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.
Top Hat – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Top Hat was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London where it continues until 18 October 2025. The tour continues until 11 April 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This is escapist entertainment, pure and simple.
Top Hat – Edinburgh Playhouse and Touring
Top Hat was reviewed at Edinburgh Playhouse where it continues until 4 October 2025. The tour continues until 11 April 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The choreography is immaculate, featuring dazzling solo dance and stunning unison tap dancing.
Top Hat – Chichester Festival Theatre
Top Hat continues at Chichester Festival Theatre until 6 September 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Marshall’s spellbinding direction weaves seamless transitions between uproarious comedy and breathtaking dance sequences.
Cast for Chichester’s Top Hat
Broadway star Phillip Attmore will make his UK debut opposite West End star Lucy St Louis in Chichester Festival Theatre’s eagerly anticipated production of Irving Berlin’s dance musical Top Hat.
Top Hat and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry to feature in Chichester Festival Theatre’s new season
A major new production of Irving Berlin’s dance musical Top Hat and the world premiere of a musical version of Rachel Joyce’s novel, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will feature in the Chichester Festival Theatre’s (CFT) 2025 season.
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.
Anything Goes – Barbican Theatre
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 […]
Extra three weeks added to Anything Goes Barbican encore – Check out the new production images
The Barbican encore season of the hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes has been extended in response to exceptional demand for tickets. A box office record breaker at the Barbican last year the critic and crowd-pleasing will now follow tour dates across the […]
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, […]
Film Review: Anything Goes
Anything Goes is screened in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 28 November 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If you missed Kathleen Marshall’s phenomenally successful production of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes at the Barbican this year, then fear not: the cameras were in over a few nights to capture the […]
Barbican encore season for record-breaking Anything Goes
The hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes will cruise back into the Barbican Theatre next summer. A box office record breaker at the prestigious London venue the production which celebrated the highest-grossing week for a musical at the Barbican in its 39-year history […]
Anything Goes breaks Barbican’s box office records
The hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes smashed the Barbican Theatre’s box office record last week. With takings of £717,000, the critic and crowd-pleasing production celebrated the highest-grossing week for a musical at the Barbican in its 39-year history. Commenting on the response […]
Cinema screenings announced for hit production of Anything Goes
The hit production of Anything Goes, due to take its final bow on 6 November, will sail into over 450 cinema screens nationwide for two nights only on 28 November and 1 December in a live recording filmed at London’s Barbican Theatre. Presented by the Barbican and filmed live in London – during the show’s […]
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 […]
Felicity Kendal and Gary Wilmot join the cast of Anything Goes
Felicity Kendal and Gary Wilmot are the latest star additions to the cast of the much-anticipated UK re-working of director Kathleen Marshall’s award-winning 2011 Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes. Evening Standard Theatre Award winner Kendal (Much Ado About Nothing, Lettice and Lovage) will make her West End musical […]
Will & Grace’s Megan Mullally makes her West End musical debut in Anything Goes opposite Robert Lindsay
Classic musical Anything Goes is making a return to the London stage in spring and summer 2021 for a strictly limited 15-week engagement at the Barbican Theatre, starring Emmy & SAG Award winner Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) who is making her West End musical debut as Reno Sweeney, and Tony, Olivier and BAFTA Award […]
In Transit – Circle in the Square Theatre, New York
In Transit continues at the Circle in the Square Theatre, New York. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Just thinking about all the energy that the 11-person cast of In Transit expends during its 100 minutes or so running time can wear you out. The new Broadway musical is a snappy and […]
The Band Wagon – Encores! – New York City Center, New York
The Band Wagon continues as an Encores! Special Event at New York City Center, New York until 16 November. ‘That’s Entertainment’, the Arthur Schwartz-A Dietz ode to theatrical storytelling, is practically synonymous with the classic 1953 movie musical, The Band Wagon, where the song was first heard. And the new stage adaptation of The Band […]
