first time online during a virtual ceremony on 27 September 2020. The Tony Award-winning […]
Dear Evan Hansen tops the bill at Mousetrap Awards
Dear Evan Hansen was the big winner at the ninth annual Mousetrap Awards as the UK’s only theatre awards run by and for young people moved online as the lockdown continues. The Broadway hit that opened at London’s Noel Coward Theatre in November last year, collected four awards with actors Sam Tutty and Rebecca McKinnis, […]
Our Top Ten recent Tony Awards performances
Is there a Tony Awards-shaped hole in your heart this month? One so big even a singalong screening of the movie Grease won’t fill it? Here are ten of our favourite Tony performances from recent years to lift your spirits and celebrate Broadway’s finest: 10. 2019 – Frozen Broadway’s first Queen Elsa of Arendelle, Cassie […]
New Theatre Support Fund creates fundraising T-shirt
The producers of 16 of the biggest musicals in the West End have given their blessing to a new T-shirt aimed at raising funds for those in the industry hardest hit by the current crisis. Featuring a design that uses the distinctive branding of some of the world’s most famous shows, the T-shirts are the […]
Ben Platt and Dear Evan Hansen cast members sing ‘You Will Be Found’ on The Late Late Show With James Corden
Several US chat show hosts have been presenting their shows from home and last night was James Corden’s turn with his #HomeFest version of The Late Late Show. Corden finished the show by confessing that he too had felt anxious and scared while in quarantine from the Coronavirus Pandemic, that he missed his family and […]
Government statement on coronavirus means curtain comes down on West End and UK theatre
Theatres across the country went dark last night as the Government moved into the next phase of its fight against the coronavirus. In a statement released by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre, it was confirmed that all member venues would be closed until the Government’s advice against social gatherings during the […]
& Juliet leads the Olivier Awards 2020 nominations followed by Fiddler, Dear Evan Hansen and Mary Poppins
New British musical & Juliet topped the list of Olivier Awards 2020 nominations with recognition in nine categories. Once again illustrating the range and diversity of musical theatre currently playing in the West End, the three shows to attract the most Olivier nominations are all genre favourites with Trevor Nunn’s revival of the classic Fiddler […]
Musicals & Juliet and Come From Away are big winners at the WhatsOnStage Awards
At a ceremony tonight at the Prince of Wales Theatre hosted by Jodie Prenger and Tom Read Wilson, the winners of the 2oth Annual WhatsOnStage Awards were announced – the only major theatre awards decided entirely by the theatregoers themselves. For the first time this year the event was broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 hosted by Elaine Paige and Paddy O’Connell. The […]
Come From Away and Dear Evan Hansen’s Sam Tutty triumph at Critics’ Circle Awards
Just months after he made his dream professional debut in the West End’s Dear Evan Hansen, Sam Tutty is celebrating again as the winner of The Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Currently playing to packed houses at the Noel Coward Theatre, Tutty received his award at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards’ ceremony at […]
WhatsOnStage Awards nominations revealed
New British musical & Juliet leads the nominations for the 20th annual WhatsOnStage Awards.
Musical Theatre Review 2019 – Five-Star Show Round-Up
Musical Theatre Review reflects on another stunning and diverse year of theatre. Here is a round-up of five star reviews from 2019 productions in the West End, on the London Fringe, in the regions and on tour (plus a sprinkling of Broadway openings too). With thanks to all our awesome contributors. JANUARY 2019 Songs For Nobodies […]
Dear Evan Hansen – Noël Coward Theatre
Dear Evan Hansen continues at the Noël Coward Theatre, London, currently booking until 2 May 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The multi-Tony-winning smash hit finally arrives in London, and it was worth the wait. The original Dear Evan Hansen director Michael Greif re-creates the original Broadway production on the stage […]
Ticket lottery and extra tickets for West End’s Dear Evan Hansen plus watch new video
The producers of the eagerly-awaited West End debut of Dear Evan Hansen have announced plans for a weekly digital lottery offering theatregoers the chance to purchase two tickets at a special price of £25 each. In the week the hit show began preview performances at the Noël Coward Theatre, the team behind the production also […]
Full cast for Dear Evan Hansen’s London debut
Newcomer Sam Tutty has won the coveted title role in the eagerly-waited West End debut of Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre late next month. The actor who recently made his professional stage debut in Once On This Island at the Southwark Playhouse is one of a number of fresh faces making their […]
More Dear Evan Hansen tickets available plus chance to appear in show’s poster art
A second batch of extra tickets will be released for the eagerly-awaited West End debut of Dear Evan Hansen from Monday (10 June) following a sold-out priority booking period. Produced by Stacey Mindich, the West End run which will reunite the creative team behind the show’s record-breaking Broadway run is due to begin previews at […]
Tony Award-winning Dear Evan Hansen will transfer to the West End in autumn 2019
Producer Stacey Mindich has confirmed the eagerly-awaited West End debut of the multi-award-winning Dear Evan Hansen will be at the Noël Coward Theatre in the autumn of 2019. The West End run will reunite the creative team behind the show’s record-breaking Broadway run which began in 2016 and earned rave reviews and collected six Tony […]
Novel based on hit show Dear Evan Hansen to be published in October
UK audiences eagerly awaiting the West End debut of the multi award-winning Dear Evan Hansen will be able to take home a novel inspired the show when it is published here in October. Written by Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel will be released in hardback and eBook versions in October at the same […]
