From child prodigy to Miss Saigon at 18, and now with a remarkable career to her name – including a recent appearance in the Sondheim tribute Old Friends – Lea Salonga is the real deal. As she...
Jak Malone originated the role of MI5 secretary Hester Leggatt (and other characters) in SpitLip’s Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre in the West End
Starring in Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) in the West End, this young performer refuses to be pigeonholed
Orchestrator Jason Carr on how the brainchild of director-choreographer Michael Bennett, with an outstanding score by first-time Broadway composer Marvin Hamlisch, became an evergreen classic
Musician Joe Stilgoe explains how the opening number of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s mega hit plunges the audience into the deep end with a rap song that isn’t actually rapped
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!
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...
Almost 20 years after its genesis, this Greek myth-based ‘musical poem’ continues to evolve and resonate with modern-day audiences. Its latest incarnation, now making its West End premiere, is no...
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride? Not so, finds Matt Wolf, when it comes to this feisty Welsh performer, who played Sally Bowles in Rebecca Frecknall’s Cabaret for two years without having her...
Arnold and Thomas’s score doesn’t take itself too seriously and the libretto by Bean has some witty turns, but what stands out is its feel-good heart
