42 Balloons | Short Review
Jack Godfrey’s uplifting, heartfelt new musical about real-life, flight-obsessed American eccentric Larry Walters has ‘cult hit’ written all over it
News
Tony Awards 2024 – nominations announced!
New musicals dominate as Alicia Keys's jukebox 'Hell's Kitchen' comes out on top with a staggering 13 nominations
Kids Week returns for 2024
Running from 24 July, the promotion will offer free tickets for under 17s, activity sessions and interactive curtain calls
Features
Top 10 Songs for Spring
The Easter weekend is upon us: we share some of our favourite songs for spring, including numbers involving love at first sight, physical and emotional healing, and all-out partying!
Helen George interview: ‘There are so many talented people… I had to know I wasn’t doing a disservice to anybody’
She may be best known for playing Trixie in TV’s Call the Midwife, but Helen George, now starring as Anna Leonowens in The King and I, also has a background in Musical Theatre. Tim Bano meets her, and...
Live Shows
Hamilton | Live Show Review
It’s an exhilarating night of theatre that every musicals fan should experience at least once
Aladdin | Live Show Review
The show is so faithful to the film that even the most observant five-year-old would struggle to find fault with it
The Enormous Crocodile: The Musical | Live Show Review
This is a charming production with a fantastic cast, some beautiful sets and a gloriously camp villain who children will love as much as loathe
Album Reviews
Beverley Knight: The Fifth Chapter | Album Review
Beverley Knight offers a peppy and pumping paean to female self-acceptance
17 Again (Studio Cast Recording) | Album Review
High energy with a strong sense of drive and groove throughout
Cabaret (2021 Original London Cast Recording) | Album Review
Redmayne delivers in spades, a gloriously excessive Emcee
Oklahoma! (Studio Recording) | Review
It’s not just an impressive historic reconstruction – it also makes the heart dance
Guys & Dolls (2023 London Cast Recording) | Review
New orchestrations make this a fresh take, not a dutiful re-retread
Eleri Ward (Acoustic Sondheim: Live from Brooklyn) | Review
What makes this so effective is Ward’s ability to convey the drama
Musicals Podcast
Podcast: Edward Seckerson Meets... Samantha Barks
From TV show ‘I’d Do Anything’ to starring as Elsa in Frozen, Samantha Barks has the world at her feet. She talks to Edward Seckerson about her career highlights to date, and why Elsa is a dream role
Podcast: Musicals Meets... Rebekah Hinds and Bronté Barbé
The Kathy and Stella double act talk to Editor Sarah Kirkup about the journey of this rip-roaring musical comedy, from the Edinburgh Fringe to the West End
