Multi award-winning musical Fun Home, the final production in David Lan’s 18-year tenure as artistic director at the Young Vic, will feature a cast that includes Kaisa Hammarlund (Alison, pictured), Eleanor Kane (Medium Alison), Jenna Russell (Helen), Ashley Samuels (Roy, Mark and Jeremy), Cherrelle Skeete (Joan) and Zubin Varla (Bruce, Alison’s father). Produced in association […]
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The Hired Man – Cadogan Hall
The Hired Man at the Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The Hired Man, the 1984 love-child of Howard Goodall and Melvyn Bragg, is based on the latter’s 1969 novel, a semi-biographical account of his grandfather Harry Bragg’s life – one of millions of men caught between the poverty-stricken […]
The Hired Man – Jenna Russell and John Owen-Jones lead cast
Jenna Russell and John Owen-Jones will take centrestage in this September’s special concert presentation of Howard Goodall and Melvyn Bragg’s The Hired Man at London’s Cadogan Hall. Russell (Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park With George) will star opposite John Owen-Jones (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera) in the roles of John and Emily in […]
WhatsOnStage Awards will feature performances from Pixie Lott and Jenna Russell
WhatsOnStage has revealed that Pixie Lott, soon to be seen on stage in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, will perform ‘Moon River’ at the 16th annual WhatsOnStage Awards concert on 21 February at the Prince of Wales Theatre. There will also be performances from hosts Mel Giedroyc and Steve Furst, who will kick off the show with an original song ‘The Greatest Show of All’, Jenna Russell with a number from musical Grey […]
Interview – creators of Grey Gardens, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie and Doug Wright
Grey Gardens received its European premiere at the Southwark Playhouse opened on 2 January and has quickly proved to be the first must-see show of 2016. This quirky musical takes its inspiration from the 1975 feature-length documentary of the same name – indeed, it’s the first Broadway musical based on a documentary – turning the […]
Grey Gardens – Southwark Playhouse
Grey Gardens continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 6 February. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ By now, we are all used to musical theatre plundering cinema’s back catalogue to find stories. We are less used to those stories coming from documentaries rather than works of fiction. Grey Gardens was a 1975 documentary chronicling the […]
European premiere of Grey Gardens – cast and creative team revealed
Final casting and the full creative team have been revealed for the eagerly awaited European premiere of the Broadway musical Grey Gardens, based on an iconic 1975 documentary, telling the spectacular real life rise and fall of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ aunt and cousin, Edith and Edie Bouvier Beale. Joining the previously announced Olivier Award-winning West End stars […]
European premiere of Grey Gardens – Sheila Hancock and Jenna Russell star
Olivier Award-winning West End stars, Sheila Hancock and Jenna Russell, are to star in the eagerly awaited European premiere of Grey Gardens. Based on an iconic 1975 documentary, Grey Gardens, with Book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michael Korie, tells the spectacular real life rise and fall of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ aunt and cousin, Edith […]
Sheila Hancock joins cast of Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure
Reprising the role of The Storyteller, British actress Sheila Hancock has been confirmed as the latest name to take to the stage for the concert staging of Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure, making its return to the London stage at the Adelphi Theatre on Sunday 25 October for a matinee and evening performance. Hancock is the […]
Ray Quinn joins cast of Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan
Stage and television performer Ray Quinn will take on the title role in the concert staging of Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure, making its return to the London stage at the Adelphi Theatre on Sunday 25 October for a matinee and evening performance. Quinn is the latest key cast member to be confirmed […]
Peter Pan concert staging – Bradley Walsh and Jenna Russell cast
Bradley Walsh and Jenna Russell are the first performers to be cast in the concert staging of Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure, making its return to the London stage at the Adelphi Theatre on Sunday 25 October for a matinee and evening performance. Entertainment stalwart and star of stage and screen, Bradley Walsh (Coronation Street, […]
Jenna Russell and Maria Friedman join line-up for Sondheim 85th Birthday Tribute
A star-studded West End cast of more than 50 principals, a 40-piece orchestra led by Gareth Valentine and an ensemble of over 50, including a chorus from ArtsEd, will celebrate the songs and shows of Stephen Sondheim in Hey, Old Friends! An 85th Birthday Tribute to Stephen Sondheim at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on Sunday 25 […]
Songs For a New World – St James Theatre
Songs For a New World continues at the St James Theatre, London until 8 August. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Taking your seat in St James’ auditorium, spying the spare apartment, stacks of furniture in the corner, you get a glimpse of what the show is at its heart: a juxtaposition of […]
Songs For a New World – Cynthia Erivo and Jenna Russell lead cast at St James
Celebrating 20 years since its first performance Off-Broadway, an all-new London production of triple-Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown’s first musical Songs For a New World runs at the St James Theatre for a strictly limited run of three weeks (Wednesday 22 July to 8 August, press night is Friday 24 July), directed by Adam Lenson. This special anniversary […]
Phill Jupitus joins Urinetown the Musical London cast
Renowned comedian Phill Jupitus (Never Mind The Buzzcocks, QI, Hairspray, Spamalot) will join the cast of Jamie Lloyd’s production of Urinetown the Musical from 1 December 2014. Coinciding with this announcement, it will also be the last chance to see Jenna Russell, Simon Paisley Day and Marc Elliott in their critically acclaimed roles – Penelope Pennywise, Caldwell B. Cladwell and Mr. McQueen respectively. They have their final performance on 29 November. […]
Urinetown the Musical – Apollo Theatre
Urinetown the Musical continues at the Apollo Theatre, London. Urinetown is an attempt to create a disturbing piece set in a dsystopian world where, after years of drought, private toilet facilities are banned, with people forced to pay extortionate fees to use scarce and filthy amenities run by an avaricious big business firm. It is also […]
Anything Goes: A Celebration of the Music of Cole Porter – Cadogan Hall
Anything Goes: A 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Music of Cole Porter at Cadogan Hall, London continues until 23 August. Goodness knows why we need a reason to celebrate the genius of Cole Porter, but the official excuse for these two beautiful hours of unadulterated joy is that 50 years ago in October the great man left us […]
Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2014/Stiles & Drewe Prize
The 12 finalists of this year’s Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Competition 2014 (SSSSPOTY) will sing their hearts out competing for the title on Sunday 18 May at 3pm at the West End’s Garrick Theatre. The young artists will not only sing a Sondheim number, but at the composer/lyricist’s request, they will also perform 12 […]
Urinetown – St James Theatre
Urinetown continues at the St James Theatre, London until 3 May. It must be about ten years ago that I came across the run-down theatre on Broadway where this oddly named musical – by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis – was playing. Intrigued by the title and having a spare evening, I saw the show and fell in love […]
Urinetown the Musical begins previews at St James Theatre
Simon Paisley Day, Jenna Russell, Richard Fleeshman and Jonathan Slinger lead the cast in the UK premiere of multi-Tony Award-winning Urinetown the Musical, directed by Jamie Lloyd, opening for previews this weekend at St James Theatre, London (running until 3 May 2014, press night is 11 March). The cast for the musical, which features music […]
Singular Sensations – Charing Cross Theatre
Edward Seckerson – formerly the presenter of BBC Radio 3’s long-running musical theatre show Stage & Screen – is to host Singular Sensations, a series of in-depth encounters with stars of musical theatre at London’s Charing Cross Theatre. This winter’s inaugural season of intimate sessions will become a regular Sunday afternoon fixture for musical theatre enthusiasts. […]
