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Monday, January 2, 2017

FIRST LOOK: Death Takes A Holiday Rehearsals by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo We are pleased to bring you these first look rehearsal photographs by Scott Rylander from Maury Yeston’s new musical Death Takes A Holiday which opens at Charing Cross …

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FIRST LOOK: Death Takes A Holiday " More And More by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo We are pleased to bring you this great first look video of Zoë Doano and Chris Peluso singing More And More from the musical Death Takes A Holiday which runs at Charing Cr…

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Monday, December 26, 2016

Top 5 Epic Musical Theatre Performances of 2016 by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Musical theatre has been well served in 2016 on both sides of the Atlantic with revivals of amazing musicals and the unveiling of some new works which are fast becoming favou…

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Oliver Reed -Wild Thing Returns To Kings Head By Popular Demand by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Oliver Reed: Wild Thing, a play by Mike Davis and Rob Crouch returns to the Kings Head Theatre from 10 – 28 January 2017. This one-man homage to renowned actor Oliver R…

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Casting Announced For Ugly Lies The Bone At The National by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Full casting has been announced for US playwright Lindsey Ferrentino’s Ugly Lies The Bone which opens at the Lyttelton Theatre at the National theatre in February 2017.…

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Dick Whittington Comes To The London Palladium In December 2017 by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Following the success of QDOS Entertainment’s production of Cinderella at the London Palladium this year, QDOS have announced they will return to the Palladium in 20917…

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Sunday, December 25, 2016

Top 100 Greatest Musicals Results: 50 " 41 by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo We’re now half-way through this vast array of fantastic musicals. For everyone who took part in this poll, we have to say you’ve got great taste. This next set of…

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

REVIEW: Dreamgirls, Savoy Theatre ★★★★★ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo After 30 years of waiting, Dreamgirls has arrived in London. The months of eager anticipation are over and tonight Amber Riley and the cast of this incredible musical blew th…

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REVIEW: Dick Whittington, New Wimbledon Theatre ★★★★★ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Take your whole family to this wonderful evening at the theatre. Indulge in two hours of ripping humour and great performances. This post REVIEW: Dick Whittington, New Wimble…

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

The Cardinal Comes To Southwark Playhouse by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo The Cardinal, James Shirley’s tragic masterpiece will be presented at the Southwark Playhouse in a new production starring Stephen Boxer in April 2017. Staged as one of…

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Friday, December 9, 2016

Curious Incident London Announces 3 June 2017 Closing by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo The National Theatre has announced that after five years in London, their award-winning production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time playing at the Gielgud…

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Friday, December 2, 2016

REVIEW: Peter Pan, National Theatre ★★★★ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo It’s a wonderful production that will delight audiences of all ages and had all of us clapping to show that we really do believe in fairies. This post REVIEW: Peter Pan…

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Thursday, December 1, 2016

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Moves Closer To Broadway Run by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender, together with J K Rowling have today confirmed that talks are now well underway to bring the r…

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Watch The Live Hamilton Mixtape Ham4Ham Performance Today by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo The Hamilton Mixtape, a new album featuring artists from the worlds of rap, pop and R & B, putting their own unique stamp on the songs from Hamilton, is being presented t…

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

REVIEW: Disaster, Charing Cross Theatre ★★★★★ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo There is no doubt in my mind that Disaster! has everything needed to be a success in the West End. Judging from the audience reaction I would have thought it might already be…

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Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins To Star In Carousel by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical Carousel is to be produced at the English National Opera starring Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins as Billy Bigelow and Julie J…

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

FIRST LOOK: Peter Pan At The National Theatre, London by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo All children, except one, grow up….. We hope that you enjoy these great First Look production photos of Peter Pan by Steve Tanner. Everyone knows the story of Peter Pan…

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Monday, November 28, 2016

FIRST LOOK: Dreamgirls at The Savoy Theatre by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo We are pleased to bring you these great first-look production photos by Brinkhoff of Casey Nicholaw’s production of Dreamgirls which is now in previews at the Savoy The…

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Friday, November 25, 2016

REVIEW: Hamilton The Revolution (Book) ★★★★★ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Hamilton The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter Grand Central Publishing and Melcher Media288 Pages Hardcover Order a copy of Hamilton The Revolution from Amaz…

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Friday, November 18, 2016

REVIEW: School Of Rock, New London Theatre ★★★★ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo School of Rock is a triumph. It looks set for a decent run at the New London Theatre. Only time will tell if it will match the run of the Lord’s mega-hit Cats. This pos…

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The Boys In The Band Transfers To Vaudeville Theatre in February 2017 by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Following a critically acclaimed tour, it has been announced by producers Tom O’Connell and James Seabright that Mart Crowley’s The Boys In The Band will transfer…

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

New Trailer Released For Live Action Beauty And The Beast by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo We are pleased to bring you this great new trailer for the live-action movie version of Disney’s Beauty And The Beast. Whilst not officially theatre, the new film featu…

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

FIRST LOOK: Disaster The Musical In Rehearsals by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Rehearsals for the musical comedy spoof DISASTER! are underway in London and we are pleased to bring you this great set of images from Jamie Scott Smith. DISASTER! the 2016 B…

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REVIEW: It Is Easy To Be Dead, Trafalgar Studios 2 ★★★★★ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Lively, animated, emotional, real, Knox takes the writings of Sorley and brings them wondrously to live with a zeal that is astounding. This post REVIEW: It Is Easy To Be Dea…

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Sunday, November 13, 2016

REVIEW: Michael Ball and Alfie Boe " Together, Decca Records CD ★★★★★ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo There is little doubt in my mind that both Michael Ball and Alfie Boe are kings when it comes to their interpretations of this type of material, that being said there is but …

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Friday, November 11, 2016

Casting Announced For Promises Promises at Southwark by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo In January 2017, the first production of the Burt Bacharach / Hal David / Neil Simon Broadway musical Promises, Promises, the Tony-nominated and Grammy award-winning will be …

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Thursday, November 10, 2016

FIRST LOOK: It Is Easy To Be Dead, Trafalgar Studios by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo It Is Easy To Be Dead, a play by Neil McPherson, based on the letters, poetry and brief life of Charles Hamilton Sorley transfers to Trafalgar Studios 2 after  a criticall…

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What's New In November " Editor's Pick by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo There’s so much happening in November, it’s been a difficult choice to narrow it down to a few that we class as “must-see”. Here is what we came up wi…

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Laura Osnes Joins Frank Wildhorn and Friends In Manchester by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Broadway leading lady Laura Osnes will join Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn will make their UK concert debuts in a one night only evening celebrating Frank’s music ent…

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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Theatre 503's production BU21 Transfers To Trafalgar Studios by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Stuart Slade’s BU21, the award-nominated play that follows six Londoners in the aftermath of a fictitious terrorist attack will transfer to the Trafalgar Studios This p…

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Saturday, November 5, 2016

REVIEW: Side Show, Southwark Playhouse ★★★★★ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Hopefully, this will be the first of many productions of Side Show here in the UK, although I doubt any will match the talents involved here or the transcendent brilliance of…

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