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Gutenberg! The Musical! - Original Broadway Cast Album Out Now 03-05-24 The Original Broadway Cast Album of Gutenberg! The Musical! featuring GRAMMY® Award winners and Tony Award® nominees Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells has been released digitally today, Friday, May 3 and will be available physically on Friday, May 17 from Center Stage Records and Yellow Sound Label. The album also features comedy legend Mel Brooks in the role of […]
Review: 42 Balloons ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 02-05-24 World Premiere Gala Performance – The Lowry, Salford Quays by Jamie Griffiths The decision to write a musical about Larry Walter’s flight in a lawn chair over LA in 1982 is, at first glance, rather leftfield, but Jack Godfrey saw something in Larry that is worth sharing. For many months now, Matinee has enjoyed playing music from 42 Balloons, and we’ve been fortunate to speak […]
Something Rotten Is Finally Coming To The West End 01-05-24 Making its UK premiere, the hit Broadway musical comedy Something Rotten! plays Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Monday 5 August and Tuesday 6 August. Something Rotten! in Concert stars Jason Manford (The Producers, The Wizard of Oz, National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals) as Nick Bottom and is directed by Tim Jackson (Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York), […]
Judy & Liza to Tour 02-05-24 A dazzling and heart-warming stage show charting the careers and relationship between Hollywood mother and daughter Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli, is stepping out on a UK tour this month at venues across the UK. Captivating audiences for over a decade, Judy & Liza will embark on a tour in May and June 2024 opening for a week at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre from […]
Review: An Officer And A Gentleman 30-04-24: Manchester Opera House by Tiffany Chevis Filled with 80s classics and a scene that’s been recreated in Friends, The Simpsons, and undoubtedly inspired many romantic gestures, An Officer and a Gentleman is iconic whether or not you’ve seen the original movie. Based on the screenplay by – and loosely the experiences of – Douglas Day Stewart, it’s a story of determination, destruction, but […]
Cast News: The Importance of Being Earnest 29-04-24 The National Theatre today announces a new production of Oscar Wilde’s joyful and flamboyant comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. Reimagined by director Max Webster (Macbeth, Life of Pi), who will make his National Theatre debut, the production will run in the Lyttelton theatre from 20 November 2024 to 25 January 2025. Casting includes Richard Cant (Stan & Ollie, Mary Queen of […]
Mamma Mia! Extends to 2025 09-04-24 As part of the celebrations for Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again turning 25 on Saturday 6 April 2024, creator and producer Judy Craymer is delighted to announce that the global smash hit musical has extended its booking period at London’s Novello Theatre to Saturday 29 March 2025, with tickets now on sale. Since premiering in London’s West End in 1999, the exhilarating smash-hit […]
Mamma Mia! turns 25 06-04-24 Today - Saturday 6 April 2024 - the original production of Mamma Mia! celebrates its 25th anniversary, making it only the third musical in the history of the West End, to reach its Silver Jubilee. It's also fifty years to the day since ABBA celebrated their Eurovision win! It’s slightly dizzying and deeply humbling to think that millions of you who saw us for the […]
Hans Zimmer's New Dimension Has Arrived 05-04-24 The spring tour of The World of Hans Zimmer – A new Dimension got off to a triumphant start at the completely sold-out O2 Arena in Prague. Here, 12,000 fans enjoyed Hans Zimmer’s brand-new arrangement of his tremendously diverse collection of scores. The newly staged show titled A New Dimension captivated the audience from the very first bar and launched them on a […]
