Patrick Honoré offers a round-up of some standout Broadway shows, beginning with a crooner’s comeback and concluding with a nostalgic and traditional nod to the past.
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Lea Salonga: Stage, Screen and Everything In Between – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff and Touring
Lea Salonga: Stage, Screen and Everything In Between was reviewed at the Donald Gordon Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff. The UK tour continues until 1 July 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A show that embraces songs from top-notch musical theatre performed by a singer whose ongoing expertise and evident enjoyment of her craft are a joy and a privilege to witness.
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends – Gielgud Theatre
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends continues at the Gielgud Theatre, London until 6 January 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What a glorious evening of unalloyed brilliance at the Gielgud with a superb cast headed by Sondheim muse Bernadette Peters and fellow Broadway legend Lea Salonga feasting on the works of the greatest composer of our time in a glittering revue originally conceived as a one-off tribute by entrepreneur Cameron Mackintosh after he left us at 91 with so many rich and profound memories.
Short delay for Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends following departure of Hadyn Gwynne
The highly anticipated West End return of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends has been delayed by four days after one of the show’s stars, Hadyn Gwynne was forced to withdraw due to ‘sudden personal circumstances’.
Full company confirmed for Sondheim’s Old Friends
The full cast has been unveiled for the highly anticipated West End return of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends with a strictly limited season at the Gielgud Theatre later this year.
Star presenters revealed for Olivier Awards
A star studded line-up of presenters and attendees has been announced for Sunday’s Olivier Awards 2023 at the Royal Albert Hall.
Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga to star in West End run of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Broadway legend Bernadette Peters will be appearing in a West End run for the very first time when Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends returns to the West End to play a special limited season at the Gielgud Theatre.
Lea Salonga to bring new tour to UK in 2022
West End and Broadway star Lea Salonga will return to the UK with her new Dream Again tour next summer. Presented by Cuffe & Taylor, the tour which will play nine dates across the UK including a performance at the Royal Albert Hall on 28 June 2022, will mark the first time the singer and […]
Musicals: The Greatest Show – BBC1 and BBC iPlayer
Musicals: The Greatest Show – BBC1 and BBC iPlayer (where it is available for a year). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ As soon as the great Ramin Karimloo launched into a sublime ‘Music of the Night’, tears started rolling down cheeks and shivers tumbled like a waterfall down the spine. We […]
Marisha Wallace releases ‘Tomorrow’ to raise money for Broadway Cares and Make A Difference Trust
West End and Broadway star and recording artist Marisha Wallace (Waitress, Dreamgirls, Aladdin) has released a cover of the timeless ‘Tomorrow’ from the musical Annie to raise funds for Broadway Cares and the Make a Difference Trust. One hundred per cent of the funds raised from the song will be donated to both organisations to […]
Take Me To The World: Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
Take Me To The World: Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration – Live on Broadway.com’s YouTube channel. Never mind it’s over a month since Stephen Sondheim celebrated his 90th birthday, never mind the show started 70 minutes past its advertised time because of technical difficulties, this almighty love-in for a musical legend was well worth the wait. […]
Waitress is the big winner at the West End Wilma Awards 2019
The West End Wilma Awards, now into their sixth year, are a rather more informal affair than some of theatreland’s more established ceremonies. Here, the theatregoing audience mingles freely with the stars whose work they have enjoyed and voted for in one of the awards’ ten categories. At this year’s ceremony, held at London’s Café […]
Interview – Scott Alan tells his story in The Journey at Live at Zédel
Award-winning singer-songwriter SCOTT ALAN presents his one-man musical, The Journey, at London’s Live at Zédel from 27 December to 8 January. Told through more than a dozen new and established songs, The Journey charts the writer’s story through sexual awakening and battles with physical and mental health. The show also features music that has been a magnate for some of […]
Interview – songwriters Daniel and Laura Curtis on latest album Overture
Award-winning composers and lyricists Daniel and Laura Curtis have assembled 25 leading artists from both the US and UK to record the largest-ever Broadway and West End collaboration album, Overture. Best-known for their debut album Love On 42nd Street, the duo’s work has been performed by leading musical theatre performers including Lea Salonga, Sierra Boggess and Ramin […]
Miss Saigon – 25th anniversary performance in cinemas – Review
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Cameron Mackintosh’s most recent production of Boublil and Schönberg’s haunting musical, Miss Saigon – 25th Anniversary Performance will be screened at cinemas across the UK today (16 October). The film mixes footage from the last night at the Prince Edward Theatre in February, along with selections from the 2014 gala show. Featuring the […]
Interview – original Chris, Simon Bowman on Miss Saigon 25th anniversary film
The role of Chris in Miss Saigon made SIMON BOWMAN a West End star when the show debuted to rave reviews at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1989. After playing the American soldier whose doomed romance with Vietnamese bargirl Kim is the subject of the smash hit musical for around 1,000 performances, Bowman went […]
Miss Saigon 25th anniversary film to debut in cinemas
The filmed version of Cameron Mackintosh’s most recent production of Boublil and Schönberg’s haunting musical Miss Saigon will be screened at cinemas across the UK on 16 October. Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance, which mixes footage from the last night at the Prince Edward Theatre in February with selections from the 2014 gala show, will […]
Lea Salonga launches tour with appearance at Lytham Festival
West End and Broadway star Lea Salonga will launch her 2016/2017 world tour with an appearance at the popular Lytham Festival in Lytham St Annes near Blackpool. The multi award-winning singer who shot to fame in Miss Saigon will appear at the festival’s star-studded West End Proms event on Sunday 7 August. Her concert tour […]
Allegiance sets closing on Broadway
The list of casualties among this season’s new Broadway musicals continues to grow, as Allegiance announced a 14 February closing. The show stars George Takei, a popular veteran of the Star Trek franchise, and was inspired by his own childhood experience as it depicts the internment of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War. Sharing the […]
Allegiance – Longacre Theatre, New York
Allegiance continues at the Longacre Theatre, New York. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Allegiance tells an epic story in unabashed epic fashion. This new Broadway musical boldly targets the audience’s emotions and pretty much succeeds in engaging them with lots of plot, not-too-distant history and a score that goes from driving, quasi-opera-like anthems to swingy pop […]
