La Cage aux Folles continues at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris until 11 January 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ It successfully reconnects the musical to its French theatrical roots while addressing contemporary questions of identity and acceptance.
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Sunset Boulevard wins big at the WhatsOnStage Awards, Guys and Dolls picks up Best Revival and Operation Mincemeat is top New Musical
The big winner of the night at the 24th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards at the London Palladium was Sunset Boulevard with seven awards from its nine nominations.
WhatsOnStage Awards – Guys and Dolls leads the nominees
The Bridge Theatre’s critic and crowd-pleasing production of Guys & Dolls leads the nominees for the 24th WhatsOnStage Awards.
Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2023
A selection of critics have chosen their ‘show of the year’ although some struggled to pick just one. The shows represent just a small percentage of productions staged this year, but we hope these ‘top picks’ bring back some happy memories.
La Cage aux Folles – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
La Cage aux Folles continues at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London until 16 September 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Most importantly, La Cage hits hard because its message of accepting yourself and others for who they are is timely now as it was in 1983.
Casting update – West End, regional and touring theatre, plus London concerts too
Sometimes there are so many exciting press releases arriving in the Musical Theatre Review email inbox, that it’s hard to keep up, so we asked our news editor Angela Thomas if she could round up all the very latest casting news related to West End, regional and touring productions (and even a few London concerts […]
Three major productions announced for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s 2023 season
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s 2023 summer season will feature major productions of La Cage Aux Folles and Once On This Island alongside newly commissioned Robin Hood: The Legend Re-written.
Remembering Donald Pippin (1926-2022) – Broadway’s favourite musical director, conductor and arranger
In many ways Donald Pippin, who has died at the age of 95, was the American musical theatre’s greatest maestro as a musical director and conductor. And from 1955 until 2018 he was also responsible for the vocal arrangements of some of Broadway’s most successful shows. Michael Darvell looks back on a great musical career… […]
CD Review: Musicals, Vol. 1 – Tom Solomon
MUSICALS, VOL. 1 – Tom Solomon (released on 10 December 2021). Take eight of the greatest numbers in musical theatre history and, if the voice is good enough, you can’t really go wrong. Put experienced crossover performer Tom Solomon on their case, get it on the market for Christmas and you have a compilation that […]
Tributes flow in for popular performer Nolan Frederick
Graham Norton and Miriam Margolyes are among the many friends and theatre colleagues who have taken to social media to post heartfelt tributes to Nolan Frederick following the announcement of the actor’s death. A hugely popular performer, Nolan Frederick’s extensive musical theatre credits included Cats, Ragtime, Show Boat, Kiss Me, Kate, Bat Boy, The Pajama […]
Remembering Jerry Herman 1931-2019
Jerry Herman, the American composer and lyricist of Hello, Dolly!, Mame, La Cage Aux Folles, Dear World and The Grand Tour, has died at the age of 88. Michael Darvell looks back at the work of a great Broadway talent. The American composer and lyricist Jerry Herman, who has died aged 88, was essentially a […]
Tributes paid to Broadway legend Jerry Herman
Harvey Fierstein and Angela Lansbury were among the star names paying tribute to the musical theatre legend Jerry Herman following news that the multi-award-winning composer and lyricist had died on 26 December 2019 at the age of 88. Writing on Twitter, Fierstein who wrote the book for Herman’s La Cage Aux Folles said: “Jerry Herman […]
Interview: John Barrowman gets up close and personal with Seth Rudetsky and the Leicester Square Theatre audience
Stage and screen star JOHN BARROWMAN is back in London for three special cabaret performances as part of Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre series (Friday 13 April and two shows on Saturday 14 April). The Doctor Who, Torchwood and Arrow actor will be inviting fans to join him for music and chat and fans will […]
La Cage Aux Folles – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
La Cage Aux Folles continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 18 March and then tours until 26 August. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The first-ever UK tour of Jerry Herman’s insanely entertaining 1983 Broadway hit – it picked up six Tonys and ran for four and a half years – is a […]
La Cage Aux Folles tour – full casting
John Partridge, Adrian Zmed and Marti Webb will star in the much-loved musical La Cage Aux Folles when it embarks on its first ever nationwide tour, opening at the New Oxford Theatre on 5 January. John Partridge will play ‘Albin’ who moonlights as star drag act Zaza at the infamous La Cage aux Folles nightclub. Partridge’s extensive theatre credits include the West […]
La Cage Aux Folles – Marti Webb joins cast of touring production
Actress Marti Webb will join John Partridge and Adrian Zmed when the much-loved musical La Cage Aux Folles embarks on its first ever nationwide tour, opening at the New Oxford Theatre on 5 January. One of the West End’s most revered leading ladies’, TV star and recording artist Marti Webb will play Jacqueline, friend to Albin and Georges, and owner of the […]
La Cage Aux Folles – first nationwide tour stars John Partridge and Adrian Zmed
Much-loved musical La Cage Aux Folles embarks on its first ever nationwide tour with John Partridge as ‘Albin’ and Adrian Zmed as ‘Georges’, opening at the New Oxford Theatre on 5 January. John Partridge will play ‘Albin’ who moonlights as star drag act Zaza at the infamous La Cage aux Folles nightclub. Partridge’s extensive theatre credits include the West End productions of A Chorus Line at […]
Jerry’s Girls transfers to Jermyn Street Theatre for three-week run
Following a sell-out run at St James Studio last month, musical revue Jerry’s Girls will transfer to Jermyn Street Theatre for a limited three-week run from Tuesday 12 to Sunday 31 May 2015, with a press night on Friday 15 May. Featuring songs from classic musicals including Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage Aux Folles, […]
Jerry’s Girls – St James Studio
Jerry’s Girls continues at St James Studio, London until 15 March. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It is only when you hear 28 of his show songs paraded one after the other in a sparkling revue staged so winningly by a hectically-involved cast of five under Kate Golledge’s imaginative direction that you realise the full extent of Broadway legend Jerry […]
Love is Good – Christine Andreas and Martin Silvestri – The Pheasantry
Love is Good: Christine Andreas and Martin Silvestri continues at The Pheasantry, London, until 21 February. Star rating: 5 stars ***** It’s almost 40 years since Christine Andreas played Eliza Doolittle in the 1976 revival of My Fair Lady on Broadway but the beauty of voice and face remains totally intact and this Love is Good collaboration with her composer-arranger-pianist […]
Jerry Herman revue Jerry’s Girls opens at St James Studio in 2015
Thirty years after it opened on Broadway, musical revue Jerry’s Girls will be revived in a limited two-week run at the St James Studio, London from 3 to 15 March 2015. Jerry’s Girls brings together an all-female cast to honour the legacy of the multi Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist of some of the greatest Broadway […]
Christine Andreas – The Pheasantry
Christine Andreas performed at The Pheasantry, London. London is being spoilt for cabaret divas at the moment with Christine Andreas’ residency at The Pheasantry being followed by the incomparable Ann Hampton Callaway at the Crazy Coqs this week. A “dyed-in-the-wool Broadway baby”, Andreas has a list of musical theatre credits anyone would be proud of, […]
