Little by Little at The Etcetera Theatre was a delight of an evening! With music by Brad Ross, Lyrics by Ellen Greenfield and Hal Hackaday and story by Anette Jolles and Ellen Greenfield, Little by Little, a totally sung-through musical takes us through the lives of 3 best friends as they navigate their way through growing up and falling in
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Thriller Live – 4000 performances in the West End. When I was asked if I wanted to attend the gala performance for Thriller Live in order to celebrate 4000 shows in the West End and help raise money for the Princes Trust at the same time I jumped at the chance. I have seen the show on tour and was
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Wasted at Southwark Playhouse From someone who knew the bare minimum about the Brontë sisters, other than they lived, wrote brilliant books, and obviously had incredible genes – I didn’t quite know what to expect of Wasted, a rock musical depicting their lives. And the life of their brother Branwell, of course. Composer Christopher Ash, and writer Carl Miller, have
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42nd Street starring Bonnie Langford Come and meet those dancing feet… A truly wonderful, glittering display of talent, 42nd Street was a toe tapping delight from start to finish. It’s been a favourite musical of mine ever since I was a little girl, and as a lover of tap dancing, a show I’ve always wanted to see and be a
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Six at The Arts Theatre After a sold out run in Edinburgh the Six Queens have hit the Arts Theatre. After seeing the show and loving it in Edinburgh and was keen to see it in London and check that it all wasn’t some musical theatre/pop dream…..luckily it was not and it was everything I had dreamed of and more
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Michael Jackson’s 60th Birthday Celebrations with Thriller! Live. Musical Theatre Musings sent guest blogger Elle Janus along to catch up with the cast of Thriller! Live. This is what she had to say: I was lucky enough to celebrate The King of Pop’s 60th Birthday with the cast of Thriller Live! On a classic London open top bus sitting outside
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Saturday Night Fever at New Wimbledon Theatre Saturday Night Fever is an iconic movie with iconic dance moves. Even those who haven’t seen the film or any of the previous productions of the musical are able to identify the night fever move and the white suit. The show is set in the 1970’s and set to Bee Gee’s music. We
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by NYMT The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is by Helen Watts (book) and Eamonn O’Dwyer (music and lyrics) is based on the short story by Washington Irving although many of us will know it due to the 1999 film starring Jonny Depp. In Sleepy Hollow they are all wary of newcomers and nevermore so when
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Bring It On at Southwark Playhouse Bring It On The Musical is based on the film of the same name. By Lin -Manuel Miranda (music and lyrics) of Hamilton fame, Tom Kitt (music), Jeff Whitney (original story) and Amanda Green (lyrics). It tells of Campbell, the captain of the cheerleading squad at Truman High School. However her dream is soon
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A Little Princess by NYMT NYMT’s latest production is based on the book, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Those that adore the book and the film be warned there are some changes to the beloved story although this did not detract at all from my enjoyment of the musical. In this production of A Little Princess we meet
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