Musical theatre grande dame Elaine Paige is among the recipients on the King’s Birthday Honours list. The West End star turned radio presenter was honoured with a Damehood for services to charity and music.
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Tickets for a live screening of the sold-out Sondheim’s Old Friends Gala to be released
Tickets for a live screening at the Prince Edward Theatre of the sold-out Sondheim’s Old Friends Gala are to be released today, 30 March 2022. Priority will be given to the thousands of people who signed up in the hope of securing tickets but couldn’t be accommodated for the performance at the Sondheim Theatre. Booking […]
Samantha Barks to host Elaine Paige’s Sunday radio show
Frozen’s Samantha Barks will step in to take over the radio presenting duties from Elaine Paige while the veteran West End star takes a five-week break from her popular BBC Radio 2 Sunday show. One of the West End’s new generation of musical theatre leading ladies and currently starring in the West End in Disney’s […]
An all-star cast of Old Friends will celebrate Sondheim at the Sondheim
Cameron Mackintosh has invited many of Stephen Sondheim’s old friends to join him in celebrating his extraordinary talents and legacy at the theatre which was recently rebuilt in Sondheim’s honour. The all-star cast for OLD FRIENDS so far includes Michael Ball, Petula Clark, Judi Dench, Daniel Evans, Bonnie Langford, Adrian Lester, Damian Lewis, Julia Mckenzie, […]
ITV confirms line-up for festive All Star Musicals
Presenter and writer Fern Britton, actor Ben Miller, former MP and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth, presenter Anita Rani, ex Coronation Street resident Catherine Tyldesley and sports presenter Radzi Chinyanganya will be the celebrity contestants for the Christmas edition of ITV’s All Star Musicals. As in the previous shows, the contestants have embarked on a crash course […]
ITV announces two more All Star Musicals
ITV has announced two new episodes in its All Star Musicals series with the first scheduled to air during the Christmas season this year and the other sometime in 2022. John Barrowman will once again take on hosting duties with Elaine Paige returning as head of the judging panel alongside Samantha Barks (Frozen, Pretty Woman […]
ITV’s All Star Musicals Line-Up Revealed
Actresses Jessica Hynes and Luisa Bradshaw-White, former Strictly celebrities barrister and broadcaster Robert Rinder and doctor and presenter Dr Ranj Singh, Bradley Walsh’s actor son Barney and political journalist Robert Peston will battle it out for the title in the upcoming edition of ITV’s All Star Musicals. As previously announced the show which will be […]
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 […]
Radio 2 listeners pick Les Misérables’ ‘One Day More’ as their favourite song from a musical
In the network’s biggest ever celebration of musical theatre, Radio 2 listeners have voted ‘One Day More’ from Les Misérables as the nation’s all-time favourite song from a musical. The Top 20 were broadcast today (31 January 2021) within the station’s flagship musical theatre programme Elaine Paige on Sunday (1-3pm) during a very special weekend […]
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 […]
Elaine Paige and Bernadette Peters will host first West End Woofs animal adoption event
Musical theatre royalty from both sides of the Atlantic will unite to host the UK’s first virtual dog and cat adoption event this month. Co-hosted by the West End’s Elaine Paige and Broadway’s Bernadette Peters, West End Woofs will be a UK-based version of Broadway Barks, the annual star-studded animal adoption event benefiting New York […]
Elaine Paige to join star-studded Pantoland at The Palladium
Elaine Paige is the latest addition to the all-star cast heading for Pantoland at The Palladium for three weeks this Christmas. The veteran leading lady who previously played Queen Rat in Dick Whittington at the iconic London venue in 2017 will revisit the villainous role as part of the festive celebration of pantomime at the […]
Cats – The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel
Cats – The Shows Must Go On YouTube Channel. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The seven-week trawl through the Andrew Lloyd Webber back catalogue on the noble lord’s free The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel came to an end at the weekend with his big 1981 hit which ran for 21 […]
Cats is this week’s Shows Must Go On offering
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. Starring Elaine Paige as Grizabella and John Mills as Gus, the 1998 Universal Studios film was recorded at London’s Adelphi Theatre. Directed by David Mallet, the film also features Ken Page as Old Deuteronomy, […]
Lloyd Webber Albert Hall concert is the next offering on The Shows Must Go On channel
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s star packed 50th birthday celebration concert will be the next show to be made available free of charge as part of the newly launched The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall on 7 April 1998, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Royal Albert Hall Celebration features a […]
Watch The Showstoppers’ response to Elaine Paige’s 24-Hour Lockdown Challenge
Elaine Paige has taken to social media again to congratulate The Showstoppers’ team on their response to her challenge to compose a musical theatre song in just 24 hours. The musical theatre legend who asked the improvisation specialists to create a song about home-isolation in the style of her favourite musical, West Side Story has […]
Elaine Paige launches 24-hour Showstoppers song challenge
Elaine Paige has today taken to social media to challenge The Showstoppers team to compose a musical theatre song in just 24 hours. The musical theatre legend has asked the improvisation specialists to create a song about home-isolation in the style of her favourite musical, West Side Story. The finished song will be unveiled on […]
Forces charity launches free variety show
British Armed Forces charity The Not Forgotten has launched its own free entertainment show The Best Seat In The House aimed at those in care homes and in senior living facilities across the country. With the older generations the hardest hit by both the Coronavirus and the restrictions brought in to try and keep them safe, […]
Interview – Emma Williams is enjoying the magic of panto in Dick Whittington at the London Palladium
EMMA WILLIAMS is playing Alice Fitzwarren in this year’s star-studded pantomime Dick Whittington at the London Palladium. She will be reunited with her Half a Sixpence co-star, Charlie Stemp, who will play the title role. Also featured in the star-billing are Julian Clary, Elaine Paige, Diversity, Paul Zerdin, Gary Wilmot and Nigel Havers. Emma returns […]
Elaine Paige presents star-studded collection of show tunes on latest CD
West End leading lady turned radio presenter Elaine Paige has used her expertise to help put together a three CD collection – Elaine Paige Presents Showstoppers from the Musicals – celebrating the best and most successful stage and screen musicals. The Evita star who now presents the hit Radio 2 show Elaine Paige On Sunday has […]
Palladium’s Dick Whittington – principal cast completed
Emma Williams and Lukus Alexander will complete the star-studded principal cast for this year’s London Palladium pantomime Dick Whittington. Playing Alice Fitzwarrren and reuniting with her Half a Sixpence leading man Charlie Stemp who takes on the title role, Williams will be returning to the theatre where she made her West End debut in Chitty […]
Evening Standard Radio 2 Audience Award For Best Musical – nominations revealed
The voting has opened for the Evening Standard Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical in this year’s 2016 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Now in their 63rd year, the annual awards celebrate outstanding achievement and performance in London theatre. Listeners will be able to cast their vote by heading to bbc.co.uk/radio2 and will have until 11.59pm on […]
Elaine Paige – Stripped Back – G Live, Guildford and Touring
Elaine Paige – Stripped Back at G Live, Guildford. The show continues to tour England and Wales on selected dates until 18 December 2016, ending in the West End. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Following on from Elaine Paige’s sell-out tour Page by Page by Paige and the associated concert I’m Still Here two years ago, […]
Close to You – Burt Bacharach Reimagined by Kyle Riabko – album launch
Fans of the acclaimed Burt Bacharach review show Close to You will be pleased to hear that the original London cast has made a recording. The show started off its life in the UK as What’s it all About? at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2015 before transferring to the Criterion in Piccadilly, although its origins date back to a […]
The Oliviers in Concert – Royal Festival Hall, London
The Oliviers in Concert, featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra, at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ So it’s 40 years since the Olivier Awards were created (they were originally inaugurated in 1976 as the Society of West End Theatre Awards) and kicking off the celebrations was this one-off […]
Musicals – The Definitive Illustrated Story – win a copy of this major new book!
West End star Elaine Paige provides the foreword for a major new book tracing the story of musical theatre from its Ancient Greek origins through to the modern day. Musicals – The Definitive Illustrated Story, a lavishly illustrated guide to musical theatre in all its varied forms, has been published by DK. A must for any musical lover’s […]
Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2015/Stiles & Drewe Prize – Garrick Theatre
Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year competition/Stiles & Drewe Best New Song prize at the Garrick Theatre, London. Hats off, here they come, those Beautiful Girls! Yes, girl power ruled the roost at the Sondheim Society’s student ‘Oscars’ for the second year running and, to rub it in, they grabbed runner-up honours as […]
Elaine Paige in Conversation – The Oak Room at The Hospital Club
Elaine Paige was In Conversation at The Oak Room at The Hospital Club, London. Last night at The Hospital Club, Elaine Paige continued to entertain audiences with her charm, infectious laugh and stories from a fantastic career. As part of a celebration of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts’ 70th anniversary, three of the Academy’s associates […]
Elaine Paige judges the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year
Twelve student finalists from top drama schools across the UK will compete for the title of this year’s Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year (SSSSPOTY), on Sunday 17 May at 3pm at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End. Each student will sing a song by Stephen Sondheim and, at his personal request, […]
Cats – London Palladium
Cats is booking at the London Palladium Booking until 28 February. It is 12 years since Cats departed the West End, and John Napier’s rubbish-tip turned its last revolve at the New London Theatre. Now it is back, minus the revolving stage, but with a set that spills out into the stalls and the circle, through which Spandex-clad dancers […]
Elaine Paige in Concert – Royal Albert Hall, London
Elaine Paige in Concert (50th Anniversary Farewell Tour) at the Royal Albert Hall, London. It seems strange to imagine but to anybody under the age of 20, Elaine Paige is probably more regarded as a Sunday afternoon radio presenter than as a musical theatre star. Certainly her presence on the Radio 2 show has given musical theatre a […]
Stars come out for Miss Saigon opening night
Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s musical Miss Saigon officially opened last night at London’s Prince Edward Theatre and the musical theatre stars were out in force on the red carpet. They included cast members from the original 1989 London production of Miss Saigon and the Les Misérables movie. Pictures: Vivienne Vincent.
Michael Feinstein and Friends – Palace Theatre
Michael Feinstein and Friends at the Palace Theatre, London. Small, dapper and a ridiculously young-looking 57, Michael Feinstein bounded on to the Palace stage and gave us a two-hour trawl through the Great American Songbook with brief assistance from Elaine Paige and Julian Ovenden in this flagship event of the first London Festival of Cabaret. […]
Feinstein headlines London Festival of Cabaret
London will celebrate all things cabaret in the inaugural London Festival of Cabaret which will see the genre playing in venues across the capital from Tuesday, 22nd October-Friday, 15th November. The festival will give audiences the opportunity to see world-class cabaret acts, newcomers and artists who have never ventured into the world of cabaret before. The London Festival […]
Olivier Awards, a taste of the glamour
[table id=3 /] Click on any image for a larger version. It was a glamorous night at the Royal Opera House for the 37th Olivier Awards. While all those associated with musical theatre winners Top Hat, Sweeney Todd and Billy Elliot had much to celebrate, plenty of other performers played their part too. Actress Heather Headley […]
