Marlow and Moss grace the cover of the August/September 2024 issue of Musicals
Introducing the August/September 2024 issue, featuring Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Kerry Ellis, Elaine Paige and more
News
Oliver! | Short Review
Cameron Mackintosh's brand new production of the iconic musical is currently playing at the Chichester Festival Theatre before transfering to the West End in December
Fangirls | Short Review
Yve Blake's joyful bubblegum pop musical about teenage hero worship arrives in London from Australia
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... Melissa Errico
The Broadway star and cabaret artist Melissa Errico talks about the complexities of Stephen Sondheim and how her connection with songwriter Michel Legrand has been developing since childhood
Podcast: Edward Seckerson Meets... Frank Wildhorn
The composer speaks to Edward Seckerson about his prolific and varied career as his Japanese Manga musical Your Lie in April makes its European premiere
