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Tickets go on sale for new Miss Saigon’s West End season
Tickets for 2027’s strictly limited West End season of the acclaimed new UK and Ireland tour of Boublil and Schönberg’s haunting musical Miss Saigon went on sale on 20 March.
West End season for hit touring production of Miss Saigon
The acclaimed new UK and Ireland tour of Boublil and Schönberg’s haunting musical Miss Saigon will play a strictly limited West End season in 2027.
National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals 2026 full line-up
The full line-up of musicals has been confirmed for the fifth instalment of the popular National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals later this month.
Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2025
We have asked Musical Theatre Review’s brilliantly talented team of expert critics, based across the UK, to name one particular show that made the biggest impression on them during the last 12 months.
Miss Saigon – Palace Theatre, Manchester and Touring
Miss Saigon was reviewed at the Palace Theatre, Manchester where it continues until 15 November 2025. The tour continues 8 August 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The legend is, indeed, well and truly reborn.
Five Questions With: Edward Baruwa
Edward Baruwa is playing Andrew MacLaren in the first major London revival of Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon for 35 years at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
Miss Saigon revival tour to launch in autumn 2025
Over three decades after audiences were first mesmerised by Miss Saigon Boublil and Schönberg’s haunting musical will return to UK theatres next autumn at the start of a major UK tour.
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.
untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play – Young Vic Theatre
untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play continues at the Young Vic Theatre, London until 4 November 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
The Stage Debut Awards 2023 – winners announced
The winners of The Stage Debut Awards, in association with ATG, have been announced at the annual awards ceremony at London’s 8 Northumberland Avenue, hosted by drag artist, performer and songstress Divina De Campo.
Tributes are paid to Chris Peluso who has died aged 40
The international theatre world has been in mourning following the sudden death of Broadway and West End star Chris Peluso.
Miss Saigon – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Miss Saigon continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 19 August 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ In fact, this production remains a refreshing new look on a musical theatre big-hitter, managing to challenge perspective and narrative while retaining the original’s tragic power.
Cast and creatives for Sheffield’s Miss Saigon
Sheffield Theatres has confirmed the full cast and creative team for the first regional non-replica production of Boublil and Schönberg’s haunting musical Miss Saigon.
Mr Palladium – The Man Who Brought Musicals To Argyll Street
Nowadays theatre-goers are used to enjoying musical theatre productions at the London Palladium, but before British theatre impresario LOUIS BENJAMIN came along, the art form was rarely represented at the iconic venue. Internationally-renowned writer Warner Brown, who witnessed Mr Benjamin at work first hand, pays tribute to a great man of entertainment in his centenary year.
Sheffield Theatres announce first regional production of Miss Saigon
Joanna Ampil has been cast as The Engineer in the first regional non-replica production of Boublil and Schönberg’s haunting musical Miss Saigon. Presented by special arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh, Sheffield Theatres new production will be co-directed by artistic director Robert Hastie and RTYDS associate artistic director Anthony Lau. The production will be designed by Ben […]
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 […]
Dancing up a storm – Remembering Bob Avian
BOB AVIAN, the celebrated director, producer and choreographer, has died at the age of 83. Famed for his work on major productions of A Chorus Line, Ballroom, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, Follies, Sunset Boulevard and The Witches of Eastwick, he had become something of a Broadway legend. Michael Darvell looks back over a long and […]
Ruthie Henshall reschedules tour dates
West End favourite Ruthie Henshall has announced new dates for the UK debut of her hit show In My Life after the tour was shelved due to Covid-closedown. Originally due to arrive in the UK in April following a critic and audience-pleasing tour of Australia, the intimate show which features Henshall accompanied by her musical […]
Derren Brown welcomes new Showstoppers challenge song
Double Olivier Award-winning illusionist Derren Brown has expressed his delight at the results of his challenge to The Showstoppers to compose a musical theatre song in just 24 hours. The latest star to put The Showstoppers to the test had asked the team to create a song inspired by the difficulties of dealing with his […]
Latest Showstopper! challenge comes from master of magic Derren Brown
Two-time Olivier Award-winning master of magic and illusion, Derren Brown is the latest star to challenge The Showstoppers to compose a musical theatre song in just 24 hours. At 11am on 27 April Brown followed Ramin Karimloo and his son Bradley and Elaine Paige in taking part in the 24-Hour Song Challenge by issuing his […]
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 […]
Eva Noblezada to play debut solo show in London
Miss Saigon star Eva Noblezada is heading back to the UK early next year to play one date in London as part of her debut solo concert tour. Currently reprising her acclaimed performance as Kim in Miss Saigon on Broadway alongside her West End co-star Jon Jon Briones, Noblezada will appear for one night only […]
Miss Saigon – Birmingham Hippodrome and Touring
Miss Saigon continues at Birmingham Hippodrome until 23 September and then tours the UK until March 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ After the whirlwind of the 25th anniversary and Broadway transfer, Miss Saigon – our favourite Madam Butterfly-inspired grand operetta is back – and touring the UK. Right now it’s […]
Miss Saigon UK tour – final casting
Cameron Mackintosh has announced final casting for the UK touring production of Boublil and Schönberg’s musical Miss Saigon which is due to hit the road this summer. Ryan O’Gorman will play John, and Marsha Songcome will play Gigi until 1 August when Na-Young Jeon will take over the role. They join the previously announced award-winning […]
Obituary – Bill Brohn, American orchestrator and musical arranger
By special arrangement – a tribute to the American orchestrator and musical arranger BILL BROHN (30 March 1933-11 May 2017). William David Brohn (Bill Brohn), the doyen of musical arrangers and orchestrators of musical and dance shows on Broadway and in London’s West End for a period of more than 50 years, has died at the age of […]
Cast revealed for Miss Saigon touring production
Cameron Mackintosh has announced principal casting and further dates for the UK touring production of Boublil and Schönberg’s musical Miss Saigon which is due to hit the road this summer. Award-winning Red Concepcion (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) will take on the role of The Engineer. Taking on the part of Kim will be Sooha […]
Miss Saigon – Broadway Theatre, New York
Miss Saigon continues at the Broadway Theatre, New York until 13 January 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Miss Saigon is back on Broadway in all its breathtaking pop opera glory – and then some. Cameron Mackintosh has transported this revival, which closed in London in February 2016, to the New […]
Interview – Chris Peluso on touring in Funny Girl and loving the UK
After making his West End debut as Chris in Miss Saigon and sailing through his role in Show Boat, New Yorker CHRIS PELUSO is bringing his talents to the UK stage once more, this time alongside Sheridan Smith in the national tour of Funny Girl. The next stop for Funny Girl is Bristol Hippodrome (21-25 March) and […]
Alain Boublil Masterclass – Montreuil, Paris
To paraphrase the Bible, ‘No one is a prophet in his own land’. Surely this no more true than in France, where Alain Boublil, the man who wrote the book and lyrics for two of the most successful musicals in the world, Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, is hardly a well-known name. Boublil held a […]
Ria Jones to star in Sunset Boulevard at the Curve and on tour
It has been revealed that Ria Jones will star in a new homegrown production of Sunset Boulevard as part of Leicester Curve’s autumn/winter 2017 season. Actress and singer Jones stepped into the spotlight in April last year when she took over the leading role in Sunset Boulevard (after Glenn Close was too ill to perform) […]
Broadway Musical Theatre Preview – a starry first half to 2017
Don’t forget sunglasses if you’re headed for New York. Broadway musical marquees will be freshly and blindingly ablaze with a constellation of star names during the first half of the New Year. New productions headed for the Main Stem boast such legendary luminaries as Bette Midler, Glenn Close, Patti LuPone and – yes, even a […]
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 begins UK tour in July 2017
The acclaimed new production of Boublil and Schönberg’s musical Miss Saigon– a recent hit in the West End – will embark on a major UK tour, opening at Curve Leicester on 3 July 2017. Cameron Mackintosh said: “It’s hard to believe that it has been over 25 years since Miss Saigon first opened, but if anything, the tragic love story of […]
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 […]
Miss Saigon – double screen treat for fans
Fans unable to catch a performance of Cameron Mackintosh’s most recent production of Boublil and Schönberg’s haunting musical Miss Saigon before it ended its run at the Prince Edward Theatre in February will soon be able to own a copy of a filmed version. Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance, which mixes footage from the last […]
Interview – Richard Carson on his role in Closer Than Ever at The Pheasantry
Actor and singer RICHARD CARSON is soon to appear in Richard Maltby Jr and David Shire’s critically acclaimed revue Closer Than Ever (25–27 April) at The Pheasantry on London’s King’s Road. In this Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Off-Broadway Alliance Award winning companion to their hit revue Starting Here, Starting Now, Maltby and Shire […]
West End Bares 2015 – Take Off – Café De Paris
West End Bares 2015 – Take Off was performed at the Café De Paris, London. Rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s hard to believe that West End Bares is already in its sixth year, so thanks to director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell for importing the project from Broadway to London like he has just done with Kinky […]
Miss Saigon – final London flight in February 2016
Cameron Mackintosh announced today that Boublil and Schönberg’s musical Miss Saigon will make its final London flight at the Prince Edward Theatre on Saturday 27 February 2016. Cameron Mackintosh said today: “I’m delighted to announce a final extension of my hugely successful new production of Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre. This record-breaking and award-winning production is […]
CD Reviews – Love, Lies and Lyrics, Hugh Maynard and Sarah Cox
NICK WAKEHAM casts an eye over some of the latest CD releases. LOVE, LIES AND LYRICS – The words of Lesley Ross (SimG Records – SimGR-CD024) The latest cd from SimG Records celebrates the words of Lesley Ross, with music provided by Mark Aspinall, Matthew Brind, John-Victor, James Williams, Gounod and Tchaikovsky. For those who may not […]
Also Recognised Awards – first winners revealed
The full list of winners has been revealed in the inaugural Also Recognised Awards, the new audience-voted, industry accolades set up by theatre commentators Mark Shenton and Terri Paddock to celebrate lesser-known but equally worthy talent in fields overlooked by other awards bodies. Over a month’s voting, more than 15,000 people took part. Paddock comments: […]
Olivier Awards 2015 – our Red Carpet gallery
Have a look at our splendid gallery of pictures taken on Sunday 12 April by our photographer Phillip Cowndley at the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard, the most prestigious event in the UK theatrical calendar, held at London’s Royal Opera House. The full list of winners is available at www.olivierawards.com. Hosted by acclaimed actor and comedian […]
West End stars line up for The Curtain Up Show Olivier Awards special at The Theatre Cafe
Olivier Award winner Stephen Ashfield, currently starring in The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre, and Miss Saigon stars Jon Jon Briones and Eva Noblezada, complete the line-up of guests on The Curtain Up Show’s Olivier Awards special, which broadcasts live on Resonance 104.4 FM from The Theatre Cafe on Shaftesbury Avenue this Friday (10 April) from […]
Olivier Awards – Katie Brayben, Beverley Knight and Nicole Scherzinger all to perform
The Olivier Awards with MasterCard – the most prestigious event in the UK’s theatrical calendar – has revealed further details of the 2015 ceremony to be held on Sunday 12 April at the Royal Opera House and broadcast from 10.15pm that evening on ITV in a full highlights package. The evening will feature exclusive performances from […]
Hugh Maynard – Something Inside So Strong – London Hippodrome
Hugh Maynard launched his debut album Something Inside So Strong at the London Hippodrome. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What a night! Something indeed was inspirationally strong at Hugh Maynard’s late-night launch for his debut solo album at the London Hippodrome. Currently starring as John in Miss Saigon, Maynard sang with such magnificence, power, emotion and nuance. It was an absolute […]
Interview – Miss Saigon’s Hugh Maynard chats about his new solo album
Actor, singer and musician HUGH MAYNARD made his West End debut in Jesus Christ Superstar (the actor and singer was studying at Arts Ed when he got the call) and has gone on to play Simba in The Lion King as well as performing in the casts of Notre-Dame De Paris, Follies, Dancing in the Streets and […]
Miss Saigon’s Hugh Maynard marks solo album with gig at London Hippodrome
Hugh Maynard, currently starring as John in Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre, is to mark the release of his eagerly awaited solo debut album Hugh Maynard – Something Inside So Strong, with an intimate concert supported by a four-piece band. As well as performing songs from the album, a vibrant collection of rock, soul and musical theatre numbers, […]
Olivier Awards 2015 – Memphis the Musical and Beautiful lead nominations
New productions Memphis the Musical and Beautiful – The Carole King Musical lead the nominations for individual productions, receiving nine and eight nods respectively, at the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard. The nominations were announced today (Monday 9 March) by actors James McAvoy and Lesley Manville. Among the shows’ nominations are those for the MasterCard Best New Musical Award, where the […]
