Anything Goes continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 3 September 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Kathleen Marshall’s effervescent revival of Anything Goes continues to gleam as the gold standard for traditional, old-school musical theatre. The show that has dazzled audiences with its beautiful sets, epic set pieces and breathless dancing since […]
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Anything Goes – new all-star casting revealed
Kerry Ellis, Denis Lawson, Simon Callow and Bonnie Langford will be aboard the hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes when it cruises back into the Barbican this summer. Ellis (Wicked, We Will Rock You) will star as Reno Sweeney alongside Lawson (Mr Cinders, […]
Rachel York and Hadyn Gwynne to join cast of Anything Goes in London
Broadway star Rachel York and Tony and Olivier nominee Haydn Gwynne will join the cast of the critically-acclaimed UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of Anything Goes for its final weeks at the Barbican. York (City of Angels, Victor/Victoria) will reprise her US touring production performance as Reno Sweeney from 12 October with Gwyne […]
Anything Goes – Barbican Theatre
Anything Goes continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 31 October 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If anyone comes out of this remarkable revival of Anything Goes without a broad smile on their face, feeling ten times better than when they arrived and humming a Cole Porter classic, the probability is that […]
Broadway’s Sutton Foster to replace Megan Mullally in Barbican’s Anything Goes
Multi-award-winning Broadway star Sutton Foster will replace injury hit Megan Mullally in the much-anticipated UK re-working of award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes at the Barbican this summer. Foster (The Drowsy Chaperone, Thoroughly Modern Millie) will reprise her Tony Award-winning performance as Reno Sweeney and make her West […]
Anything Goes Barbican dates announced plus more casting news
The producers of the much-anticipated UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes have announced new dates and further casting for the show which will play a season at the Barbican before embarking on a UK tour. Starring Emmy and Screen Actors’ Guild winner Megan Mullally […]
Review: An American in Paris – arriving in cinemas on 16 May
An American in Paris – the film of the original London cast will be shown in 42 cinemas nationally and worldwide on 16 May 2018. Directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ For any lover of Gershwin and dance and classic musicals this broadcast is a must. On […]
West End stars to appear in Alexander Bermange Hippodrome show
Musical theatre favourites will take to the stage at London’s Hippodrome next month for a one-off show celebrating the work of award-winning composer Alexander S. Bermange. London’s Leading Luvvies Perform Alexander S. Bermange on Sunday 4 March will feature a star-studded line-up of West End favourites performing songs by the composer. Lined up to appear […]
An American in Paris – Dominion Theatre
An American in Paris continues at the Dominion Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was back in December 2014 that our contributor Jeremy Chapman reviewed this reinvention of the wonderful 1951 Oscar-winning Vincente Minnelli/Gene Kelly movie when it opened – rather appropriately – at the Theatre du Chatelet in […]
Side Show at Southwark Playhouse – full cast details
Full casting details have been released for the new production of Broadway musical Side Show which will receive its UK premiere in October at the Southwark Playhouse. Haydn Oakley, Jay Marsh, Dominic Hodson, Christopher Howell, Lala Barlow, Oliver Marshall, David Muscat, Nuwan Hugh Perera, Agnes Pure, Nuno Queimado, Kirstie Skivington and Genevieve Taylor will join […]
An American in Paris – news of full West End cast
Full casting has been announced for Christopher Wheeldon’s reinvention of the Gene Kelly classic An American in Paris which will dance its way into London’s Dominion Theatre early next year. Joining the previously announced stars of the hit Broadway production Robert Fairchild (as Jerry Mulligan) and Leanne Cope (as Lise Dassin) will be Haydn Oakley […]
The Smallest Show on Earth – Theatre Royal, Glasgow and Touring
The Smallest Show on Earth continues at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow until 31 October, then tours until 28 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Provincial England merges into silver-screen fantasy in this disarmingly romantic show born out of the union of a 1957 Ealing-styled British film comedy (starring Margaret Rutherford and Peter Sellers) […]
The Smallest Show on Earth – the Irving Berlin family pays special visit
Irving Berlin’s family, including the great composer’s daughter Linda Emmet, paid a special visit to watch new touring musical The Smallest Show on Earth at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, meeting up with the cast and producers Brian Eastman and Christabel Albery. The new musical comedy is based on the StudioCanal Peter Sellers/Margaret Rutherford film The Smallest Show on Earth. The stage show, which has […]
First look at new musical comedy The Smallest Show On Earth
New images have been released for the new musical comedy based on the StudioCanal Peter Sellers/Margaret Rutherford film The Smallest Show on Earth. The stage show, which has a book by Thom Southerland and Paul Alexander, contains some of Irving Berlin’s greatest songs, including ‘Blue Skies’, ‘Shakin’ the Blues Away’, ‘Let Yourself Go’, ‘Steppin’ Out With My […]
New touring musical The Smallest Show On Earth showcases the music of Irving Berlin
A new musical comedy based on the Peter Sellers/Margaret Rutherford film The Smallest Show On Earth, with a book by Thom Southerland and Paul Alexander, will contain some of Irving Berlin’s greatest songs, including ‘Blue Skies’, ‘Shakin’ the Blues Away’, ‘Let Yourself Go’, ‘Steppin’ Out With My Baby’ and ‘How Deep is the Ocean’, as well as […]
Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Playhouse Theatre
Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown continues at the Playhouse, London. 2 stars ** Arguably one of Pedro Almodovar’s best loved movies, Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is an unconventional comedy that touches on the lives of several women in Madrid in the late 1980s. The movie brought the director international acclaim and featured a young Antonio […]
Willemijn Verkaik joins the Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
New musical comedy Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown will boast an international cast with Ricardo Afonso, Haydn Oakley and Willemijn Verkaik joining the previously announced Tamsin Greig, Haydn Gwynne, Jérôme Pradon and Anna Skellern. Additional cast members include Marianne Benedict, Holly James, Michael Matus, Rebecca McKinnis, Sarah Moyle, Alastair Natkiel, Nuno Queimado and Dale Rapley. In addition, the song ‘Madrid’, the opening number from David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane’s score for the […]
Amy Booth-Steel can’t wait for Betty Blue Eyes
Fresh from her success as Piper in The Light Princess at the National Theatre, actress Amy Booth-Steel is playing determined social-climber Joyce Chilvers in the brand new touring co-production of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe’s musical comedy Betty Blue Eyes, opening at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester this week. Based on Alan Bennett’s screenplay for the film A Private Function, […]
