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Taylor Iman Jones, Linedy Genao and Zachary Noah Piser lead Alone concept album

Updated 16-08-26 A host of Broadway stars have come together for the new musical Alone, with a star-studded concept album released this August. SIX star Taylor Iman Jones, Bad Cinderella's Linedy Genao and Maybe Happy Ending performer Zachary Noah Piser are among the performers appearing on Alone: The Concept Album, which will be released across major streaming platforms on 7 August 2026. Written by songwriting duo John Ertman and Joseph Mathusek, Alone is a coming-of-age musical set in a close-knit […]

August 16, 2026 13

Show Announcements

The Greatest Showman is coming to the West End in 2027

15-08-26 This is the moment we’ve waited for! Disney’s The Greatest Showman is officially coming to the West End, opening at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in spring 2027. Following its sell-out run at the Bristol Hippodrome earlier this year, the brand-new stage adaptation of the hit 2017 movie will make its London premiere with Oliver Tompsett and Samantha Barks leading the company as P.T. Barnum and Charity Barnum. They will be joined by Ben Joyce as Phillip Carlyle, Vajèn van […]

August 15, 2026 87

Cast News

FIRST LOOK: Jason Donovan and cast in rehearsals for High School Musical

14-08-26 The Wildcats are getting their heads back in the game as first-look rehearsal images have been released from the new UK production of Disney’s High School Musical. Jason Donovan is pictured rehearsing alongside the company ahead of the show opening at Lowry in Salford on 22 August 2026, where it runs until 19 September. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkCdr4cUo-o The production, the first UK non-replica staging of the Disney musical, will then transfer to London’s Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre from 12 October 2026 to […]

August 14, 2026 42

Latest

Collabro announce comeback with new album The Return and 2027 UK tour

14-08-26 Matinee favourites Collabro are making their return with a brand-new musical theatre album and a limited UK tour planned for summer 2027. The musical theatre vocal group have announced The Return, their first major musical theatre album in seven years, which will be released on 6 November 2026. The new record will be followed by The Return Tour in summer 2027, marking Collabro’s return to the road with just six UK performances. The Return Tour will open at […]

August 14, 2026 53

Releases

Michael R. Jackson opera Complications in Sue announces world premiere recording

13-08-26 The world premiere recording of Complications in Sue, a new opera from A Strange Loop writer Michael R. Jackson starring cabaret icon Justin Vivian Bond, will be released this August. BCM+D Records will release the recording on 21 August 2026, captured live during Opera Philadelphia's world premiere production at the Academy of Music earlier this year. Featuring a libretto by Pulitzer and Tony Award winner Jackson, Complications in Sue follows the life of one woman across ten vignettes, with […]

August 13, 2026 16

Cast News

Skylar Astin and Sarah Hyland to make West End debuts in Cabaret

15-08-26 Pitch Perfect star Skylar Astin and Modern Family favourite Sarah Hyland are heading to the West End, joining the cast of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club this autumn. Both actors will make their West End debuts when they take over as the Emcee and Sally Bowles respectively from 21 September 2026. Astin will remain with the production until 12 December 2026, while Hyland will play her final performance on 23 January 2027. Skylar Astin is best known for playing […]

August 12, 2026 38

Releases

Heated Rivalry musical parody announces original cast album

10-08-26 Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody is getting an original cast album, with the recording set for release on 18 September 2026. The album will feature the original Off-Broadway company, led by Jay Armstrong Johnson as Ilya Rozanov and Jimin Moon as Shane Hollander. Fans don't have to wait until September for their first taste of the recording, with “Gym Song” released as the first single from the album alongside a new music video. Inspired by the hit hockey romance, […]

August 10, 2026 27

General

Darren Day leads Million Dollar Quartet as Barn Theatre production transfers to London

07-08-26 The Barn Theatre’s acclaimed production of Million Dollar Quartet is heading to London this autumn, with Darren Day reprising his role as legendary record producer Sam Phillips. The production will play a strictly limited season at The Arts at Marble Arch: powered by TodayTix from 4 September to 6 December 2026, with a press night on 15 September. Directed by Jonathan O’Boyle, Million Dollar Quartet is inspired by the extraordinary true story of the night Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry […]

August 7, 2026 31

General

SIX and Hot Mess unite Catherine Parrs for new musical mash-up

03-08-26 Two Catherine Parrs collide as SIX and Hot Mess join forces for a new musical mash-up bringing together songs from the two home-grown British musicals. Nia Stephen, who currently plays Catherine Parr in the West End production of SIX, has teamed up with Hot Mess star and former SIX queen Danielle Steers to perform a new arrangement combining “I Don’t Need Your Love” from SIX with “Happy” from Hot Mess. The collaboration brings together two shows which began their […]

August 3, 2026 17

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