Open auditions have been announced for the forthcoming adaptation of Kennethe Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows by musical theatre duo George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. Auditions will be held at The Lowry in Salford on April 22, and at Rambert in London on April 23. The producers, Jamie Hendry Productions, say they are looking for…
Category: Musicals
Sunset Boulevard, London Coliseum ★★★★
Glenn Close reprises her Tony-winning role as Norma Desmond in this new ‘semi-staged’ production
Princess Caraboo, Finborough Theatre ★★★★★
Musicals this good do not come along often enough.…
The Wicker Husband: The Sparrow’s Tale
This song demo is from The Wicker Husband, a musical under development by Darren Clark (musica and lyrics) and Rhys Jennings (book and story), based on a short story by Ursula Wills-Jones. The musical is currently crowdfunding for contributions to its further development on IndieGogo.
Bar Mitzvah Boy, Upstairs at the Gatehouse ★★★★
Jules Styne and Don Black bring a refreshing look at family life in this charming revival of the musical based on Jack Rosenthal’s teleplay
Annie, Aylesbury Waterside ★★★½
Originally published on The Public Reviews Since opening on Broadway in 1977, Annie has played in several West End runs and spawned countless new productions all over the world. West Yorkshire Playhouse’s touring production uses the strapline “the world’s most popular family musical”, and it’s a piece of hyperbole with which it is hard to argue. Even…
Beyond the Fence, Arts Theatre, London ★★★
What if a series of computer algorithms devised a musical? Turns out, it’ll be a fairly middling one
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