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Musical Theatre Appreciation Society's Kate Rose wonders, why are the theatre scenes on Broadway and in the West End so different?
Good news for phans! Ben Forster, the masked man who led THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA's 30th birthday gala celebrations this past October, has extended his run. He'll remain in the show, along w…
Often met with snobbery, jukebox musicals are flourishing in the West End. Musical Theatre Appreciation Society's Dawn Bush discusses her own revelations about these much-loved productions...
Those Mormon boys are still going squeaky-clean strong in the West End as they extend their booking period again at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Have you seen them yet? How many times? Who's…
Cedric Neal and Lucy St Louis, a.k.a. 'Berry Gordy' and 'Diana Ross', continue to lead the cast (with a few changes) of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL into its second year at the West End's Shaftesbury …
Hamilton fever has hit London and is receiving mixed opinions. Musical Theatre Appreciation Society's Willy Mukendi-Wood wonders why all the animosity...
Find out more about the process of putting on a American rock gothic musical in Denmark and London. Join #StageFaves founder Terri Paddock for an exclusive post-show Q&A with the cast of LIZ…
Now it's official, we can start properly thinking of which #StageFaves we want to star in Mel Brooks' screen-to-stage Broadway musical YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, which will have its West End premie…
Daniel Radcliffe recently starred in a major New York revival of this Broadway musical comedy classic. Who will take on the role of the ad exec trying to get ahead in this first London produ…
Is having a snack whilst watching a show is a good thing, or too distracting for everyone else? Musical Theatre Appreciation Society's Dawn Bush gives her take on the current issue of eating…
If last month's Women's March taught us anything, it's that Girl Power is as powerful as ever! It can't be totally unrelated (can it?) that 1990s nostalgia musical 2 BECOME 1 is returning fo…
We're still hoping the actual stage show will join fellow Disney hits The Lion King and Aladdin in the West End at some point. But in the meantime, UK audiences can experience the Tony Award…
Hold on to your Wicked witches' hats. One of our all-time favourite Broadway #StageFaves is crossing the pond with her latest concert show this summer. The one and only Idina Menzel will pla…
Feeling the Monday blues? Kick back to the weekend with our 10 tweet guide to having a #StageFaves Sunday!
After his cross-dressing turn last year in MOBY DICK!, actor, singer-songwriter, poet and former X Factor contestant Anton Stephans this week brings his one-man show Brave to Live at Z…
You'll have to wait a little longer to see Carley Stenson and her real-life fiance and Strictly Come Dancing star Danny Mac following in love onstage. Their planned pairing in the screen-to-…
Maybe all good things do come to those who wait. After last year's postponement, Broadway legend Audra McDonald's West End debut is back on, with the transfer of her Tony Award-winning LADY …
She's a #StageFaves legend, the 'understudy' who saved the day last year when Hollywood star Glenn Close was taken ill at the London Coliseum. And now, Ria Jones, who originated the role at …
Full casting has been announced for the London premiere of Neil Sedaka musical BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO, which opens at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in March...
As WICKED welcomes cast changes this week - including Willemijn Verkaik returning to the role of Elphaba - yet-another new booking period for the long-running West End production at the Apol…
Tim Minchin's GROUNDHOG DAY has been named the Best Musical of 2016 by the people who really know - the critics. The annual Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, held today at the West End's Princ…
As it celebrated its 600th West End performance last night (30 January 2017), KINKY BOOTS has announced the opening of a new booking period until Saturday 30 September 2017...
To celebrate HAMILTON public booking opening today we've got the the third and final part of our countdown of great new musicals coming to London in 2017! Make 2017 your #YearofTheatre...
Stefan Bednarczyk, Claire-Marie Hall, Dale Rapley and Simon Willmont star in the world premiere of new Bateman and Conley musical THE SORROWS OF SATAN, which has a limited season starting ne…
Broadway legend Lillias White makes her London stage debut in THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN', the concert show celebrating - and radically reinterpreting - the music of jazz icon Fats Waller, which c…
