The final performance in the Theatre Support Fund’s sold-out concert series The Show Must Go On! Live At The Palace Theatre will be streamed as a live broadcast on 6 June 2021 at 7pm. Filmed by National Theatre Live, the concert which offers a taste of some of the world’s best-loved musicals will be available […]
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Bursts of brilliance from the year theatre stopped
We could have been born with a love of television or comic books or 1930s radio plays. That wouldn’t have been quite so bad. But no, Dionysus, god of theatre, took one look at us and decreed: “On top of the worldwide suffering and loss from Coronavirus, you are to spend the 2020 pandemic almost […]
Fame 30th to mark launch of new season of The Shows Must Go On
Universal’s popular The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel will return to streaming full shows on 25 September 2020 with the Fame The Musical – 30th Anniversary Tour. Directed and choreographed by Nick Winston, the 2018 production stars pop star turned actress Mica Paris as Miss Sherman with Keith Jack (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, […]
Joseph re-run to close out first Shows Must Go On Season
Universal’s popular The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel will take a break from streaming full shows after a repeat showing of the 2000 adaptation of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on 10 July 2020. Starring Donny Osmond, Maria Friedman, Richard Attenborough and Joan Collins, the film will be available for 48 hours free […]
Peter Pan Live starring Christopher Walken to be aired on The Shows Must Go On channel
The 2014 US live TV production of the 1954 Broadway musical Peter Pan will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. Featuring a typically eccentric performance from Christopher Walken opposite Allison Williams (Girls, Get Out) as Peter Pan and Taylor Louderman (Tony-nominee for Mean Girls) as Wendy, […]
The Wiz Live! is this week’s Shows Must Go On release
The star-studded 2015 US live TV production of the Tony Award-winning musical The Wiz will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. Featuring Queen Latifah in the title role and Mary J. Blige as the Wicked Witch of the West, The Wiz Live! proved a hit with […]
NBC’s Hairspray Live! is this week’s Shows Must Go On offering
The US TV production of Hairspray Live! starring Harvey Fierstein, Martin Short, Maddie Baillio, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth, Dove Cameron and Billy Eichner will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. First broadcast live in the US in the run-up to Christmas 2016, the […]
The Sound of Music Live! TV film is this week’s offering on Shows Must Go On channel
The NBC TV production of The Sound of Music Live! starring country music superstar Carrie Underwood will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. First shown in the US in the run-up to Christmas 2013, the filmed version of the original 1959 Broadway production proved an […]
Cats – The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel
Cats – The Shows Must Go On YouTube Channel. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The seven-week trawl through the Andrew Lloyd Webber back catalogue on the noble lord’s free The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel came to an end at the weekend with his big 1981 hit which ran for 21 […]
Cats is this week’s Shows Must Go On offering
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. Starring Elaine Paige as Grizabella and John Mills as Gus, the 1998 Universal Studios film was recorded at London’s Adelphi Theatre. Directed by David Mallet, the film also features Ken Page as Old Deuteronomy, […]
Lloyd Webber and Ayckbourn’s By Jeeves is next on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn’s By Jeeves will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. The show will be available for 48 hours from 7pm (BST) on Friday 8 May 2020. Described by Lloyd Webber as “the musical that I privately look forward most to […]
Lloyd Webber Albert Hall concert is the next offering on The Shows Must Go On channel
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s star packed 50th birthday celebration concert will be the next show to be made available free of charge as part of the newly launched The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall on 7 April 1998, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Royal Albert Hall Celebration features a […]
Love Never Dies is the next show to stream via The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel
The next show to be broadcast via YouTube channel The Shows Must Go On will be the 2012 production of Love Never Dies starring Ben Lewis and Anna O’Byrne. Love Never Dies will launch at 7pm on 24 April 2020 and be available for 48 hours, free of charge. The Shows Must Go On features […]
Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary show to stream via The Shows Must Go On
The next show to stream via Universal’s free YouTube channel The Shows Must Go On will be the 25th anniversary version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, filmed at the Royal Albert Hall in 2011. The show features Ramin Karimloo as the Phantom and Sierra Boggess as Christine. As usual, theatre fans […]
