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The Years (Harold Pinter Theatre) - ★★★★★ REVIEW
In a busy week for play openings in London, THE YEARS arrived at the Harold Pinter Theatre for its West End transfer, having originally played at the…
1 year, 5 months ago
Oedipus starring Rami Malek and Indira Varma (The Old Vic, London) - ★★ REVIEW
Earlier this week, a new production of OEDIPUS opened at the Old Vic Theatre in London, notably the second iteration of the Sophocles play in the las…
1 year, 5 months ago
Are we done with JUKEBOX musicals? | Mickey-Jo's thoughts on the current state of Broadway and the West End
With A Wonderful World's recent announcement of early Broadway closure and Hell's Kitchen's Best Musical Theatre Album Grammy win, questions have bee…
1 year, 5 months ago
Elektra starring Brie Larson (Duke of York's Theatre, West End) - ★★★ REVIEW
One of a handful of new productions of plays opening this week in London is ELEKTRA, the Sophoclean tragedy as translated by Anne Carson in a bold ne…
1 year, 5 months ago
Second Best starring Asa Butterfield (Riverside Studios, London) - ★★★★ REVIEW
Screen star Asa Butterfield makes his stage debut in SECOND BEST, a new play which opened this week at the Riverside Studios in London.The play follo…
1 year, 5 months ago
Who's going to be in HADESTOWN? | The show's current and upcoming West End casting news explained
With today's casting news, the West End production of HADESTOWN at the Lyric Theatre in London will see three different sets of performers performing…
1 year, 5 months ago
Gypsy (Majestic Theatre, Broadway) - ★★★ REVIEW
Mickey-Jo recently travelled to New York to see the new Broadway revival of GYPSY, written by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, and Stephen Sondheim.Six-t…
1 year, 5 months ago
Explaining why the CORALINE musical is cancelled | UK theatre tour pulled amidst Neil Gaiman allegations
In the wake of multiple troubling allegations made against author Neil Gaiman, an upcoming production of CORALINE has been cancelled.The show, a musi…
1 year, 5 months ago
New Year's Theatre Resolutions with MickeyJoTheatre and Aeron James
As January draws to a close, Mickey-Jo and his stagey fiancé Aeron James are talking through our theatrical resolutions for the coming year.
These in…
1 year, 5 months ago
Why are the new Disney songs so bad? | The musical theatre roots behind Disney's music problem
Having recently been invited to attend preview screenings of Disney's MOANA 2 and MUFASA: THE LION KING, Mickey-Jo felt struck by a recent decline in…
1 year, 6 months ago