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Music Review: Jamie Muscato – Live 2024
Jamie Muscato – Live 2024 (Westway Music). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is this playfulness, curiosity and sheer range of vocal skill that makes him such an excellent entertainer and top class performer.
Patrick Honoré is just in time for a Broadway round-up
Patrick Honoré offers a round-up of some standout Broadway shows, beginning with a crooner’s comeback and concluding with a nostalgic and traditional nod to the past.
The Great Gatsby: A New Musical – London Coliseum
The Great Gatsby: A New Musical continues at the London Coliseum until 7 September 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Have a glass of champagne, enjoy the revelry, and if you’re left pondering deeper questions afterward, that is just a bonus.
Corbin Bleu, Rachel Tucker and more join the West End cast of The Great Gatsby
Joining the previously announced Jamie Muscato and Frances Mayli McCann in The Great Gatsby at the London Coliseum are Corbin Bleu, Amber Davies, Joel Montague, John Owen-Jones, Jon Robyns and Rachel Tucker.
First casting news for Coliseum’s The Great Gatsby
Jamie Muscato and Frances Mayli McCann will star in the West End debut of the new Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic Jazz Age romantic tragedy, The Great Gatsby at the London Coliseum in April.
London Coliseum debut for Broadway hit The Great Gatsby
The new Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic Jazz Age romantic tragedy, The Great Gatsby will make its West End debut at the London Coliseum in April 2025.
Music Review: The Great Gatsby – A New Musical
The Great Gatsby – A New Musical – Original Broadway Cast Recording (Masterworks Broadway). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ The soundtrack to The Great Gatsby, a musical adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s infamous book, was released following the musical’s opening on Broadway in April 2024.
Gatsby – Southwark Playhouse
Gatsby continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 8 January 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The beauty of creating atmosphere in a novel is that so much of the heavy lifting is done in the imagination of the reader. Adaptations often fall short when bringing well-realised fictional worlds to other mediums, […]
Christmas season for Gatsby musical at Southwark Playhouse
Linnie Reedman and Joe Evans’ Gatsby: The Musical will follow its digital concert performance at Cadogan Hall earlier this year, by playing a full festive season at the Southwark Playhouse. Written and directed by Reedman with original jazz-infused music by Evans, the musical inspired by F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic Jazz Age romantic tragedy, The Great […]
Broadway reopening set for September 2021
Broadway is finally – and definitely – coming back. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the ban on theatrical performance in effect for over a year will be lifted on 14 September 2021. Selling of advance tickets will begin immediately. The shutdown, mandated in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, began on 12 […]
Re-imagined immersive Great Gatsby hoping for October return
The team behind the critically-acclaimed immersive version of The Great Gatsby will insist audience members wear face coverings and gloves as part of a re-imagined production opening this autumn. Created and directed by Alexander Wright, the UK’s longest-running immersive production will be adapted to comply with Government Covid-secure guidelines when it re-opens at Immersive LDN […]
Young Frankenstein team crowned West End Bake Off champs
Young Frankenstein took home the top honours at the fourth annual West End Bake Off charity event held at The Actors’ Church, St Pauls. Judges Christopher Biggins, Ruthie Henshall and Wendi Peters crowned the team from the hit show the winners, following in the footsteps of last year’s champions 42nd Street. Commenting on the day’s […]
The Great Gatsby – Youth Music Theatre UK – South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
The Great Gatsby was performed by Youth Music Theatre UK at the Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Lewis Barfoot’s theatrical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s celebrated American novel The Great Gatsby continues Youth Music Theatre UK’s tradition of presenting new works on literary […]
Bourne and Davis Busted musical features in Youth Music Theatre 2016 season
Youth Music Theatre UK is looking for 300 talented young performers and musicians to join the YMT Company of 2016 and star in new musicals next summer. The 2016 season features the return of Busted star James Bourne and award-winning composer Elliot Davis with their third show in association with the YMT, Year 3000 – the Busted musical, […]
The Great Gatsby – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Great Gatsby continues at the Assembly Roxy until 24 August. As we come into the theatre, there are a number of veiled figures drifting around, whispering. They are clearly gossiping about the audience – whether in a good or bad way doesn’t matter – it’s unsettling for many. The stage is empty save for […]
The Great Gatsby – Riverside Studios, London
Playing at the Riverside Studios, London until 8 June. It is clear from the outset that a Fringe musical of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby could never compete on scale or budget with Baz Luhrmann’s $100 million-plus Hollywood adaptation. But nor should it attempt to – and Ruby in the Dust’s production […]
