Something Rotten! continues at the Opera House, Manchester until 19 July 2026. It really is excellent, more than worthy of a five-star appreciation.
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Something Rotten! – the full cast
The full cast has been confirmed for this summer’s first fully-staged UK production of the award-winning Broadway musical comedy Something Rotten!
Marisha Wallace joins Something Rotten! cast
Double Olivier nominee Marisha Wallace (Guys & Dolls, Bridge Theatre, Oklahoma!, Young Vic) is the latest star addition to this summer’s first fully-staged UK production of the award-winning Broadway musical comedy Something Rotten!
Here We Are – National Theatre
Here We Are continues at the National Theatre (Lyttelton) until 28 June 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Stephen Sondheim’s final staged work – a musicalisation of two movies by Spanish-Mexican auteur Luis Buñuel – has opened at the 890-seat Lyttelton in the National Theatre.
Something Rotten! In Concert – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Something Rotten! In Concert was performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We really hope this concert is the start of a successful longer life for the show, because Something Rotten! is actually something brilliant.
Guest stars revealed for Shoshana Bean’s Cadogan Hall date
A trio of West End stars will be among the special guest stars to take to the stage when Broadway and recording artist Shoshana Bean returns to London’s Cadogan Hall early next month. Presented by Fourth Wall Live, Bean’s London edition of her popular seasonal show, Sing Your Hallelujah on 4 December will feature Richard […]
Star-packed live-streamed charity shows planned
Leading choreographer Anthony Van Laast will present a star-packed series of concerts in September, aimed at raising funds for those in the industry hardest hit by the ongoing Covid-crisis. The four 45-minute charity concerts – West End Unplugged (Live from L-Acoustics Creations) – will feature some of musical theatre’s biggest stars alongside leading theatre musicians […]
Company – Gielgud Theatre
Company continues at the Gielgud Theatre, London until 22 December 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fuddy-duddy traditionalists who don’t normally like great works being tweaked or updated will be approaching this gender-bending revival of Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 musical Company with trepidation but they needn’t worry – it’s wonderful. This most […]
The Last Ship – Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne and Touring
The Last Ship continues at Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne until 7 April 2018, then tours until 7 July. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Before The Last Ship starts the cast inhabits the stage, greeting the audience as old friends, the band playing and some members of the ensemble add to the party atmosphere […]
Sting’s musical The Last Ship launches at City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds
There are squeals of delight from Sting admirers in the audience as the originator, composer and lyricist of The Last Ship strolls to the microphone. We have just had one of the most breathless and adulatory of introductions from the general manager of City Varieties who insists that he has every record Sting has made. […]
UK launch of The Last Ship – full cast and creative line-up revealed
Details have been revealed of the full cast and creative team behind the UK premiere of Sting’s highly personal debut musical The Last Ship when it heads home to Newcastle next month. Rehearsals have begun for the four-week launch season at Northern Stage in Newcastle which begins on 12 March 2018 and will be followed […]
Casting for Sting musical The Last Ship – Joe McGann replaces Jimmy Nail
Principal casting has been announced for the UK premiere of The Last Ship – the acclaimed musical by renowned musician Sting – which is to premiere in the UK when it opens at Northern Stage in Newcastle on 12 March 2018, before embarking on a major UK and Ireland tour. Joe McGann will now take […]
Interview – Celinde Schoenmaker on playing the real-life Jenny Lind in Barnum at the Menier Chocolate Factory
CELINDE SCHOENMAKER is best known for playing big roles in big West End shows – notably and most famously Fantine in Les Misérables (2013, her West End debut, and again in 2014) and Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (2015-17). But she’s about to open in one of London’s smaller houses, the Menier Chocolate […]
Guys and Dolls – Empire Theatre, Liverpool and Touring
Guys and Dolls continues at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool until 19 March and then tours until 30 July. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Chichester Festival Theatre has become the theatre to watch, with West End transfers and regional touring of at least one production per season coming out of the regional […]
Guys and Dolls tour – Richard Fleeshman and Louise Dearman cast
Following critical acclaim and announcing an extension in the West End, the Chichester Festival Theatre revival of Guys and Dolls will tour throughout the UK, opening at the Liverpool Empire on 16 March 2016. Casting for the tour includes Richard Fleeshman (Coronation Street, Ghost the Musical, Call the Midwife) as Sky Masterson, Maxwell Caulfield (Grease […]
Interview – Richard Fleeshman celebrates the Kings of Broadway
Singer, actor and songwriter RICHARD FLEESHMAN will be appearing in Kings of Broadway, a special concert celebrating legendary composers Jerry Herman, Stephen Sondheim and Jule Styne, at London’s Palace Theatre on Sunday 29 November. The latest show from Alex Parker and Alastair Knights, the creative team behind the staging of Sondheim’s A Little Night Music which played the Palace […]
Kings of Broadway concert – cast includes Richard Fleeshman and Janie Dee
The timeless music of legendary composers Jerry Herman, Stephen Sondheim and Jule Styne will be celebrated in Kings of Broadway, a special concert at London’s Palace Theatre on Sunday 29 November. The latest from Alex Parker and Alastair Knights, the creative team behind the staging of Sondheim’s A Little Night Music which played the Palace in […]
Interview – Sally Ann Triplett doing what she loves in A Damsel in Distress at Chichester
Actress and singer SALLY ANN TRIPLETT is currently starring in a major new stage version of A Damsel in Distress at Chichester Festival Theatre. Directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford, the musical comedy has songs by George and Ira Gershwin, and is based on the novel by P.G. Wodehouse and the play by Wodehouse and Ian Hay (also […]
Stars come out for Olivier Awards 2014
The Olivier Awards 2014 with MasterCard took place at London’s Royal Opera House – hosted by Stephen Mangan and Gemma Arterton – and featured 14 live performances including Abba’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus reuniting as part of a rousing show finale to celebrate 15 years of Mamma Mia! Thanks to photographer Vivienne Vincent, Musical Theatre […]
Urinetown – St James Theatre
Urinetown continues at the St James Theatre, London until 3 May. It must be about ten years ago that I came across the run-down theatre on Broadway where this oddly named musical – by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis – was playing. Intrigued by the title and having a spare evening, I saw the show and fell in love […]
Urinetown the Musical begins previews at St James Theatre
Simon Paisley Day, Jenna Russell, Richard Fleeshman and Jonathan Slinger lead the cast in the UK premiere of multi-Tony Award-winning Urinetown the Musical, directed by Jamie Lloyd, opening for previews this weekend at St James Theatre, London (running until 3 May 2014, press night is 11 March). The cast for the musical, which features music […]
