The Olivier Awards 2023 with Mastercard have officially announced the shows performing in this year’s ceremony. The awards will take place on Sunday 2 April at London’s Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Hannah Waddingham.
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Standing At The Sky’s Edge and Oklahoma! top musical theatre nominations at Olivier Awards 2023
Nominations have been announced for the Olivier Awards 2023 with Mastercard which will take place on 2 April 2023 at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Standing At The Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre received eight nominations, the most for a musical. Garnering seven nominations – including Best Musical Revival – was Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
WhatsOnStage Awards 2023 – the nominees
Daniel Fish’s innovative 2019 Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s much-loved Oklahoma! leads the musical theatre nominees for the 23rd WhatsOnStage Awards.
The Band’s Visit – Donmar Warehouse
The Band’s Visit continues at the Donmar Warehouse, London until 3 December 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The 10-time Tony Award-winning The Band’s Visit finally pulls into London’s Donmar Warehouse for its European premiere and has immediately become the capital’s must-see show. As much as I’ve harped on during my […]
Cast for Donmar Warehouse’s The Band’s Visit
Casting has been announced for the European premiere of the multi-award-winning The Band’s Visit at the Donmar Warehouse this autumn. The company will be led by award-winning stage and screen actor Alon Moni Aboutboul (Body of Lies, Nina’s Tragedies) and seven-time winner of Israeli Female Singer of the Year Award and talent show judge Miri […]
Donmar Warehouse date for European premiere of Broadway hit The Band’s Visit
Michael Longhurst will direct the European premiere of the multi-award-winning The Band’s Visit at the Donmar Warehouse this autumn. Based on the 2007 film of the same name, the musical which features music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Itamar Moses, will play the London venue from 24 September until 3 December […]
Our Top Ten recent Tony Awards performances
Is there a Tony Awards-shaped hole in your heart this month? One so big even a singalong screening of the movie Grease won’t fill it? Here are ten of our favourite Tony performances from recent years to lift your spirits and celebrate Broadway’s finest: 10. 2019 – Frozen Broadway’s first Queen Elsa of Arendelle, Cassie […]
The Band’s Visit tops the Tony Awards
The Band’s Visit, the anti-razzmatazz musical, was warmly welcomed at the 2018 Tony Awards, taking home 10 of the trophies, including Best Musical, and far outstripping its competition. The tender tale of a group of Egyptian musicians who by happenstance spend a night in a small Israeli desert town, a night in which they make […]
A dynamic duo: SpongeBob and Mean Girls top Tony Award nominations
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical and Mean Girls made it to the top of the heap as the Tony Award nominations were unveiled, each garnering a dozen nods. Coming up close behind were The Band’s Visit and the revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel, each receiving 11 nominations, and the revival of My Fair Lady, with […]
The Band’s Visit – Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York
The Band’s Visit continues at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ After an ecstatically acclaimed Off-Broadway run last year, The Band’s Visit has journeyed onto Broadway and lovingly fills the expanded dimensions of the venerable Ethel Barrymore Theatre to the brim. Director David Cromer has maintained […]
Fall openings on Broadway – The Band’s Visit, Once On This Island and SpongeBob SquarePants
The fall season for new musicals on Broadway began with a five-star flourish with the August opening of Prince of Broadway. Lovers of vintage shows can thank heavens and their lucky stars as well for this revue, sampling many of the productions directed and/or produced by the legendary Hal Prince. Unfortunately, its limited engagement is […]
Drama Desk Awards – top honours for Dolly, Midler and Come from Away
To no one’s great surprise, Hello, Dolly! and its star Bette Midler walked away with top honours at the Drama Desk Awards. The revival of the Jerry Herman blockbuster classic did share the spotlight, though, with several new musicals, including Come from Away, which was named Outstanding Musical. The awards from the Drama Desk, an […]
The Band’s Visit – Atlantic Theater Company – Linda Gross Theater, New York
The Band’s Visit continues at the Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater, New York until 8 January. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ An Egyptian musician plays a plaintive melody on his clarinet to calm an Israeli baby who’s been crying in his crib. His music also brings together in tears the […]
