The Devil Wears Prada – Original West End Cast Recording (Alchemation Ltd & WAB Recording Ltd). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ There’s plenty here to admire – catchy melodies, witty lyrics and a clear affection for the source material.
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New cast members join Vanessa Williams in The Devil Wears Prada
Award-winning actress and recording artist Vanessa Williams will continue to hold court at London’s Dominion Theatre in the hit stage musical version of The Devil Wears Prada into 2026.
The Devil Wears Prada – Dominion Theatre
The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical continues at the Dominion Theatre, London, currently booking until 18 October 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Let’s not overthink it: you can be assured of a good time if you are a fan of the film and obsessive enough about musical theatre to be reading this publication.
The Devil Wears Prada musical – full cast
Georgie Buckland (Shrek The Musical, UK and Ireland tour, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, UK and Ireland tour) will make her West End debut as eager but naive graduate Andy alongside Amy Di Bartolomeo (Six, Vaudeville Theatre, We Will Rock You, UK tour) as the icy and more worldly Emily in the eagerly anticipated new stage musical version of The Devil Wears Prada.
Matt Henry to co-star in musical The Devil Wears Prada
Olivier Award winner Matt Henry will join award-winning actress and recording artist Vanessa Williams in the eagerly anticipated new stage musical version of The Devil Wears Prada.
The Drifters Girl – Garrick Theatre
The Drifters Girl continues at the Garrick Theatre, London until 15 October 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s not an easy task to follow in the footsteps of national treasure Beverley Knight but Broadway star (and Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee) Felicia Boswell makes a fine West End debut […]
Drifters Girl to take final bow at the Garrick in October – 2023 UK tour planned
Producers Michael Harrison and David Ian have confirmed their acclaimed new musical The Drifters Girl will play its final performance at the Garrick Theatre on 15 October 2022. The new musical inspired by the life of the woman behind legendary vocal group The Drifters which received its world premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal in October […]
Broadway star Felicia Boswell to play Faye Treadwell in the West End production of The Drifters Girl
The acclaimed Broadway star Felicia Boswell will join the cast of West End musical The Drifters Girl. Boswell will play Faye Treadwell, the legendary manager of The Drifters, who, alongside her husband, fought for three decades to turn Atlantic Records’ hottest vocal group into a global phenomenon. Boswell is an Emmy Award winner and Grammy […]
The Drifters Girl cast album due to be released in May
Following Olivier Award nominations for Best New Musical and Best Actress in a Musical, it has been announced that The Drifters Girl world premiere cast album, recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, is due for release on 6 May 2022. The album features the original cast of the acclaimed new musical: Queen of British […]
The Drifters Girl’s West End run extended into 2023
Michael Harrison and David Ian’s hit new musical The Drifters Girl will continue its debut West End run at the Garrick Theatre until February 2023. Originally due to play a 20-week season at London’s Garrick Theatre from 4 November 2021 following its world premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal a month earlier, the new musical inspired […]
The Drifters Girl – Garrick Theatre
The Drifters Girl continues at the Garrick Theatre, London. There is so much that is perfect about The Drifters Girl, the musical that tells the story of Faye Treadwell (Beverley Knight), a woman of colour who broke into a male-controlled music industry more than 60 years ago. So we have the inspirational story of Faye Treadwell, […]
Stars lend their voices to reading of children’s book Broadway Baby
Olivier Award winners Sharon D Clarke and Matt Henry and TV favourite Catherine Tate are among a host of stage and screen stars featuring in a virtual reading for new children’s book Broadway Baby. Celebrating the Official London Theatre Kids Week and in support of the Theatre Artists Fund, the online reading of the best-selling […]
Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud cast in The Drifters Girl
Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced that Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud will play The Drifters in a brand new musical, also starring Beverley Knight, which tells the remarkable story of one of the world’s greatest vocal groups and the woman who made them. The Drifters Girl will begin […]
The Best of the West End – Royal Albert Hall
The Best of the West End at the Royal Albert Hall, London Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The breathtaking Best of the West End, presented by Alpha at the Royal Albert Hall, lived up to its name with some of the best stars in musical theatre taking to the stage for a […]
Fundraising Best of the West End concert at Royal Albert Hall announced
A host of the West End’s brightest stars will take to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall for a special concert in aid of Acting For Others on 21 July 2021. Presented by Alpha as part of the iconic venue’s 150th anniversary season, the third concert in the popular The Best of the West […]
The Theatre Channel – Episode One
The Theatre Channel – Episode One – The Theatre Café/Adam Blanshay Productions Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Theatre Café, a hub for West End musical theatre loving audiences is brought to life like you’ve never seen it before by The Theatre Channel. Producer Adam Blanshay feels passionately that this socially distanced musical […]
New Theatre Channel launches on 2 October 2020
Adam Blanshay Productions and The Theatre Café will release the first episode of their new pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series on 2 October 2020. Featuring a mix of West End stars and leading creatives, The Theatre Channel will be available via a new platform hosted on The Theatre Café’s website. The opening episode will […]
September launch for new web series The Theatre Channel
West End stars and creatives will feature in a new pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series presented by Adam Blanshay and The Theatre Café. Launching with a pilot episode in September followed by a full season of nine episodes, The Theatre Channel will be available via a new platform hosted on The Theatre Café’s website. […]
Line-up for Barn Theatre’s celebration of the work of Finn Anderson
Cirencester’s Barn Theatre has unveiled another star-studded line-up for the second concert in the venue’s new virtual series showcasing the work of Britain’s musical theatre composers. Celebrating the work of Scottish musical theatre composer and singer/songwriter Finn Anderson, the concert will be released on 23 May 2020 at 7.30pm BST on the venue’s Facebook, YouTube […]
Kinky Boots The Musical at the cinema – filmed live at the Adelphi Theatre
Kinky Boots The Musical at the cinema – filmed live at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The multiple Tony- and Olivier-winning musical Kinky Boots sashays its way into cinemas this February, completing something of a loop. The musical, inspired by the 2005 Miramax movie of the same […]
Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will return for London Kinky Boots film version
Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will march back into the multi-award-winning Kinky Boots later this month to star in a filmed version of the hit show. The original stars of the show will be back playing Charlie and Lola at London’s Adelphi Theatre from Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 November 2018 as filming takes place […]
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 […]
Matt Terry makes acting debut in Madagascar musical
X Factor 2016 winner Matt Terry will make his musical theatre debut in the new stage adaptation of Dreamworks’ hit animated movie Madagascar which will debut at the New Theatre Wimbledon next month ahead of a UK tour. Terry will play Alex the lion in the production and he will be joined by a cast including Antoine Murray-Straughan, Timmika […]
Live At Zédel reveals details of summer season
Alexander S. Bermange’s musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical will make a return visit to Live At Zédel this summer just a few months after its critically-acclaimed world premiere. Announced as part of the summer season line-up at London entertainment hub, the latest work from musical comedy composer Bermange will return […]
New Year Honours – Matt Henry, Julia McKenzie, John Tiffany and more are recognised
Olivier Award winner Matt Henry leads the musical theatre contingent in the New Year Honours List with an MBE for services to the art form. Henry, who won the Olivier for Best Actor in a Musical in 2016 for his role as Lola in Kinky Boots, is one of several honours recipients from the performing […]
Olivier Awards 2017 nominees to be revealed on Monday 6 March
Kinky Boots star Matt Henry and fellow Olivier Award winner Denise Gough (People, Places and Things) will announce the nominees for this year’s Olivier Awards with Mastercard at 12 noon on Monday (6 March). The list of nominees will be revealed in a live broadcast via Facebook.com/OlivierAwards and a Nominees Celebration event will follow on […]
Kinky Boots celebrates first West End birthday and booking extends to May 2017
Triple Olivier Award winner Kinky Boots has extended its West End run to at least Saturday 6 May 2017. Just a day after the production celebrated its first birthday in the West End, tickets went on sale for the new extended booking period at London’s Adelphi Theatre. The exuberant show recently celebrated adding three Oliviers (Best New […]
Kinky Boots cast – Matt Henry stays, David Hunter joins
Matt Henry, who received the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Kinky Boots, is extending his acclaimed performance as Lola into 2017. He will be joined by David Hunter (Once, One Man, Two Guvnors) who will take on the role of Charlie Price. Also joining Kinky Boots from Monday 15 August 2016 […]
Olivier Awards 2016 – big night for Gypsy, Kinky Boots and In The Heights
Chichester Festival Theatre’s transfer of Gypsy won the most awards this year for a single production at the 40th anniversary Olivier Awards 2016 with MasterCard, including Best Actress in a Musical for Imelda Staunton and Best Musical Revival. Kinky Boots was named MasterCard Best New Musical and In The Heights won the Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music. Images (above): […]
Kinky Boots West End cast album to be released
The stars of the smash hit West End production of the multi Olivier-nominated Kinky Boots will follow their Broadway predecessors by releasing a cast album. Available for pre-order next Friday (11 March) ahead of its 1 April release, the Sony Masterworks release was recorded live with the current West End cast at London’s Adelphi Theatre. […]
Gypsy and Kinky Boots are big winners at WhatsOnStage Awards
Every industry has its formal awards ceremony of choice. And then there is the less informal one, the young pretender that likes to be a little more carefree and wild. The WhatsOnStage Awards tend to fit into the latter category, although as they are now in their 16th year and have got successively glitzier on each […]
WhatsOnStage Awards will feature performances from Pixie Lott and Jenna Russell
WhatsOnStage has revealed that Pixie Lott, soon to be seen on stage in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, will perform ‘Moon River’ at the 16th annual WhatsOnStage Awards concert on 21 February at the Prince of Wales Theatre. There will also be performances from hosts Mel Giedroyc and Steve Furst, who will kick off the show with an original song ‘The Greatest Show of All’, Jenna Russell with a number from musical Grey […]
Kinky Boots – Adelphi Theatre
Kinky Boots continues at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ One by one, British-inspired movies are popping up in musical stage adaptations, although unlike Bend It Like Beckham (currently running at the Phoenix Theatre) and Made in Dagenham (this show’s predecessor at the Adelphi), Kinky Boots originally opened on Broadway […]
Jason Robert Brown in Concert – Royal Festival Hall
Jason Robert Brown in Concert – Royal Festival Hall, London. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ While Jason Robert Brown is somewhat exalted in musical theatre circles, in London productions of his musicals have tended to be small, chamber affairs, with Fringe productions arranging his scores to be played with the smallest number of musicians possible. […]
Kinky Boots – Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry lead cast
Casting for the UK premiere of Kinky Boots sees Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry portray the central characters Charlie and Lola at the heart of the story. Joining them are Amy Lennox (Lauren), Jamie Baughan (Don), Amy Ross (Nicola) and Michael Hobbs (George). Kinky Boots will open at London’s Adelphi Theatre on 15 September 2015, with previews from 21 August. With a book by Broadway legend and four-time Tony Award-winner […]
