West End and Broadway leading ladies Kerry Ellis, Louise Dearman and Rachel Tucker will reunite to bring their acclaimed show Gravity to audiences across the UK in 2026.
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Julian Ovenden in Concert – Cadogan Hall
Julian Ovenden in Concert at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The renowned actor and singer’s distinctive voice and stage presence have made him a beloved figure in the world of UK musical theatre.
Music Review: Schwartz Songs
Schwartz Songs – Brand New Recordings of Stephen Schwartz’s Greatest Songs (Westway Music). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A must-listen for fans of musical theatre, not only paying homage to Schwartz’s incredible career but also introducing his music to a new generation of listeners.
Video released for Side Show In Concert
Enjoy a preview of today’s one-night-only concert performance of the Broadway musical Side Show with this video featuring stars Louise Dearman and Rachel Tucker singing ‘I Will Never Leave You’.
The Wonderful Music and Lyrics of Jerry Herman – Cadogan Hall
The Wonderful Music and Lyrics of Jerry Herman at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Music Review: Oklahoma! – World Premiere Complete Recording
Music Review: Oklahoma! – World Premiere Complete Recording. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ With every note from the original production, every scene change and every dance sequence included on John Wilson’s magnificently complete recording of Oklahoma!, who could want or ask for anything more?
An Unnecessarily Hostile Q&A with The Mayor of Musical Theatre (Did we mention the Mayor’s latest interview is with Carrie Hope Fletcher?)
A new study has revealed that there are between three and four million podcasts internationally, but only 720,000 have more than ten episodes. As The Mayor of Musical Theatre releases its eleventh – featuring West End superstar Carrie Hope Fletcher – here is a Q&A with its host and MTR contributor, Ian Bowkett.
West End debut for Off-Broadway hit Emojiland
Off-Broadway hit Emojiland will make its West End debut for a one night only concert performance at the Garrick Theatre later this month. Featuring music by Keith Harrison Dworkin, and a book and lyrics by Dworkin and Laura Schein, the award-winning new musical will arrive in London on 31 October. The new production of the […]
Programme and presenters for West End LIVE
Over 48 of the West End’s most popular shows will be on hand to turn London’s iconic Trafalgar Square into the ultimate open-air theatre when West End LIVE returns to the capital this weekend. The organisers of the crowd-pleasing live entertainment event have confirmed the performance schedule and the presenters for the annual two-day musical […]
CD Review: Theatre – Joe Stilgoe
THEATRE – Joe Stilgoe (Westway Records – Download and CD) Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Stilgoe’s ninth album, now on Westway Records, is a tribute to the theatre or, to be precise, to the great songwriters through the years (plus three new songs written by Stilgoe himself). Simon Callow appears on […]
John Owen-Jones joins cast of gala concert performance of Mimma
West End and Broadway performer John Owen-Jones and renowned opera singers Ashley Riches and Elena Xanthoudakis are the latest additions to the all-star cast assembled for the gala concert performance of new musical Mimma at London’s Cadogan Hall next month. The youngest actor to play the role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables and a […]
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the music of Stephen Sondheim
The timeless music of the late great Stephen Sondheim will be celebrated in a special concert performance at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall on 14 January 2021. Part of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s current season of concerts, Sondheim: Broadway Baby will feature guest vocalists Louise Dearman (Wicked, Guys and Dolls), Nadim Naaman (The Phantom of […]
David Suchet to headline charity concert performance of new musical Mimma
Stage and screen star David Suchet will join West End leading ladies Louise Dearman and Celinde Schoenmaker for a gala concert performance of new musical Mimma at London’s Cadogan Hall early next year. The multi-award-winning actor who will be forever associated with his long-running role as Hercule Poirot will return to the stage to play […]
The Theatre Channel – Stephen Schwartz special
The Theatre Channel – Stephen Schwartz special (Episode 8) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Theatre Channel’s focus on the phenomenal career of Stephen Schwartz, doyen of musical theatre, film for his work with Disney, and even an opera (Séance on a Wet Afternoon), is time restrained to a mere taster, but […]
The Theatre Channel Episode 8 will celebrate the work of Stephen Schwartz
The work of multi-award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz will be in the spotlight when the popular pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series The Theatre Channel returns next month. Presented by Adam Blanshay Productions, Park Theatre, Playbill and The Theatre Café, the special episode will be narrated by Schwartz who will also join the resident […]
TV Review: The Golden Age of Broadway / BBC Proms – Royal Albert Hall
The Golden Age of Broadway: BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There was something for everyone in the musical feast laid on by the BBC Concert Orchestra and five top-drawer vocalists for a packed Royal Albert Hall in celebration of the Great American Songbook. […]
Alfie Boe among headline acts announced for Picnic Proms Summer Concert Series
West End and Broadway favourite Alfie Boe will be among the star names to take to the stage in a three-day series of spectacular concerts in the grounds of Harewood House in the heart of Yorkshire in September. Presented by Leeds-based Vivo Entertainment, the Picnic Proms Summer Concert Series will open on 3 September with […]
West End stars feature in Crazy Coqs’ reopening plans
Sophie-Louise Dann, Dominic Ferris, Ria Jones and Cassidy Janson will be among the line-up of artists to feature in the reopening programme at London’s Crazy Coqs from 17 May 2021. Subject to the Government’s ability to stick to its proposed roadmap to recovery, the popular venue within the Brasserie Zédel complex in Soho has announced […]
CD Review: Bedtime Baby – Louise Dearman
BEDTIME BABY – Louise Dearman Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Louise Dearman is of course well-known in musical theatre circles, not least for playing both Elphaba and Glinda in the hit musical Wicked. She has played leading roles in numerous other musicals as well as being a soloist for the BBC Proms among […]
New dates and new look for West End Musical Celebration – Live At The Palace Theatre
The postponed festive show West End Musical Christmas – Live at London’s Palace Theatre has been re-scheduled and re-branded after the show was shelved due to the December Covid-closedown. Now re-titled West End Musical Celebration – Live At The Palace Theatre, the star packed celebration of musical theatre will now play the Palace Theatre from […]
West End stars back initiative to get families writing their musicals from home
Make Your Own Musicals, a company started in lockdown, has been making musical activity packs for children to write their own original mini-musicals at home. Now, for the festive season, they are branching out into family pantomime packs to fill the void many families will be feeling this year. Make Your Own Musicals was designed […]
All-star line-up for Stiles and Drewe Prize online concert
A host of West End stars have been enlisted to perform the shortlist of 15 compositions in the running for the 2020 Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize in a virtual concert to be streamed online next Sunday (5 July 2020). With musical direction by Steve Ridley, the songs will be performed by: Allyson […]
Star-studded online concert Kings Of Broadway 2020 will celebrate the work of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman & Stephen Sondheim
Kings Of Broadway 2020, an online concert celebrating the music of the legendary Broadway composers Jule Styne, Jerry Herman and Stephen Sondheim (the latter two whose lyrics will also be celebrated), will premiere at 7pm on Sunday 31 May 2020 via the ‘Quick Fantastic’ channel on YouTube. The evening will feature a cross section of […]
‘Wicked’ witches support the launch of the Make a Difference Trust’s Emergency Assistance Fund
To support Make A Difference Trust’s Emergency Assistance Fund, 23 West End actresses who have played Elphaba or Glinda in the multi-award-winning hit musical Wicked have joined together to perform a stunning rendition of the show’s ‘For Good’. Inspired by their close friends at Broadway Cares, the Make A Difference Trust’s has revived and repurposed […]
Hope Mill Theatre streams free online Rodgers and Hammerstein concert
With the UK theatrical premiere of the Broadway version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Hope Mill Theatre on hold the team at the award-winning Manchester venue are streaming a free online concert celebrating the work of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Available until 3 May 2020 and hosted by Hope Mill’s founders William […]
Dame Vera Lynn headlines morale-boosting music video ‘We’ll Meet Again
Alfie Boe has joined the previously announced line-up of socially distanced West End stars for a unique video version of ‘We’ll Meet Again’ featuring a special message of love and best wishes from Dame Vera Lynn. The inspirational face and voice of the Second world War is working her magic once again in a special […]
All The Web’s A Stage – schedule announced
The full programme for tomorrow’s (Thursday 23 April 2020) Theatre Together online fundraising event All The Web’s A Stage has been announced. Featuring live performances across a variety of entertainment genres, All The Web’s A Stage will be streamed tomorrow on www.theatretogether.co.uk from midday to midnight and will include Stephen Fry reading Michael Rosen’s These […]
West End stars join Dame Vera Lynn for We’ll Meet Again video
Dame Vera Lynn is uniting with a host of socially distanced West End stars for a special morale-boosting video aimed at the theatre industry. The inspirational face and voice of the Second World War will work her magic once again by providing a personal message of love and best wishes for a unique video version […]
West End stars will feature in Hope Mill Theatre’s online concert of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s music
Hope Mill Theatre is staging an online concert featuring West End stars, celebrating the much-loved music from legendary songwriting duo Rodgers and Hammerstein, on 26 April 2020 at 7pm. Like many theatres across the country, Hope Mill Theatre has been closed since 17 March due to Covid-19. The venue ceased all productions and made the […]
‘Funny & resonant, definitely adult, very human’: Vikki Stone chats about new digital musical #ZoologicalSociety
Clare Walters writes: #ZoologicalSociety the concept album is released online today. Recorded by 13 musicians, eight chorus singers and a host of musical theatre stars, it’s a series of funny and resonant, definitely adult, very human stories of animals in a zoo. Writer, composer, actor and comedian VIKKI STONE, who wrote the album, explained to […]
Concept album for new digital musical #ZoologicalSociety
Northampton’s Royal & Derngate is releasing a star-packed concept album for new digital musical #ZoologicalSociety on Friday 27 March 2020 (the release was originally planned to coincide with a live concert performance at BEAM 2020). Written by multi award-winners Vikki Stone and Katie Mulgrew, #ZoologicalSociety is the first in a series of original music commissions […]
Louise Dearman to go solo at Cadogan Hall
West End leading lady Louise Dearman will play her biggest solo concert to date at London’s Cadogan Hall in May. Presented by Club 11 London, the star who is famous for being the only actress to have played Elphaba and Glinda in the West End production of Wicked will take to the stage at the […]
Casts announced for MTFestUK at the Turbine Theatre
A number of West End stars have been lined up to appear in each of the new musicals chosen to feature in the programme for Paul Taylor-Mills’ MTFestUK at the Turbine Theatre next month. Running from 3-15 February 2020 at the newly opened venue on the banks of the Thames in Battersea, the second MTFestUK […]
The Warner Brothers Story – BBC Proms – Royal Albert Hall
The Warner Brothers Story at the BBC Proms was performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ John Wilson celebrated The Warner Brothers Story by giving us a matinee and an evening performance of the studio’s musical attainments to a packed Royal Albert Hall. It can have been no easy job […]
West End stars line up for Night Caps concert series at MT Fest UK
Paul Taylor-Mills has revealed the line-up of West End stars who will perform in the Night Caps concert series that will form part of MT Fest UK, the festival of new musical theatre at The Other Palace in February 2019. Described as an opportunity for audiences to get to know some of the country’s eminent […]
Voting open for The Curtain Up Show’s Album of the Year
Some of the biggest shows to play the West End and Broadway will battle it out for The Curtain Up Show Album of the Year 2018. Presented in association with TodayTix, the awards linked to popular theatre chat show The Curtain Up Show will once again feature three categories, each with six nominees. They are open to […]
Star-packed music video accompanies Dan and Laura Curtis song which raises funds for Help For Heroes
Judi Dench, Paul McCartney, Whoopi Goldberg and Steve Martin are among a glittering group of stars who have joined a host of West End favourites in a very special musical video tribute to servicemen and women around the world. Aimed at raising funds for UK charity Help The Heroes, The Hero – A West End […]
There is Nothin’ Like a Dame – Cadogan Hall
There is Nothin’ Like a Dame was performed at the Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There is no one that There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame wasn’t for. As the audience gathered in the auditorium in the grand Cadogan Hall, it was clear that, as always, music and musical theatre, in particular, […]
‘It’s an important time to celebrate ladies in theatre’: Alexia Khadime stars in There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame at Cadogan Hall
Louise Dearman, Ria Jones, Alexia Khadime and Rachel Tucker are coming together for one night only for There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame to celebrate 100 Years of Women in Musical Theatre. The concert, at London’s Cadogan Hall on 30 August 2018, will feature songs from across the decades including classics by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew […]
On the Town – BBC Proms – Royal Albert Hall
On the Town at the BBC Proms was performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There was a buzz in the air at the Royal Albert Hall because the audience attending a John Wilson concert know what’s in store and they were not disappointed. It was a celebratory […]
Plans to launch UK’s first Theatre Convention – StageCon – in November 2018
Some of the West End’s biggest names are lined up to attend the UK’s first ever theatre convention in London in November. Inspired by BroadwayCon, the annual theatre convention in New York which offers theatre fans the chance to get closer than ever to the stars and shows they love, StageCon will be held over […]
Student newcomer Daisy Greenwood wins Lambert Jackson competition to perform in There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame
Seventeen-year-old student Daisy Greenwood has won the chance to perform alongside established West End stars in There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame – 100 Years of Women in Musical Theatre, a celebration of the genre’s female characters at Cadogan Hall later this month. The launch production from new musical theatre production company Lambert Jackson will feature […]
New production company Lambert Jackson to pay tribute to musical theatre’s leading ladies in There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame
New musical theatre production company Lambert Jackson will launch with a one-night celebration of the genre’s female characters at London’s Cadogan Hall this summer. Featuring a quartet of popular West End leading ladies, There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame on 30 August 2018 will celebrate 100 years of female characters in musical theatre. Taking to the […]
BBC Proms to mark Bernstein centenary
This year’s BBC Proms will celebrate the centenary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein with performances of West Side Story and On the Town this summer. John Wilson will conduct the performance of the classic Romeo & Juliet-inspired story which will feature West End star Sierra Boggess as Maria and Broadway star Ross Lekites as […]
Musical Marathon charity event to be staged at The Other Palace
The Other Palace will host a star-studded charity concert on Easter Sunday (16 April) to raise funds for male cancer charity Orchid. A host of West End favourites have been enlisted by The Other Palace’s artistic director Paul Taylor-Mills to take part in The Musical Marathon, a week before Taylor-Mills runs the London Marathon. Hosted […]
Side Show – Southwark Playhouse
Side Show continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 3 December. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Broadway has twice given Side Show the thumbs-down – it lasted only 91 performances in 1997 and even fewer when reimagined and darkened in 2014 – but this curio of a musical, loosely based on fact, makes a […]
Side Show at Southwark Playhouse – full cast details
Full casting details have been released for the new production of Broadway musical Side Show which will receive its UK premiere in October at the Southwark Playhouse. Haydn Oakley, Jay Marsh, Dominic Hodson, Christopher Howell, Lala Barlow, Oliver Marshall, David Muscat, Nuwan Hugh Perera, Agnes Pure, Nuno Queimado, Kirstie Skivington and Genevieve Taylor will join […]
Ramin Karimloo – London Palladium
Ramin Karimloo at the London Palladium. Star rating: three stars ★★★✩✩ Portmanteau words get a bad rap, especially in these times of Brexit, but West End and Broadway performer Ramin Karimloo has coined his own, combining his own personal loves of Broadway and bluegrass music to coin the term ‘Broadgrass’. Karimloo has now released two […]
Louise Dearman joins cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein concert
West End leading lady Louise Dearman has joined the all-star cast lining up to perform with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at a special event to celebrate the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein in September. Dearman, the first and only actress to have played both witches in the smash hit Wicked will join the already […]
Side Show – Louise Dearman and Laura Pitt-Pulford cast
First casting details have been released for the Broadway musical Side Show which will receive its UK premiere in October at the Southwark Playhouse. Louise Dearman, the first actress to star as both Glinda and Elphaba in the hit musical Wicked, has been cast as Daisy Hilton, and Laura Pitt-Pulford, an Olivier Award nominee this year […]
