Frozen: The Musical is streaming on Disney+. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It will be a real treat for fans of the animated original and Theatre Royal stage door devotees alike.
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Watermill Theatre launches the Big West End Ticket Raffle
Tickets for some of the West End’s biggest shows will be on offer in the Watermill Theatre’s fundraising Big West End Ticket Raffle.
Casting update – West End, regional and touring theatre, plus London concerts too
Sometimes there are so many exciting press releases arriving in the Musical Theatre Review email inbox, that it’s hard to keep up, so we asked our news editor Angela Thomas if she could round up all the very latest casting news related to West End, regional and touring productions (and even a few London concerts […]
Frozen follows record-breaking Christmas with another extended booking period
Following a record-breaking Christmas season with box office records broken across November and December, Disney Theatrical Productions has announced another extension to the crowd-pleasing West End debut run of Frozen in response to high public demand.
Five Questions With: Emily Lane
EMILY LANE plays Anna in the West End production of Disney’s Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Emily was previously in the Frozen ensemble and second cover Anna. Having trained at Arts Educational, her theatre work includes Before the Party (Almeida Theatre) and in the West End, Les Misérables and The Sound of Music.
Musicals Mash Up: 30 October-6 November 2022
Welcome to Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. We hope you approve! News editor Angela Thomas reports
Frozen – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Frozen continues at at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ After a year of magic in the West End, Frozen has had some cast changes. What a splendid excuse to open up the gates for a celebratory media night.
Musicals Mash Up: 10-16 October 2022
Welcome to Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. We hope you approve! News editor Angela Thomas reports.
Summer’s Something Magical in Covent Garden Disney experience launches
Disney fans are getting the chance to get closer to their favourite shows once again with the launch of this year’s Something Magical in Covent Garden campaign. A partnership between Covent Garden and Disney on Stage the Summer Pop-Up Experiences will bring the magic of Disney musicals into the heart of Covent Garden up to […]
Emily Lane and Djavan van de Fliert are the new Anna & Kristoff in West End’s Frozen as run extended
Disney Theatrical Productions has announced another extension to the crowd-pleasing West End debut run of Frozen in response to high public demand. The spectacular production which has been playing to packed houses at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane since last August, will continue to bring Elsa’s frozen world to London audiences until at […]
September date announced for Magic At The Musicals concert
Magic Radio’s popular Magic At The Musicals will return to the Royal Albert Hall on 18 September 2022. Announced by Ronan Keating and Harriet Scott on their Magic Radio breakfast show, tickets for the all-star celebration of the best of musical theatre will be available to buy from the Magic Radio website from 9am on […]
Watch Musical Theatre Review’s exclusive video from the Olivier Awards Green Carpet
In this exciting video Musical Theatre Review’s Green Carpet host Andy Oliver chats to nominees and guests at the Olivier Awards on Sunday 10 April 2022 at London’s Royal Albert Hall (with huge thanks to Marc Jason Ali from The Fan Carpet). This was the first time the Olivier Awards had been held as a […]
Performances and presenter line-up announced for Olivier Awards 2022
With under a week to go until the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard, details have been revealed for British theatre’s most prestigious and glamorous night, including the star-studded list of award presenters and performances. The Olivier Awards take place on Sunday 10 April at the Royal Albert Hall – returning after a two-year pandemic hiatus […]
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 […]
Cabaret leads nominations for Olivier Awards 2022
Musicals are once again making their presence felt in the nominations for the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard with the innovative West End revival of Cabaret topping the list with 11 nominations. In the running for the Magic Radio Best Musical Revival, the production which has transformed the Playhouse Theatre into the Kit Kat Club […]
Frozen and Back to the Future the Musical win big at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2022
At a ceremony at London’s Prince of Wales Theatre hosted by Jodie Prenger and Tom Read Wilson, the winners of the 22nd annual WhatsOnStage Awards were announced – the only major theatre awards decided entirely by the theatregoers themselves. The big winner of the night was Frozen with seven awards from its 13 nominations, receiving […]
Hosts and performances revealed for 22nd WhatsOnStage Awards
West End star Jodie Prenger and Celebs Go Dating’s Tom Read Wilson will return to host the 22nd annual WhatsOnStage Awards at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 27 February 2022. The duo will be joined by star presenters Chris Bush, Graziano Di Prima, Omari Douglas, James Graham, David Harewood, Frances Mayli McCann, Stephanie McKeon, […]
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 […]
Frozen’s West End run extended until the autumn
Disney Theatrical Productions has announced an extension to the West End debut run of Tony-nominated musical Frozen in response to high public demand. The spectacular production which has been playing to packed houses at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane since last summer, will continue to bring Elsa’s frozen world to London audiences up […]
Frozen leads nominees for 22nd annual WhatsOnStage Awards
The hit West End production of Frozen has skated ahead of its rivals by picking up an impressive 13 nominations for the 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards. The lavish stage musical version of the highest-grossing animated film of all time which made its delayed debut at the newly-renovated Theatre Royal Drury Lane this summer, has been […]
CD Review: Into the Unknown – Samantha Barks
INTO THE UNKNOWN – Samantha Barks (Westway Music – Download) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Samantha Barks’ album Into the Unknown has just been released while she is still taking the West End by storm in Frozen playing the role of Elsa. What a powerhouse of a voice! I was blown away […]
CD Review: Here I Go – Stephanie McKeon
HERE I GO – Stephanie McKeon (Can-Land Music – Online Downloads) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Currently starring as Princess Anna in Frozen in London’s West End, this is an EP of favourites from Stephanie McKeon. The tracks are: ‘Here You Come Again’, ‘Something Good’, ‘As If We Never Said Goodbye’, […]
‘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 […]
Frozen – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Frozen continues at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ On first hearing that Disney’s most successful animated franchise would make its move to the stage I was, admittedly, slightly sceptical. Since the extraordinary breakthrough made by The Lion King, further attempted animation adaptations seem to me to […]
Covent Garden to host third Disney Pop-Up Experience
Disney fans will once again get the chance to get closer than ever before to their favourite shows when the film studios’ theatrical arm opens its Summer Pop-Up Experience in the heart of London’s Covent Garden later this month. Located in the historic Carriage Hall on Floral Street, the third Disney on Stage Summer Pop-Up […]
Bookings open for West End’s Frozen as new images and photoshoot video are released
Public booking is now open for the eagerly-anticipated West End debut of Tony-nominated musical Frozen. Now due to begin preview performances from 27 August 2021 at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane with an official opening night on 8 September, the Disney Theatrical Productions show is now taking bookings until 3 April 2022. West […]
West End production of Frozen to officially open in September 2021
The eagerly-anticipated West End debut of Tony-nominated musical Frozen will preview from 27 August 2021, with a press night on 8 September at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Joining Samantha Barks (Elsa) and Stephanie McKeon (Anna) are Obioma Ugoala (Kristoff), Craig Gallivan (Olaf), Oliver Ormson (Hans), Richard Frame (Weselton), and alternating the role of […]
Frozen’s London opening temporarily on ice until lockdown lifts
Fans will have to wait a little longer for the eagerly-anticipated West End debut of Tony-nominated musical Frozen following a decision to delay the large-scale production for a second time in the wake of the current national lockdown. Originally due to skate into the refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the autumn of 2020, the […]
Mean Girls won’t return to Broadway
When Broadway stages light up again, Mean Girls will be among the missing. The hit musical announced it has shut down permanently on the Main Stem; cited were the costs of maintaining the production without box office revenue during the extended pandemic closure of New York theatres. It is planned, however, to resume the national […]
West End Frozen cast and new dates confirmed
Full casting and new dates have been announced for Disney Theatrical Productions’ eagerly-anticipated West End production of Tony-nominated musical Frozen. Originally due to skate into the refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the autumn, the production will now open in London on 14 April 2021 with preview performances from 2 April. The initial booking period […]
Broadway stays shuttered until the end of 2020
The Broadway League announced on 29 June 2020 that the Great White Way will stay dark until the end of the year. This extends the closure that went into effect on 12 March, caused by the mounting Coronavirus pandemic. This hardly means, though, that Broadway will be ablaze again come the New Year. Rather it […]
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 […]
Samantha Barks to appear in concert at the Adelphi Theatre
Lambert Jackson Productions has announced Samantha Barks at the Adelphi Theatre, a solo concert from the West End and Broadway leading lady. The concert will take place on 6 September 2020 at 5pm and is part of a series of concerts at the Adelphi Theatre presented by Lambert Jackson which includes the previously announced John-Owen Jones. […]
Stephanie McKeon will play Anna opposite Samantha Barks as Elsa in the West End production of Frozen
Today, on National Siblings Day, Disney Theatrical Productions has announced that Samantha Barks and Stephanie McKeon will play Elsa and Anna in Frozen when it reopens the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane later this year. The production opens on 11 November 2020, with previews from 30 October; and has extended booking until 30 May […]
Disney releases free musical theatre resources
Disney Theatrical Productions is the latest major organisation to offer free resources to families trying to find ways to keep children occupied during the current lockdown. Downloadable creative activities are now available for some of Disney’s most popular stage musicals including The Lion King and Frozen with more to be made available in due course. […]
Frozen London has found its Elsa in Samantha Barks
As Frozen 2 takes over cinema screens, the team behind London debut of the Tony-nominated musical version of the first blockbuster movie have confirmed the casting of Samantha Barks in the coveted central role of Elsa. Fast becoming one of musical theatre’s favourite leading ladies, the actress who is best known for her stage and […]
Disney to host second summer pop-up in London
Disney fans will get the chance to get closer than ever before to their favourite shows when the film studios’ theatrical arm opens its second Summer Pop-Up in the heart of London’s Covent Garden later this month. Located at 21 Long Acre, this year’s Disney in the West End Summer Pop-Up will feature the eagerly-anticipated […]
Voting open for The Curtain Up Show’s Album of the Year
Some of the biggest shows to play the West End and Broadway will battle it out for The Curtain Up Show Album of the Year 2018. Presented in association with TodayTix, the awards linked to popular theatre chat show The Curtain Up Show will once again feature three categories, each with six nominees. They are open to […]
Musical Theatre Review 2018 – 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 2018 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 Six – Arts Theatre, London […]
Frozen – St James Theatre, New York
Frozen continues at the St James Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Say what you will about the Disney people, often berated for merchandising rapacity or theme-park mentality, they know how to put on a show. And the corporation’s magic dust – or whatever you call that stuff that Tinker Bell scatters […]
Broadway Musical Theatre Preview 2018 – from Frozen to Summer
With heroines including a queen who can freeze you, a guttersnipe who can charm you, and a diva who’ll make you want to dance, a half-dozen new musical productions are slated for the last half of the 2017-2018 Broadway season, writes Ron Cohen. The openings include the usual crowding up in April, as new shows […]
Willemijn Verkaik Live in Concert – Cambridge Theatre
Willemijn Verkaik Live in Concert at the Cambridge Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Following her last performance as Elphaba in Wicked last week, musical theatre luminary Willemijn Verkaik ditched the green paint for her own one-night-only concert at London’s Cambridge Theatre. In a follow up to her critically-acclaimed 2015 […]
Tyrone Huntley joins guest stars at Willemijn Verkaik’s London concert
Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award winner Tyrone Huntley will be one of several guest performers at international musical theatre star Willemijn Verkaik’s West End concert in July. The Dreamgirls star who is soon to reprise his acclaimed performance as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar is one of a number of guest stars who will join […]
In Transit – Circle in the Square Theatre, New York
In Transit continues at the Circle in the Square Theatre, New York. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Just thinking about all the energy that the 11-person cast of In Transit expends during its 100 minutes or so running time can wear you out. The new Broadway musical is a snappy and […]
Willemijn Verkaik in Concert – Ambassadors Theatre
Willemijn Verkaik in Concert was presented at the Ambassadors Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Willemijn Verkaik’s debut West End concert brought a sold-out audience of doting theatregoers to the Ambassadors Theatre to share an evening of music and chat. There was a polite undercurrent of excited buzz – and the sense that this debut was something many […]
Idina Menzel World Tour 2015 – The SSE Arena, Wembley
Idina Menzel World Tour 2015 at The SSE Arena, Wembley, London. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s something of an understatement to say that being cast in the Disney movie Frozen (the fifth highest-grossing film in box office history) has changed the life of Tony Award-winning actress and singer Idina Menzel. While theatre fans already followed […]
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 […]
Frozen singalong screenings planned at the Dominion Theatre
A series of singalong screenings of the smash-hit, hugely popular, Disney film Frozen will take place at London’s Dominion Theatre next half term, from 18 to 28 February. The Oscar-winning Frozen is Disney’s highest grossing film ever and has captivated children and families around the world. The score includes the hugely popular song ‘Let It Go’ which won the Academy Award for […]
If/Then – Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York
If/Then continues at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York, in an open-ended run. Remember when John Travolta mangled the name of Idina Menzel at this year’s Academy Awards? I’m sure you do. The moment has generated endless chatter and buzz for the last month or so. Anyway, the somewhat incomprehensible tangle of the Travolta tongue was […]
