Musicals

A thousand years ago – oh dear, I went for my 25th birthday – there was Side by Side by Sondheim, a revue made from thirty songs extracted from the then impressive canon of Stephen Sondheim including eight...

There are a few things you just can’t say about musical theatre without inviting the opprobrium of a fan base – ‘Elaine Paige isn’t a very versatile singer’ might be one, ‘not many Prince...

It’s a good idea to make a play about the origin of the house of Mayer Rothschild confined in the Judengasse quarter of Frankfurt before the Napoleonic Wars, and their bravery and cunning in raising a global...

Following critical and commercial success with last year’s Cinderella, QDOS Entertainment have again invested millions to make Dick Whittington the biggest, boldest and glitziest pantomime on the London...

Well, first of all Cameron, I love what you've done with the place. The seats are comfortable and the decor is a delicious Viennese sweep through Frank Matcham's gilt and plush retaining tradition but with a...

When I lived in New York it was a decade-long tradition to stage Alan Menken and Lynn Ahrens' musical version of A Christmas Carol in the 5500-seat boxing arena that is Madison Square Garden.  Every night for...

The trouble with The Woman in White is that if you dissect the elements Andrew Lloyd Webber fused into the show, they’re all perfectly fine.  You could also add that Thom Southerland’s production flatters...

After ‘Hamilton’ this may be the most-anticipated arrival in the West End, certainly if you believe the advance publicity.  Lauded in Sheffield with 5* reviews, Everybody's Talking About Jamie tells of...

2017 may not be London's best year for pantomime.  Rumours abound that even the ever-fresh and inventive Hackney Empire has produced an early Christmas turkey, and for up to £125 a seat at the London...

Review/Revisited: How Wicked is ‘Wicked’ @ Apollo Victoria Telling the tale of how opposite personalities Elphaba (who might become the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz) and Glinda (The Good...