Award will encourage brave new shows to be written on challenging, grown-up themesA sombre topic, such as suicide or the dreadful progress of a serial killer, is often just what a musical needs to get an audience humming the tunes. Highly successful shows such as Sweeney Todd, Spring Awakening and London Road all make this unlikely point, despite the common assumption that taking in a West End show should be a frothy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM on November 16, 2013