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No 2027 date for Sunday in the Park With George

The team behind the high-profile new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park With George have announced the production will no longer be staged in 2027.

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Jonathan Bailey withdraws from Sunday in the Park With George following Ariana Grande’s departure

Following the news in early August that Ariana Grande had withdrawn from next year’s eagerly awaited new production of Sunday in the Park With George at London’s Barbican Theatre, it has now been announced that Jonathan Bailey will also no longer appear in the production.

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Barbican’s Sunday in the Park With George to be recast as Ariana Grande plans to take a break from public life

The team behind next year’s eagerly awaited new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer-winning musical Sunday in the Park With George is on the search for a new leading lady after Grammy Award winner Ariana Grande has withdrawn from the production.

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Music Review: Wicked: For Good

Wicked: For Good – Movie Cast Recording (Universal Studios and Republic Records). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Fans of the first part of the Wicked movie duology had to wait patiently for 12 months but the second instalment – Wicked: For Good – finally landed in cinemas and concluded the well-loved story […]

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Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande to lead major new London production of Sunday in the Park With George

Olivier Award winner Jonathan Bailey and Grammy Award winner Ariana Grande will lead a major new London production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park With George.

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Streaming date revealed for Wicked: For Good – MTR editor Lisa Martland reviews the new movie on Andrew Tomlins’ West End Frame Show

Part Two of Jon M Chu’s thrillifying film adaptation of the much-loved hit musical Wicked – Wicked: For Good, will be released on digital platforms in the UK on 2 January 2026.

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Company – Gielgud Theatre

Company continues at the Gielgud Theatre, London until 22 December 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fuddy-duddy traditionalists who don’t normally like great works being tweaked or updated will be approaching this gender-bending revival of Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 musical Company with trepidation but they needn’t worry – it’s wonderful. This most […]

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Amy becomes Jamie as Jonathan Bailey and Alex Gaumond join cast of re-gendered Company

Jonathan Bailey, Alex Gaumond and Daisy Maywood will complete the cast for Marianne Elliott’s eagerly-anticipated gender-swapped version of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company. Bailey (American Psycho, Almeida, Othello, National Theatre) will play the re-gender-switched role of Jamie (originally Amy) opposite Gaumond (Matilda, We Will Rock You, West End) who will play his devoted fiancée Paul. […]

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The Last Five Years – St James Theatre

The Last Five Years continues at the St James Theatre, London until 3 December. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The songs from Jason Robert Brown’s high concept musical The Last Five Years have become so popular amongst performers that the show has a tendency to become a collection of audition songs […]

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Jason Robert Brown to direct his The Last Five Years at St James Theatre

Multi-award winning Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown will direct a new London production of his acclaimed musical The Last Five Years at the St James Theatre in October. Stage and screen rising stars Samantha Barks and Jonathan Bailey will star in the production which will play the London venue from Friday 28 October until Saturday […]

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