A Strange Loop continues at the Barbican Theatre until 9 September 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ By the time we emerge from its tangled hierarchy of layers, we may be returned from New York to the Barbican: back where we started – but we are changed. We, too, have been transformed by a strange loop.
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A Tony Awards Newsletter From New York
Mark Shenton offers a Broadway round-up of Tony-nominated musicals… The nominations for this year’s Tony Awards – due to be presented at Radio City Music Hall on 12 June 2022, hosted by West Side Story Oscar winner Ariana DeBose – were delayed this year. Usually they are announced a few days after the eligibility deadline […]
Be More Chill – Shaftesbury Theatre
Be More Chill continues at Shaftesbury Theatre, London until 5 September 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Surely the holy grail for commercial musical theatre producers is a piece that can connect with young people in a way that feels authentic. Those young people know how to use the internet which […]
West End season for Be More Chill
Hit Broadway musical Be More Chill will return to London next month for a limited 10-week run at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Presented by Bill Kenwright with Jerry Goehring, Lisa Dozier King and Paul Taylor-Mills, the musical will play its first West End run from 30 June 2021. The show was previously seen in London at […]
A Strange Loop voted Outstanding Musical in New York’s Drama Desk Awards.
A Strange Loop capped its winning streak in the 2019/2020 New York theatre season, as it grabbed the Outstanding Musical Award from the Drama Desk. The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced on 13 June 2020 in a special pre-recorded presentation on a local television news channel. The awards are usually handed out with […]
INTERVIEW Pre-Lockdown: How composer Joe Iconis brought the gorgeously fresh American brightness of Be More Chill to London
We’re getting nostalgic remembering when Musical Theatre Review contributor Clare Walters met up with Be More Chill composer and lyricist JOE ICONIS during the show’s run at The Other Palace, pre-lockdown of course. We thought you might like to discover how the conversation went down… When I caught up with composer, lyricist and playwright Joe […]
Be More Chill – The Other Palace
Be More Chill continues at The Other Palace, London until 3 May 2020. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ An Off-Broadway sleeper hit that earned itself a full Broadway run, Be More Chill is based on a young adult novel of the same name by Ned Vizzini. Set in an American high […]
Cast announced for the London debut of Be More Chill
Two former Queens from hit British musical Six will take to the stage in the UK premiere of hit Broadway musical Be More Chill at London’s The Other Palace in February 2020. Renee Lamb (Catherine of Aragon in the original Arts Theatre production of SIX) and Millie O’Connell (Anne Boleyn at the Arts Theatre) will […]
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical – Longacre Theatre, New York
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical continues at the Longacre Theatre, New York until 5 January 2020. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Joining the enduring company of Mean Girls and Dear Evan Hansen and the recollections of such departed shows as Be More Chill, another passel of teenagers has hit […]
Broadway musical Be More Chill will have its UK premiere at The Other Palace
Broadway musical Be More Chill is to transfer to London to make its UK premiere at The Other Palace on 12 February 2020. Be More Chill is based on the groundbreaking novel of the same name by Ned Vizzini. With original music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and a book by Joe Tracz, the musical […]
A Strange Loop – Playwrights Horizons, New York
A Strange Loop continues at Playwrights Horizons, New York until 7 July 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The programme photo of Michael R. Jackson, who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the new Off-Broadway musical A Strange Loop, shows a guy with a broad, affable smile. There’s little hint of the […]
Be More Chill – The Pershing Square Signature Center, New York
Be More Chill continues at The Irene Diamond Stage, The Pershing Square Signature Center, New York until 30 September 2018 and is planned for a March opening on Broadway. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jeremy Heere feels he’s unwanted, unloved, a total loser. In short, he’s your typical teenager, and he’s the anti-hero of […]
