The Wizard of Oz was reviewed at Milton Keynes Theatre where it continues until 21 July 2024. The tour continues until 11 August 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
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Newsfeed: London encore for touring Wizard of Oz, Beverley Knight records new Sister Act single, 42 Balloons EP released
The UK and Ireland tour of Leicester Curve’s hit production of The Wizard of Oz will conclude its crowd-pleasing UK and Ireland tour with an encore season in London this summer.
Only two musicals make the Top 20 in Daily Mail’s 100 greatest classic films ever
Film musicals, notably Oscar winners My Fair Lady, Chicago and Cabaret, get the brush-off and only six make the Daily Mail’s top 100 greatest classic films ever list.
WhatsOnStage Awards – Guys and Dolls leads the nominees
The Bridge Theatre’s critic and crowd-pleasing production of Guys & Dolls leads the nominees for the 24th WhatsOnStage Awards.
The Wizard of Oz – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield and Touring
The Wizard of Oz was reviewed at the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield where it runs until 3 February 2024. The tour continues until 11 August 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★★ ★ ✩ Leaving Kansas behind and heading out for its first UK tour after a successful West End run, Dorothy, Toto and company do their […]
The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals – AO Arena, Manchester
National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals at the AO Arena, Manchester. Performed on 22 January 2024, broadcast on BBC1 on 27 January and now available on iPlayer. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★
The Wizard of Oz – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
The Wizard of Oz continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 31 December 2024. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩
Newsfeed 23 November 2023: Mel Giedroyc in Starter For Ten, new production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and & Juliet to celebrate German premiere
Mel Giedroyc completes Starter For Ten musical cast Mel Giedroyc is one of the final additions to the cast for the new University Challenge-inspired musical Starter For Ten ahead of its world premiere at Bristol Old Vic early next year. The comedian, actress, presenter and writer whose theatre credits include The Crown Jewels at the […]
Aston Merrygold and The Vivienne to star in The Wizard of Oz
Pop star Aston Merrygold will step into the role of The Tin Man when Leicester Curve’s hit new production of The Wizard of Oz follows its London Palladium summer season with a festive run at the Liverpool Empire. The JLS singer will appear alongside RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne as The Wicked Witch of the West in the production which will run from 13 December 2023 until 7 January 2024.
The Wizard of Oz – London Palladium
The Wizard of Oz continues at the the London Palladium until 3 September 2023. tour??
Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
West End LIVE line-up unveiled
A packed line-up featuring nearly every single musical playing in the West End has been unveiled ahead of this year’s West End LIVE. This free celebration of London’s world-leading theatre scene comes to Trafalgar Square on the weekend of 17 and 18 June 2023.
Palladium’s The Wizard of Oz finds its Dorothy – Georgina Onuorah
Georgina Onuorah will return to the central role of Dorothy when Leicester Curve’s hit new production of The Wizard of Oz arrives at the London Palladium this summer.
More star casting for The Wizard of Oz at the Palladium
Dianne Pilkington, Louis Gaunt and Christina Bianco are the latest additions to the cast of Curve’s hit new production of The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium this summer.
Jason Manford and Ashley Banjo to star in Palladium’s Wizard of Oz plus UK tour announced
Jason Manford and Ashley Banjo will be following the yellow brick road to the London Palladium this summer when Leicester Curve’s hit production of The Wizard of Oz arrives in London before embarking on a UK tour.
London Palladium date for Curve’s The Wizard of Oz
Leicester Curve’s regional premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version of The Wizard of Oz is heading for the iconic London Palladium stage next summer.
The Wizard Of Oz – Curve Leicester
The Wizard Of Oz continues at Curve Leicester until 8 January 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The Wizard Of Oz will always be timeless entertainment, and there will be audiences who always enjoy it in whatever form it takes, and some will revel in Curve’s kitschy twist.
Cast confirmed for Curve’s festive Wizard of Oz
Leicester Curve has unveiled the full cast for the regional premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version of The Wizard of Oz this Christmas. As previously announced, Georgina Onuorah (Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre, Millennials, The Other Palace Studio) will make her Curve debut as Dorothy. Onuorah will take to the yellow brick road alongside Jonny Fines […]
Curve casts Georgina Onuorah as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
Rising star Georgina Onuorah will star as Dorothy in Leicester Curve’s eagerly anticipated regional premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version of The Wizard of Oz this Christmas. Part of the original cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, Onuorah who made her stage debut in Dick Whittington at the National Theatre, […]
Classic screen musicals feature in Charing Cross Theatre’s cinema season
Popular London venue Charing Cross Theatre will be transformed into a cinema for a three-week season celebrating classic movie entertainment. Running from 5-24 October 2021, Stage & Screen A Theatrical Film Season will showcase some of the silver screen’s best-loved musicals along with a selection of movie classics. The programme will include screenings of The […]
Curve to bring in A Chorus Line to replace delayed Wizard of Oz
Leicester Curve’s artistic director Nikolai Foster will direct a major new production of classic Broadway musical A Chorus Line this Christmas. Running from 3 to 31 December 2021, the Made In Curve production will replace the planned festive run of the regional premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version of The Wizard of Oz which has […]
Curve launches its own Rainbows Of Hope campaign
Leicester’s Curve theatre has taken inspiration from the current Rainbows Of Hope campaign to offer youngsters the chance to make a contribution to the set for its eagerly-anticipated regional premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version of The Wizard of Oz. Following on from the ongoing #RainbowsOfHope initiative which invites children across the country to create […]
The Wizard of Oz – Leeds Playhouse
The Wizard of Oz continues at the Leeds Playhouse until 25 January 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A suggested new title for this production could be Wizard of Oz: Full Throttle. This is a breathless production that is not afraid to innovate, but pays its respect to the 1939 MGM original. For […]
The Wizard of Oz – Blackpool Opera House
The Wizard of Oz continues at Blackpool Opera House until 30 December 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was good news and bad news for Dorothy Gale and her motley friends as they prepared to traverse the legendary long and winding cobbled Yellow Brick Road in search of Emerald City’s enigmatic Wizard. Just […]
The Wizard of Oz – Birmingham Repertory Theatre
The Wizard of Oz continues at Birmingham Repertory Theatre until 13 January 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Any production of The Wizard of Oz is always going to stand in the shadow of the classic MGM film. Under the direction of Liam Steel, this new staging at the Birmingham Rep, while retaining the elements of […]
Soap favourite Kelvin Fletcher to join Blackpool’s Wizard of Oz
Emmerdale’s Kelvin Fletcher will make his musical theatre debut as the Tin Man in the Blackpool Opera House’s eagerly-anticipated Christmas production of The Wizard of Oz. The actor who played the ITV soap’s Andy Sugden for 20 years will ‘follow the yellow brick road’ alongside the previously announced 2017 X Factor finalist Holly Tandy who […]
Former X Factor star Holly Tandy to play Dorothy in Blackpool’s festive Wizard of Oz
The X Factor 2017 finalist Holly Tandy will make her stage debut in the Blackpool Opera House ‘s Christmas production of The Wizard of Oz. Tandy who was the youngest contestant in last year’s edition of the TV talent show will step into Dorothy’s ruby slippers alongside local radio star Radio Wave’s Scott Gallagher as the Cowardly […]
The Wizard of Oz to play Blackpool in Christmas 2018
Blackpool Opera House will follow up its Christmas in Neverland by taking festive audiences over the rainbow to Oz in 2018. With Peter Pan featuring female Captain Hook Jennifer Ellison having just said farewell to audiences, tickets are already on sale for the seaside venue’s next festive musical The Wizard of Oz which will run […]
The Wizard of Oz – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
The Wizard of Oz continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 20 January 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ How do you energise a show that is already etched into the memories of 80% of the audience: they enter the auditorium hearing the voice of Judy Garland, mouthing the words to […]
Interview – director Robert Hastie on catching the musical bug while staging The Wizard of Oz at Sheffield Theatres
This week Sheffield Theatres’ Christmas production of The Wizard Oz, directed by artistic director ROBERT HASTIE, will have its official opening at the Crucible Theatre. Hastie was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. His credits for the company include Julius Caesar (Best Director nomination for the 2017 UK Theatre Awards) and Of Kith and Kin (also Bush Theatre). His other theatre […]
Sheffield Theatres’ Wizard of Oz – cast details
Sheffield Theatres artistic director Robert Hastie has announced full casting details for his Christmas production of The Wizard Of Oz. With previews beginning on 7 December ahead of an opening night on 13 December, the production’s festive run at the Crucible has now been extended until 20 January 2018 in response to popular demand. Everybody’s […]
Shit-faced Showtime – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Leicester Square Theatre
Shit-faced Showtime continues at the Leicester Square Theatre for three more Sundays in July (9, 16 , 23).. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It was back in August 2015 when Musical Theatre Review last reviewed Shit-faced Showtime at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, branding the production as “one of the wildest, most […]
Wicked – Apollo Victoria Theatre
Wicked continues at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London and is booking up to 4 November 2017. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is probably musical theatre blasphemy to admit it, but on seeing Wicked for the first time I struggled to make an emotional connection with the book or score. While I left the […]
Vienna – an overview of the latest musical theatre openings
From The Wizard of Oz to a bit of Off-Broadway flair: Ludovico Lucchesi Palli gives an overview of the latest musicals in Vienna. The last weeks of the year in Austria have been a real treat for anyone interested in musical theatre. The shows that have opened range from an Andrew Lloyd Webber classic on tour […]
Karen Oberlin – Over the Rainbow – Crazy Coqs
Karen Oberlin performs Over the Rainbow: The Songs of Arlen and Harburg at the Crazy Coqs, London. The husky, smoky, smooth, sophisticated, classical voice of glamorous New Yorker Karen Oberlin is one of the glories of the world of cabaret and on her second visit to the Crazy Coqs she took us through the distinguished […]
