Welcome to Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. We hope you approve! News editor Angela Thomas reports.
Tag Archives | Radio 2
BBC to broadcast performances from National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals
Jason Manford will take charge of a star-studded celebration of musical theatre at the AO Arena in Manchester later this month. Featuring many of the nation’s most popular musicals, The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals on 24 January 2022 has been planned as a ‘thank you’ to National Lottery players who have helped support […]
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 […]
Radio 2 listeners pick Les Misérables’ ‘One Day More’ as their favourite song from a musical
In the network’s biggest ever celebration of musical theatre, Radio 2 listeners have voted ‘One Day More’ from Les Misérables as the nation’s all-time favourite song from a musical. The Top 20 were broadcast today (31 January 2021) within the station’s flagship musical theatre programme Elaine Paige on Sunday (1-3pm) during a very special weekend […]
Cameron Mackintosh warns theatre closedown could last until 2021
Cameron Mackintosh has voiced fears from theatre operators on both sides of the Atlantic that theatres will remain dark until early next year unless social distancing measures are lifted. Speaking to Michael Ball on BBC Radio 2, the leading producer and theatre owner: “For major producers both sides of the Atlantic, the truth is until […]
Evening Standard Radio 2 Audience Award For Best Musical – nominations revealed
The voting has opened for the Evening Standard Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical in this year’s 2016 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Now in their 63rd year, the annual awards celebrate outstanding achievement and performance in London theatre. Listeners will be able to cast their vote by heading to bbc.co.uk/radio2 and will have until 11.59pm on […]
Interview – Michael Ball chats about his new album and musical theatre challenges
MICHAEL BALL’s new solo album If Everyone Was Listening… is released on Monday 17 November. Lisa Martland has a story to tell… I have a confession to make, and don’t worry, it’s nothing scandalous about double Olivier Award-winner Michael Ball. It is more to do with what happened just a few days after I had the […]
Olivier Awards 2014 – first details revealed
ITV will be the official television broadcast partner for the 38th Olivier Awards which take place on Sunday 13 April 2014 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The channel will be screening an Olivier Awards ceremony highlights programme, to be broadcast on the night shortly after the ceremony. The Olivier Awards and Society of London Theatre have […]
