Mark Shenton: Our love of jukebox shows mustn't be allowed to drown out original scores
"You already know you’re going to love it!” proclaims the advertising slogan for Mamma Mia!, now heading for its 20th anniversary in
"You already know you’re going to love it!” proclaims the advertising slogan for Mamma Mia!, now heading for its 20th anniversary in
Lerner and Loewe’s 1956 version of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion has long provided the gold standard for musical adaptations. It both honours
How can anyone resist the iconic climax from An Officer and a Gentleman, with Up Where We Belong blasting and love finding
It’s good to be back in Jim Steinman’s world, a world full of too much leather and picaresque songs in which the
British actors Billie Piper, Noma Dumezweni and Andrew Garfield have been nominated for this year's Drama League Awards in New York. They
Sonia Friedman has been named among the 100 most influential people in the world, as part of the Time 100 list. Friedman,
Plans for a permanent cafe in the foyer of the disused Burnley Empire Theatre could signal the end of the venue as
Nick Bagnall's new production for the Everyman is astonishingly the first professional outing for Anthony Burgess' 1980s stage adaptation of A Clockwork
Goldsmiths University in London is building a £2.9 million performance centre and launching a new degree in musical theatre. The development will
Dates for the return of Stephen Sondheim musical Follies have been confirmed, with the production running in the Olivier Theatre from February
Nottingham Playhouse has announced it is partnering with National Theatre Live for the first time to broadcast its forthcoming production of The
John Wilson will conduct a concert version of West Side Story, starring Sierra Boggess as Maria, at this year’s BBC Proms. It
In November, Britain's ballet companies commemorated the 25th anniversary of Kenneth MacMillan's death with a varied programme of his one act works.
There’s a modern Mafioso twist to Simon Dormandy’s busy production of Much Ado About Nothing, with Don Pedro and his men arriving
Leading drama schools have agreed to adopt a set of ethical guidelines in a bid to safeguard students from sexual harassment. Following
Over the past few weeks, our news has been preoccupied with the spiralling violence against young people on London's streets this year. Among
Revivals of Oscar Wilde's deathless comedy warhorse The Importance of Being Earnest are not exactly uncommon: there were different West End productions
Up to 1,000 industry ambassadors will be recruited to go into schools across the UK as part of a new initiative to
At the Olivier Awards earlier this month, people wanted to talk about only one thing. It wasn't the abysmal weather, nor how
While Theatre Royal Stratford East's incoming artistic director is keen to usher in a new era, its former publicist Mark Borkowski warns
London's Roundhouse plans to build a new centre where young people can develop their creative ideas. The move is part of a
A petition calling for the newly rebranded Kiln Theatre to revert to its old name of the Tricycle has garnered more than
Leading industry figures including English National Ballet’s Tamara Rojo and Society of London Theatre chief executive Julian Bird have called on the
I've only just caught up with the debate on seat prices and access ('Think West End tickets are overpriced? Think again', March