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Do you want to stay on top of the latest developments in musical theatre in London, the UK and across the world? Discover musical theatre news, reviews of the latest musical theatre productions in the West End and across the UK and interviews with top musical theatre stars from The Stage.

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Reviews

A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical review
“James Monroe Iglehart nails Armstrong’s vocal quality”

A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical review

Studio 54, New York
Titular jazz legend is upstaged by his wives in this jukebox musical
“Star-spangled mess”

A Face in the Crowd review

Young Vic, London
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Resources

Useful resources produced by The Stage from throughout the year, plus catch up on the latest episodes of our podcasts.

Opinion

Lyn Gardner
by Lyn Gardner

Patching over problems is no longer enough. Theatre needs radical change

The recent Budget has made it clear that theatre can longer rely on outside help. The only way to fix the sector is to reinvent and restructure it ourselves
David Benedict
by David Benedict

Call me Scrooge, but this over-told tale is so rarely done well

Year after year of stale stagings of Dickens’ Christmas classic highlight the difficulty of instilling dramatic tension into a story that we all know so well

Editor's View

by Alistair Smith

Budget was a crushing disappointment for theatre sector

Despite widespread optimism in theatre around Labour’s return to government, the principal impact of its first Budget is a damaging increase to employers’ national insurance contributions that will be felt in both the commercial and subsidised sectors and will affect theatres’ ability to employ staff
Which stereotypes about theatre folk are true?

Which stereotypes about theatre folk are true?

The Green Room
Welcome to our weekly discussion forum for key issues facing those working in theatre and the performing arts. This week, we ask our panellists which stereotypes about their jobs are true?
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Big Interviews

The Stage talks in depth to movers and shakers from across the industry

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Robert Icke

Director

Emma Rice

Director

Antonio Pappano

Conductor and music director

Francesca Moody

Producer

Johnny Flynn

Actor

Matthew Bourne

Choreographer

Elizabeth McGovern

Actor

Sutton Foster

Performer

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Actor

Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Nancy Carroll

Actor

Adam Cooper

Dancer
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
“It’s like the kids are running the room!”

Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss

Theatremakers
Ahead of the West End premiere of their second musical, Why Am I So Single?, the award-winning creators of mega-hit Six the Musical talk to Holly Williams about what sparked their interest in the genre, their partially autobiographical new show on the hideousness of modern dating and why the whirlwind success of their first production still feels surreal
Judy Craymer
“I can’t imagine the West End without Mamma Mia!”

Judy Craymer

Producer
Tim Rice
“I never wanted to be in this business”

Tim Rice

Lyricist
Andy and Wendy Barnes
“New British musicals can succeed”

Andy and Wendy Barnes

Producers
Shaina Taub
“I would never forgive myself if I didn’t try”

Shaina Taub

Composer, lyricist, songwriter and performer

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Robert Icke

Director

Emma Rice

Director

Antonio Pappano

Conductor and music director

Francesca Moody

Producer

Johnny Flynn

Actor

Matthew Bourne

Choreographer

Elizabeth McGovern

Actor

Sutton Foster

Performer

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Actor

Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Nancy Carroll

Actor

Adam Cooper

Dancer
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Long Reads

To the underworld and back again: the journey of Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

To the underworld and back again: the journey of Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

by Fergus Morgan
Creator Anaïs Mitchell, director Rachel Chavkin and designer Rachel Hauck take Fergus Morgan on Hadestown’s two-decade journey
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Features

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Westway Music: the record label finding new ways to sell the stars of the West End

Westway Music: the record label finding new ways to sell the stars of the West End

by Giverny Masso
After years of producing live music events, Neil O’Brien needed another way to reach fans during lockdown. He tells Giverny Masso why, against all advice, he branched out into musical theatre recordings and what makes his label different
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Q&A

Interviews with established and emerging theatremakers working on stage and behind the scenes in UK theatre and beyond.
Pamela Ivonne-Cole

Pamela Ivonne-Cole

Singer and musical theatre performer
Miracle Chance

Miracle Chance

actor
Stephenson Ardern-Sodje

Stephenson Ardern-Sodje

actor
Lulu-Mae Pears

Lulu-Mae Pears

actor
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