Dogfight continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 31 August 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The last London professional staging of Dogfight, at the same venue five years ago, occurred at a very different time for its composers. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s follow-up, Dear Evan Hansen, had yet to hit Broadway, and the […]
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Dogfight cast and creative team reunite for one-off concert
Exactly a year after Dogfight’s acclaimed European premiere season ended at Southwark Playhouse, the original cast and creative team are to reunite for a special concert version of the musical in the main theatre at St James Theatre on Sunday 11 October. Dogfight was nominated Best Musical and Laura Jane Matthewson named Outstanding Emerging Talent in […]
Musical Theatre 2014 – a reflection – what was your favourite?
From I Can’t Sing! and Urinetown in early 2014 to the recently opened Cats and City of Angels, here’s an overview of UK Musical Theatre 2014. Can you see your favourites? DECEMBER: City of Angels – Donmar Warehouse Josie Rourke’s wonderfully vibrant staging injects a whole new lease of life into a show that has never […]
Dogfight – Southwark Playhouse
Dogfight continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 13 September. It is November 1963 in San Francisco, and a group of young Marines are celebrating their last night before shipping out to Vietnam with a Jarhead tradition. The ‘dogfight’ which gives this musical, and the 1991 film upon which it is based, its name is […]
Pasek and Paul give first UK interview in run-up to European premiere of Dogfight
Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul give Musical Theatre Review their first UK interview in the run-up to the European premiere of their show Dogfight, opening this coming Wednesday 13 August at London’s Southwark Playhouse. Since meeting at the University of Michigan where they were working on their Musical Theatre degrees, songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have continued to […]
Pasek and Paul attend Euro premiere of Dogfight at Southwark Playhouse
Tony-nominated songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, together with book writer Peter Duchan, are to attend the European premiere of their musical Dogfight at Southwark Playhouse on Wednesday 13 August. They will then take part in an aftershow Q&A, hosted by critic Matt Wolf, London theatre critic of The International New York Times and London correspondent for broadway.com, following the performance of Dogfight on Thursday 14 August. […]
Dogfight – Southwark Playhouse – casting revealed
Casting has been announced for the European premiere of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s musical Dogfight, produced by Danielle Tarento, the award-winning producer of Titanic, Parade and Mack & Mabel, and directed by Matt Ryan, in The Large at Southwark Playhouse for a six-week season from Friday 8 August to Saturday 13 September (press night is Wednesday 13 August). […]
Dogfight musical has European premiere at Southwark Playhouse
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s musical Dogfight will receive its European premiere, produced by Danielle Tarento – the award-winning producer of Titanic, Parade and Mack & Mabel – and directed by Matt Ryan, in The Large at Southwark Playhouse for a six-week season from 8 August to 13 September (press night is 13 August). Based on […]
