Olivier Award winner Jenna Russell will play Frank Sinatra’s beloved mother Dolly in the West End premiere of writer Joe DiPietro’s Sinatra The Musical this summer.
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Joel Harper-Jackson to lead the West End premiere of Sinatra The Musical
Joel Harper-Jackson will play the legendary Frank Sinatra in the West End premiere of double Tony Award-winning writer Joe DiPietro’s (Memphis The Musical, What’s New Pussycat?) Sinatra The Musical this summer.
West End debut for Frank Sinatra musical
Directed by triple Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall, Sinatra The Musical will begin performances at the Adelphi Theatre on 3 June.
Full cast for Birmingham Rep’s Frank Sinatra musical
Ana Villafañe and Phoebe Panaretos will star opposite Tony Award-winner Matt Doyle in the world premiere of Sinatra The Musical at Birmingham Rep this autumn.
Broadway’s Matt Doyle to play Frank Sinatra in world premiere of new musical
Tony Award winner Matt Doyle will take on the title role in the world premiere of Sinatra The Musical at Birmingham Rep this autumn.
World premiere date set for Frank Sinatra musical
Timed to mark the 70th anniversary of Sinatra’s 1953 UK tour (which included a visit to the city) Sinatra The Musical will debut at Birmingham Rep from 23 September until 28 October 2023.
What’s New Pussycat? – Birmingham Rep
What’s New Pussycat? continues at Birmingham Repertory Theatre until 14 November 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Surely it was only a matter of time until a ‘jukebox’ musical featuring the back catalogue of Welsh singing superstar Tom Jones came along. And now it has, in the shape of the highly impressive What’s […]
Cast and creatives for What’s New Pussycat? premiere
The full cast and creative team for the world premiere of What’s New Pussycat? at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre this autumn. Featuring the songs of national treasure Sir Tom Jones, the new musical which is directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet, In The Heights) will star Dominic Andersen (The Rocky Horror Show, Playhouse Theatre, Heathers, […]
Broadway opening night and Netflix date for Diana: The Musical
The controversial Princess Diana musical will now premiere on Netflix on 1 October 2021 just over two months before the show celebrates its delayed Broadway opening night on 16 November. As previously announced a performance of Diana: The Musical was filmed for Netflix at the Longacre Theatre without an audience in attendance last year. The […]
Broadway’s Diana musical to premiere on Netflix
The controversial new musical based on the life of Princess Diana will now premiere on Netflix ahead of its delayed Broadway opening in May next year. Producers Grove Entertainment (Beth Williams), Frank Marshall and The Araca Group have announced that the show which had begin preview performances at the Longacre Theatre before the Covid-closedown, will […]
New musical features the hits of Tom Jones
A high-powered creative team has been assembled to bring a major new musical featuring the songs of national treasure Tom Jones to the stage. Luke Sheppard (In The Heights), the director of the current West End smash & Juliet will take charge alongside celebrated stage and screen choreographer Arlene Phillips and award-winning set designer Jon […]
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – Chiswick Playhouse
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change at the Chiswick Playhouse, London until 30 November 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I Love You? Yes! You’re Perfect? Not quite (a few dodgy accents and too many of them) but laugh-out-loud funny and lovable. Now Change? Wouldn’t alter a word. In fact, quite a […]
Nice Work If You Can Get It – Upstairs At The Gatehouse
Nice Work If You Can Get It continues at Upstairs At The Gatehouse, London until 27 January 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Gatehouse has done it again with the first-rate UK, and I think European, premiere production of the Gershwin jukebox musical as its 21st Christmas musical offering. One […]
Ben Irish joins The Toxic Avenger musical in title role
The West End will get a new superhero and leading man tonight (Tuesday 7 November) when Ben Irish joins the cast of the critically-acclaimed rock musical The Toxic Avenger – The Musical in the title role. Ben replaces Mark Anderson, who has withdrawn from the production, for the final four weeks of its strictly limited […]
Interview – David Bryan and Joe DiPietro have fun talking Toxic Avenger (and their forthcoming Princess Diana musical)
Collaborators David Bryan and Joe DiPietro’s comedy rock musical The Toxic Avenger has returned to London, finding a new home at the Arts Theatre. The Toxic Avenger previously played at the Southwark Playhouse, Off-Broadway, Toronto and, most recently, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe where it was one of Musical Theatre Review’s ten nominees for its inaugural Best Musical Award. New […]
The Toxic Avenger – Arts Theatre
The Toxic Avenger continues at the Arts Theatre, London until 3 December. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Following a sell-out run at the Southwark Playhouse last summer, The Toxic Avenger deservedly blasts its way into the Arts Theatre full of pizzazz, moxie and fabulous non PC fearlessness (and fresh from being […]
The Toxic Avenger – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Pleasance Courtyard
The Toxic Avenger continues at the Pleasance Courtyard until 28 August, then transfers to London’s Arts Theatre for a 10-week season from 28 September. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Sitting in amongst the usual Fringe scale shows, The Toxic Avenger stands out before it even begins in the scale and practicality […]
Toxic Avenger – full cast revealed for transfer
Mark Anderson [pictured] will return to the central role in the hit Off-Broadway rock musical The Toxic Avenger which will follow its sold-out London debut at the Southwark Playhouse with a transfer to the Arts Theatre this autumn. Directed by Benji Sperring, the European premiere production of the show – based on a 1980s cult […]
Ernest Shackleton Loves Me – Tony Kiser Theatre, New York
Ernest Shackleton Loves Me continues at the Tony Kiser Theatre, New York until 11 June. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Val Vigoda is virtually a one-woman band in the exhilarating Off-Broadway musical, Ernest Shackleton Loves Me. Most of the time, she is furiously bowing away on her electric violin, sometimes beating […]
The Toxic Avenger heads to the Arts Theatre for strictly limited season
Hit Off-Broadway rock musical The Toxic Avenger will follow its London debut at the Southwark Playhouse last year with a transfer to the Arts Theatre this autumn. Directed by Benji Sperring, the European premiere production of the show – based on a 1980s cult classic sci-fi comedy film from genre filmmakers Troma Entertainment – will play […]
The Toxic Avenger – Southwark Playhouse
The Toxic Avenger continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 21 May. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s a tale as old as time. Boy meets blind girl, turns toxic due to exposure to hazardous waste, goes on to save the environment and eventually wins over the girl. Okay, so it might not quite […]
The Toxic Avenger European premiere – casting details
Mark Anderson will play the title role in the European premiere of the hit Off-Broadway rock musical The Toxic Avenger when it opens at London’s Southwark Playhouse next month. The actor, who played Elder Thomas in the original West End cast of The Book of Mormon, will play Toxie the Toxic Avenger in the production […]
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – Above the Arts Theatre
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change continues at Above the Arts Theatre, London until 18 July. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ These days Joe DiPietro is best known for Broadway and West End musical Memphis, for which he wrote the book and, with composer David Bryan, co-wrote the lyrics. But the smaller scale […]
Love Me Tender – full cast revealed for UK and Ireland tour
The full cast has been revealed for the UK and Ireland tour of Love Me Tender, the new musical inspired by and featuring the music of Elvis Presley. The tour will open on Friday 5 June 2015 at the Manchester Opera House. Joining the previously announced Mica Paris as Sylvia will be Sian Reeves as Mayor Matilda Hyde and Shaun Williamson as Jim with Ben Lewis as Chad. The […]
Elvis musical Love Me Tender will tour from June 2015
The UK tour of Love Me Tender – a new musical inspired by and featuring the music of Elvis Presley – will open on Friday 5 June 2015 at the Manchester Opera House. Casting will be announced shortly. From the producers of Hairspray, Jersey Boys and West Side Story, Love Me Tender is a feel-good musical featuring Elvis Presley’s greatest hits. In a small town in 1950s America, a […]
Memphis the Musical – Original London Cast Album
Newly crowned as the West End’s Best New Musical at the WhatsOnStage Awards, Memphis the Musical is set in the world of underground R&B clubs in 1950s Tennessee. Killian Donnelly stars as Huey Calhoun, the white radio DJ who faces wrath – and outright racism – as he brings the clubs’ “race music” to wider […]
Beverley Knight extends her run in Memphis the Musical
Queen of British soul, Beverley Knight who stars as Felicia Farrell alongside Killian Donnelly as Huey Calhoun, has announced that she will be extending her run in Memphis the Musical until July 2015. The production, which is currently nominated for ten publicly-voted WhatsOnStage Awards, continues to book through to 31 October 2015. Producers of the musical, which recently celebrated its 100th performance at the Shaftesbury Theatre, […]
Memphis the Musical – Shaftesbury Theatre
Memphis the Musical continues at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. If you happen to be pining for the Great White Way, then a trip to the Shaftesbury Theatre may be in order, for while Memphis the Musical isn’t perfect, it boasts many of the qualities that make Broadway shows so special. Set in 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, […]
Memphis the Musical begins rehearsals – new images
Rehearsals have now begun for the West End production of hit Broadway musical Memphis, which will have preview performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London from 9 October 2014 with opening night on 23 October. Winner of four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Memphis has a Grammy Award-winning original score by Bon Jovi founding member David Bryan and book by Joe […]
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – Battersea Barge
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change continues at the Battersea Barge, London until 17 July. Love in all its guises is the backbone of most musicals – and nowhere more so than in this structured revue with book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro (whose Memphis will open in the West End later this year) and music by Jimmy Roberts. […]
West End production of Memphis – full cast revealed
Casting was announced today for the West End production of Broadway musical Memphis, which will have preview performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London from 9 October 2014 with opening night on 23 October. Winner of four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Memphis has a Grammy Award-winning original score by Bon Jovi founding member David Bryan and book by Joe DiPietro. […]
West End production of Memphis will star Beverley Knight
Award-winning recording artist Beverley Knight will star as club singer ‘Felicia’ in the Broadway musical Memphis when it opens at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre in October 2014. Preview performances begin on 9 October and opening night is 23 October. The musical won four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical and has a Grammy Award-winning original score by Bon Jovi founding […]
