Category: Musicals

Posted in Live Music Musicals Stephen Sondheim Theatre West End

Review: Hey, Old Friends, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

“Stop worrying where you’re going—move on” Theatreland does like to make sure every anniversary gets marked somehow…

Posted in Live Music Musicals Stiles + Drewe Theatre West End

Review: Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure in Concert, Adelphi Theatre

“There’s something in the air tonight” Just a quickie for this semi-staged concert version of Stiles +…

Posted in Arthur Schnitzler Hope Theatre LGBTQ+ Michael John LaChiusa Musicals Theatre

Review: Hello Again, Hope Theatre

“The bed was not my own”   Round and round and round we go, Arthur Schnitzler’s La…

Posted in Lin-Manuel Miranda Musicals Theatre

Review: In The Heights, King’s Cross Theatre

  “Since when are Latin people scared of heat?” There’s something about a really good musical that…

Posted in Curve Theatre Musicals Not-London Stiles + Drewe Theatre UK

Review: Mary Poppins, Curve

“Anything can happen if you let it” It is becoming increasingly clear that a show isn’t a…

Posted in Joe DiPietro Musicals Theatre West End

Re-review: Memphis, Shaftesbury Theatre

“Have a beer drop a time in the blind man’s jar” Never one to look a gift-horse…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Close To You: Bacharach Reimagined, Criterion Theatre

“Just take me inside your arms and hold me tight” Now that The 39 Steps has finally…

Posted in Lin-Manuel Miranda Musicals Theatre

Review: In The Heights, King’s Cross Theatre

“Well you must take the A Train Even farther than Harlem  To northern Manhattan and maintain  Get…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Not-really-a-re-review: Gypsy, Savoy

A third trip to Gypsy? My reaction on finding out it was being recorded for the BBC…