BrainCan - musicals

the book of mormon - review

Prince of Wales,LondonIf you're lucky enough to somehow have a ticket for this, the most...

mad about the girl: how layla cast her spell over...

It foreshadowed Romeo and Juliet and inspired Eric Clapton’s ‘most powerful’ song,so how will...

all aboard for bochum: the german town where...

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash musical with singing,rollerskating trains opened in a Westphalian...

funny girl review - a joyous sheridan smith keeps...

Menier Chocolate Factory,LondonIt may be a destitute man’s Gypsy and Barbra Streisand has hitherto...

allegro review - rodgers and hammersteins doctor...

Southwark Playhouse,LondonThom Southerland directs the European premiere of this musical...

guys and dolls: how lady luck smiled on the seedy...

The musical had a difficult birth,but Damon Runyon’s romanticised stories of gambling gangsters...

barnum review - all show, not enough tell

Menier Chocolate Factory,LondonMarcus Brigstocke stars in a revival of the Broadway musical that...

heathers: the musical review - a wildly enjoyable...

Playhouse,Sydney Opera HouseFrom dark and traumatic to hilariously camp, the show may suffer from an...

travels with my aunt review - calypsos and...

Minerva,ChichesterPatricia Hodge is superb as a madcap aunt, whisking her buttoned-up nephew on a...

kinky boots review - high kicking and colourful,...

Adelphi,LondonThe costumes and choreography are full of brio, but a dull central character drags...

adding machine: a musical review - revenge,...

Finborough,LondonElmer Rice’s 1923 satire about a browbeaten wage slave gets added musical spice...

hamilton review - a delicious treat for heart and...

Victoria Palace,LondonLin-Manuel Miranda’a smash Broadway musical approximately one of America’s...

oliver! review - enough tunes to fill a career in...

Curve,Leicester Lionel Bart’s undisputed tall point is performed with gusto by an impressive cast,...

the choir review - big hearted, good humoured...

Citizens theatre,GlasgowPaul Higgins and Ricky Ross’s musical on a theme of absolution,...

the train review - ramshackle musical about irish...

Project Arts Centre,Dublin Arthur Riordan and Bill Whelan explore a key moment in the unshackling of...

gypsy review - imelda staunton gives one of the...

Savoy theatre,LondonEverything’s coming up roses for this Chichester transfer of the Sondheim show...

fights, fishnets and backbends: the rotten razzle...

As the murderous $1bn musical returns to London,composer John Kander and Ann Reinking, one of the...

arthur riordan: it was one of the few successful...

Actor and playwright Arthur Riordan on writing The Train,a musical about the loyal story of the 70s...

the world goes round review - kander and ebbs...

Stephen Joseph Theatre,Scarborough The musicals of John Kander and Fred Ebb gain brought us...

jesus christ superstar review - a gorgeous,...

Regent’s Park Open Air theatre,LondonWit, lyricism and satirical bite abound in this dramatic...

legally blonde review - fizzy feminist fairytale...

Curve,LeicesterLucie Jones brings a winning energy to the tale of a sorority girl who goes to...

laila the musical review - clumsily modernised...

Watford Palace theatreThe team behind Britain’s Got Bhangra can’t smooth over the thorny issue...

dusty review - a painful failure of a jukebox...

Charing Cross theatre,London This musical biography of Dusty Springfield is forlorn and misguidedIf...

sunset boulevard review - sandblasting panache...

Coliseum,London[br]A glittering Glenn Close is ready once again for her close-up as Norma DesmondIt...

into the woods review - reality bites for...

Royal Exchange,ManchesterMatthew Xia’s revival of Stephen Sondheim’s dark, grownup musical lacks...

sing street; midnight special; dheepan; tale of...

The 80s reign again in a lovable film-musical and a skin-prickling sci-fi chase,while Jacques...

kinky boots review - glamorously rebooted musical...

Adelphi,LondonFrom Cyndi Lauper’s score to impressive lead performances, this winsome...

wonder.land review - less of a show than a project

Olivier,LondonDamon Albarn’s didactic musical has an interesting premise but fails to translate...

show boat review - slimline musical steams through...

Crucible,SheffieldThe scaled-down version of Kern and Hammerstein’s musical is still a big beast...

baddies: the musical review - fairytale villains...

Unicorn,London The substantial Bad Wolf is locked up with Captain Hook and co in an ingenious, witty...

into the woods review - opera north casts spell on...

West Yorkshire Playhouse,Leeds[br]The puppetry alone is enough to recommend this magical take on...

funny girl review - sheridan smith makes streisand...

Menier Chocolate Factory,LondonSmith redefines ‘droll’ as Broadway pizzazz feels the pinch in...

elf the musical review - dont come, all ye...

Dominion,LondonBen Forster sleighs them as Buddy, the Christmas-fond Laplander set down in Manhattan...

dream lover: the bobby darin musical review - it...

World premiere of the jukebox musical about the American singer starring David Campbell gets the...

rosalie craig: gravity defying star with the world...

After many acclaimed performances,the gifted actor is set to reach even greater heights in the...

spring awakening review - feverish teens blast out...

Hope Mill,ManchesterThis rock-musical version of Frank Wedekind’s 1891 play about sex, abortion,...

the grinning man review - victor hugo musical is...

Bristol dilapidated Vic Circus freaks,puppets and soaring songs collide in a current adaptation that...

exposure the musical review - photography themed...

St James theatre,LondonA snapper falls under the spell of a Mephistophelian PR man in Mike Dyer’s...

titanic review - the best piece of musical staging...

Charing Cross theatre,LondonThom Southerland opens his Charing Cross tenure with his brilliantly...

show boat review - all aboard for performances of...

Crucible,Sheffield Daniel Evans’s production of the 20th-century musical classic is unmissableThe...

teenage girls sent us urine samples in charlie...

During its heyday,Jackie magazines agony aunt received sacks of letters approximately lovebites and...

oliver! review - full of oom pah pah

Curve,LeicesterA dynamic production full of contrast, strong performances and brisk musical...

ronan keating: acting the role of a singer does...

The ex-Boyzone singer-songwriter talks approximately the challenge he faces taking on the lead role...

ronan keating takes the lead in once in his west...

The Boyzone singer will star in the romantic musical adapted from the Oscar-winning filmRonan...

the grinning man review - the greatest freakshow...

Trafalgar Studios,LondonBristol OId Vic’s bewitching musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s LHomme...

ronan keating in once review - night of cracked...

Phoenix,London The Boyzone star acquits himself well but despite Enda Walsh’s colourful...

tina review - whirlwind turner tribute leaves you...

Aldwych theatre,LondonPhyllida Lloyd’s musical is a heady celebration of triumph over adversity,...

the wizard of oz review - heartwarming romp brims...

Crucible,SheffieldThis delightful production boasts a wonderful, wide-eyed Dorothy, and a riotous...

billy elliot the musical review - seeing quadruple...

Victoria Palace Theatre,London Director Stephen Daldry made amusing artistic virtue of legal...

equity stops chicago musical pay cuts: archive, 7...

7 July 1980: It is the first time that the union’s fighting fund for the theatre has been used to...

last night a dj saved my life review - the hoff...

Wolverhampton GrandDavid Hasselhoff plays a nightclub owner who once,strangely, starred in Baywatch...

how we made billy elliot the musical

Lee corridor: ‘I’d fax Elton my lyrics – then he’d call me up and sing them down the...

guys and dolls review - harlem set version...

Royal Exchange,ManchesterRelocated to Harlem, Frank Loesser’s classic musical approximately...

at thriller live, theres a fight in the stalls …...

Carole King,Michael Jackson, the Kinks and now Motown. Why are we so obsessed with jukebox musicals?...

lazarus review - bowies baffling starman lands off...

New York Theater WorkshopCo-written by and featuring songs by David Bowie,this jukebox musical based...

once review - ronan keating hits the right notes...

Phoenix theatre,LondonThe Boyzone star’s acting errs on the wooden side, but there’s no doubt...

why americans beat the british at musicals | david...

Andrew Lloyd Webber v Stephen Sondheim,We Will Rock You v American Idiot – the West End's...

miss atomic bomb review - catherine tate musical...

St James,LondonTate’s accent goes walkabout in a wannabe screwball comedy set during America’s...

sharon d clarke: from holby city to siren songs

Sharon D Clarke studied to be a social worker before fitting a doctor … on Holby City. Now she’s...

beautiful: the carole king musical review - a...

Aldwych,LondonThis West End musical’s attempts to weave King’s songs into her life sage leaves...

heather menzies obituary

Actor best known for playing Louisa von Trapp in The Sound of MusicThe heart-warming 1965 musical...

caroline, or change review - tony kushner blasts...

Minerva,ChichesterA Jewish boy and his family’s black maid are at the heart of this witty, pulsing...

little shop of horrors review - black comedy...

Hayes theatre,SydneyWith their thrilling and creative revival, Dean Bryant and his team continue to...

worlds first computer generated musical to debut...

Beyond the Fence,the chronicle of a family at Greenham Common, will incorporate machine-generated...

miss saigon: 25th anniversary performance review -...

The hit show’s unvarying,blaring musical numbers may test an audience’s endurance limits but at...

the stripper review - richard obriens tediously...

St James Studio,LondonA sex-obsessed cop chases an investigation all the way to a burlesque dive in...

busby berkeley, patron saint of movie camp ...

16 March 1976: Derek Malcolm pays tribute to the film director who had an age named after himIt was...

the war of the worlds review - a holographic liam...

HG Wells’ prose is the hero of Jeff Wayne’s full-blown musical revival,which has enough bombast...

moby dick! the musical review - high camp on the...

Union,LondonAndrew Wright heaves this risible 1992 indicate to the surface once more, but despite...

julie andrews to bring broadway spirit to opera...

Actor to direct show faithful to the landmark 1956 production that made her a star,with the original...

julian fellowes wind in the willows musical tour...

Mole,Ratty, Badger and Toad will head to Plymouth, or Salford and London in the Downton Abbey...

broadway hit hamilton to tour europe and australia

Rumours of a West terminate production have been around for some time,but Australia and other parts...

spongebob musical hires david bowie and cyndi...

Nickelodeon confirms ‘rousing tale of a simple sea sponge’ will boast all-star songwriting...

tituss burgess is getting the preacher s wife to...

While it is tragically not a one-man prove with an unlimited wig budget, Tituss Burgess is dead set...

half a sixpence review - fellowes rewrite has...

Chichester festival theatreJulian Fellowes’s reboot of the Tommy Steele rags-to-riches musical is...

broadway melodies: kiss me kate at the chatelet in...

Kiss Me Kate at the Châtelet theatre in Paris,directed by Yorkshireman Lee Blakeley, has an...

sound of music actor heather menzies urich dies...

Actor who played Louisa von Trapp had no acting experience before starring in 1964 film alongside...

hamilton star freestyle raps with obama at the...

‘You reflect that’s going viral? Thats going viral’,claims US president, clearly impressed...

matilda the musical: the australian premiere - in...

The Dahl-ings of Sydney came out for the opening night of Matilda the Musical. Writers Tim Minchin...

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