Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen John Cameron Mitchell, writer, director and star of the rock musical and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch, takes to the West End stage for the very first time on 8 July at London’s Adelphi Theatre.
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Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2022
A selection of Musical Theatre Review critics were asked to choose their ‘show of the year’ although, as you can see, some struggled to pick just one.
WhatsOnStage Awards 2023 – the nominees
Daniel Fish’s innovative 2019 Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s much-loved Oklahoma! leads the musical theatre nominees for the 23rd WhatsOnStage Awards.
UK Theatre Awards – the winners
Leicester Curve’s Billy Elliot was crowned Best Musical Production when the UK Theatre Awards returned to London’s Guildhall at the weekend after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
UK Theatre Awards 2022 – The nominees
Leicester Curve’s Billy Elliot, Storyhouse Chester’s Now Is Good, and the Watermill Theatre’s production of Whistle Down the Wind will battle it out for the title of Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards 2022. Returning after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the three hit shows are of among the 2022 nominees […]
Elijah Ferreira, Julia Cheng and John Patrick Elliott win Stage Debut Awards
Elijah Ferreira, Julia Cheng and John Patrick Elliott were among the winners of The Stage Debut Awards at the weekend. Ferreira took home the Best Performer in a Musical award for the Leeds Playhouse’s production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch while Cheng’s choreography for the Playhouse Theatre production of Cabaret earned her the award […]
Double Stage Debut nominations for Hugh Coles and Ben Joyce
Back to the Future’s Hugh Coles and Jersey Boys’ Ben Joyce will battle it out in two categories at The Stage Debut Awards. The two actors have received nominations in both the Best Performer in a Musical and Best West End Debut categories. In the musical category they will be up against Elijah Ferreira for […]
Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Leeds Playhouse
Hedwig and the Angry Inch continues at Leeds Playhouse until 23 April 2022, before transferring to HOME Manchester from 27 April to 11 May 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The first revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch in the UK for 15 years sees the piece going back to […]
Elijah Ferreira joins cast of Leeds Playhouse and HOME Manchester’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Elijah Ferreira will join the previously announced Divina Da Campo (Chicago, UK tour) in the upcoming Leeds Playhouse and HOME Manchester co-production of the Tony Award-winning Hedwig and The Angry Inch. Ferreira (Safe, Hackney Empire) will play Hedwig’s husband and roadie Yitzhak in the production which will run in Leeds from 2-23 April 2022 before […]
Musical Theatre 2022 Preview – all you need to know
With Covid-related delays and cancellations still plaguing theatre productions, we know it is impossible to predict whether all the shows listed below will go ahead, but we will continue to keep the faith and support all the incredible creatives bringing us these wonderful musical theatre openings in 2022 – in the West End, on the London […]
Drag artist Divina De Campo to star in Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Leeds Playhouse
Divina De Campo will take centre stage in a major new production of the Tony Award-winning Hedwig and the Angry Inch as part of the Leeds Playhouse’s spring/summer 2022 season. The star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK who made her musical theatre debut as Mary Sunshine in the current UK touring production of Chicago, will […]
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 […]
Amazing Grace to close on Broadway
With its inability to attract ticket buyers in droves, it almost seemed preordained from the start. Now, Amazing Grace, which was the first musical to open in the new 2015/16 Broadway season, will be the first to say goodbye. The show, which depicts the adventurous life of John Newton, the 18th century Englishmen who went […]
Tony Awards 2014 – Gentleman’s Guide and Hedwig come out on top
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder climaxed it lucky streak in this year’s theatrical award races this season by capturing the coveted Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2013-14 Broadway season. It also picked up three other Tony trophies. Voters, however, spread their love widely among the musical nominees at the Tony Awards […]
Gentleman’s Guide wins big at Drama Desk Awards
Persistence is paying off for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. The Broadway musical, which has already garnered ten Tony Award nominations (the Tony winners will be announced on 8 June), has now added seven Drama Desk Awards to its laurels. The show opened in the fall and had been struggling with weak ticket sales […]
A Gentleman’s Guide tops Tony Award 2014 nominations
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder pretty much did in the competition when the nominations for the 68th Tony Awards were announced today (Tuesday). Gentleman’s Guide pulled in ten nominations, including those for Best Musical, Best Book (by Robert L. Freedman), Best Score (Steven Lutvak and Freedman), and Best Director of a Musical (Darko […]
