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The Addams Family go out in 2021

2 August 2020

Musical comedy The Addams Family will tour UK and Ireland from January with Samantha Womack and Cameron Blakely leading the cast.

Sleepless trials COVID test

26 July 2020

Cast and staff at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre will have daily COVID tests for the run of Sleepless, A Musical Romance which opens later this month.

The Great Big Radio Show online

19 July 2020

Malta's Teatru Manoel streams British musical comedy The Great Big Radio Show.

Godspell 50th anniversary concert

6 July 2020

Stars record concert performance to mark half a century of Stephen Schwartz’s hit musical Godspell.

Grinning Mask raises more than a smile

28 June 2020

Grinning Man designer Jon Bausor has launched show-inspired masks for theatrical charities.

Ball and Merton resprayed in 2021

27 June 2020

The postponed West End revival of Hairspray the Musical starring Michael Ball and Paul Merton will now run from 22 April to 29 August 2021.

COVID-inspired song wins writing contest

14 June 2020

The Mercury Theatre Colchester and Perfect Pitch song writing contest has been won by Willy Mukendi, Joseph Riley and Millie Millington for "Alone".

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang props going for a song

7 June 2020

A rare chance to buy the car, vintage motorcycle and other props from musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Hope Mill's gonna play Rent, rescheduled

5 June 2020

Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester has announced rescheduled dates for its production of Rent, plus full creative team.

Flo's fear of lockdown FOMO in online musical comedy short

5 June 2020

Writer-composer Zara Nunn's FLOMO, which she has co-directed with Joyce Branagh, is "a cautionary tale about the perils of content overload in a digital but socially isolated age."

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Donovan and Yarrow confirmed for deferred Joseph

31 May 2020

The latest production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium has been deferred for exactly 12 months, with Jason Donovan and Jac Yarrow both confirmed again to star.

Dolly is set to go away—for now

31 May 2020

Hello Dolly, due to begin performances in London in August 2020 for a 30-week season starring Imelda Staunton, has been postponed.

Fame awaits online

17 May 2020

Fame, the musical that lives forever, is now streaming on Broadway HD.

Musical reviews

Carousel

Music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on t...

New York Philharmonic

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York

10 July to 8 September 2020

Hamilton

Book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired by Alexander Hamilton ...

Public Theater

Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York / Disney+

From 3 July 2020

The Grinning Man

Based on Victor Hugo's novel "The Man Who Laughs " with book by Carl Grose, m...

Bristol Old Vic

Bristol Old Vic At Home

26 June to 3 July 2020

Falsettos

Music and lyrics by William Finn, book by William Finn and James Lapine

Lincoln Center Theater

Walter Kerr Theatre, New York

25 to 27 June 2020

Love You & Hate Covid

Jonny and the Baptists

Pound Arts, Corsham, Wiltshire

25 June to 16 July 2020

Amélie The Musical: The Original London Cast Recording

Book by Craig Lucas, music by Daniel Messé, lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Daniel...

Craft Recordings and Concord Theatricals

Released 5 June 2020