MUSIC, MARIGOLDS AND ME – Paul Nicholas with Douglas Thompson (Fantom Publishing). Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ Paul Nicholas has done everything. Without formal training, he has notched up credits and much esteem as a pop star, musical theatre lead, straight actor, director and producer. Now 76, he details his many adventures and achievements […]
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Guys and Dolls at the Royal Albert Hall – Exclusive gallery of images
Hailed as the perfect musical comedy, Guys and Dolls is performed at the Royal Albert Hall this weekend with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and an all-star cast in a semi-staged concert directed by Stephen Mear (Gypsy, Singin’ in the Rain) and narrated by Stephen Mangan. And you are in for a treat because Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan has taken this fabulous […]
Lara Pulver and Stephen Mangan join cast of Guys and Dolls at the Royal Albert Hall
Lara Pulver, Stephen Mangan, Sharon D. Clarke and Paul Nicholas are the latest star names to be added to the cast of double Olivier Award winner Stephen Mear’s semi-staged version of the classic musical Guys and Dolls at the Royal Albert Hall next month. An Olivier Award winner for her performance in the hit revival […]
CD Review – Blondel – Original Cast Recording
BLONDEL – Original Cast Recording (Stage Door Records – STAGE 9050) Originally released as a double album in 1983, Stage Door Records has remastered the original cast recording of Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver’s Blondel and issued it on a double CD set with a couple of bonus tracks thrown in for good measure. I remember […]
Blondel original London cast recording to be released on CD
The original London cast recording of Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver’s musical Blondel will be released on CD next month nearly 20 years after the double LP version went out of print. Rice’s first musical outside of his partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Blondel follows the fortunes of an ambitious minstrel in the court of […]
Grease UK tour – casting complete
Full casting has been revealed for this year’s national tour of the original West End production of Grease featuring Over the Rainbow winner Danielle Hope, The Wanted’s Tom Parker and former EastEnder Louise Lytton. Completing the cast are Tom Senior as Kenickie, Michael Cortez as Sonny, Oliver Jacobson as Roger, Ryan Heenan as Doody, Callum […]
Grease tour 2017 – The Wanted’s Tom Parker headlines tour
Chart-topping The Wanted’s Tom Parker will head the cast of next year’s national tour of the original West End production of much-loved musical Grease. The former award-winning boyband singer will make his professional music theatre debut in the iconic role of Danny Zuko in the tour which will open at the Palace Theatre, Manchester on […]
A Christmas Carol – The Musical – Blackpool Opera House
A Christmas Carol – The Musical continues at Blackpool Opera House until 3 January 2016. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Can two into one really go? Traditionally Blackpool Grand Theatre has monopolised the festive fare but this year the Opera House has raised the ante with a show of its own. As long as former […]
The Who’s Tommy the Rock Opera – Blackpool Opera House
The Who’s Tommy the Rock Opera continues at Blackpool Opera House until 26 September. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Cast your mind back 40 years to eccentric director Ken Russell’s over the top film version of The Who’s 1969 double album rock opera Tommy. Well, if you can’t manage 40 years, try and […]
Aaron Sidwell and Louise English join Blockbuster the Musical
Aaron Sidwell and Louise English are joining Suzanne Shaw and Paul Nicholas in the world premiere of Blockbuster the Musical, which features the chart-busting hits of the songwriting team Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, who dominated the pop world in the 1970s and 1980s. The book’s author is David Soames, who co-wrote the musical Time for Cliff Richard, which ran […]
Paul Nicholas to star in Blockbuster the Musical
Paul Nicholas will play Crazy Max in Blockbuster the Musical, featuring the 1970s and 80s hits of the songwriting team Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. The show has its world premiere at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford from 11–20 September. It will then tour to Birmingham and Croydon, before embarking on a UK tour in 2015. […]
