Musicals

Musicals is the new magazine celebrating the world of Musical Theatre, on stage and on screen, from the West End to Broadway and beyond. Every issue contains exclusive interviews with the stars of the shows and their creative teams, from producers and designers to composers and lyricists; in-depth coverage of the best live productions, from the West End and Broadway to international and regional productions; as well as reviews of the latest recordings and releases.

Musicals

Why some transfers work and others don’t

INTRODUCING THIS ISSUE’S FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS…

Curtain Up! • The latest Musical Theatre news, plus exclusive interviews, obituaries and reports

Musicals take centre screen

The UK’s theatre awards season is now in full swing

IF/THEN STARRING KERRY ELLIS COMES TO THE SAVOY THEATRE

The Parent Agency opens for business

STUNT SWEENEY: MATTHEW SHARP’S WHIRLWIND OPERATIC ADVENTURES

Interval Chatter

Obituaries • We pay tribute to the members of the theatrical community we have lost recently and celebrate their achievements and the influence they had on colleagues, friends and family

Bring Back That Show! • Marguerite by Michel Legrand, Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer

Venue Focus • The London Coliseum

From the Green Room • The importance of a strong book is often underestimated. Edward Seckerson takes a look at the musicals Chess and Candide, two classic cases of brilliant scores with problematic books

Elaine’s Page Hair • Musical Theatre legend Elaine Paige remembers the thrill of bringing flower power to the West End as part of the original London tribe of the ‘dangerously permissive’ rock musical Hair

Backstage with… • Billy Nevers, a previous Rising Star in these very pages, on transitioning from Lafayette/Jefferson to Aaron Burr in the current UK and Ireland tour of Hamilton

Treading the Boards with… • Based in Redhill, the umbrella group encompasses musicals, plays and a platform for young artists

BY DEFINITION… • Stage management – the team responsible for the smooth running of a theatrical production

BROADWAY Bulletin • Exploring the London-New York connection with London-based US writer Matt Wolf

Taking Notes • Delving into a classic score with composer, orchestrator and pianist Jason Carr

Sincerely, Me…

Does anyone still wear A HAT? • Last seen in London uttering these exact lines as part of her Olivier-winning performance in Sondheim’s Company, Patti LuPone – very much still wearing a hat (and also the trousers) – now makes a welcome return to the capital for one night only in a solo show documenting what has been an astonishing career, finds Edward Seckerson

POP! goes the musical • Producing songs for a musical is very different to writing standalone pop songs, finds Nancy Durrant, who speaks to renowned pop artists – including KT Tunstall, whose musical version of Clueless is now hitting the West End – about the ups and downs of collaboration on this sort of scale

GIRL POWER • Historically, a show’s music director has always been male but, slowly but surely, women are stepping up to the podium. It’s progress of sorts, they tell Tim Bano, but there’s still a lot more to be done

Live show reviews • The most exciting and significant performances of new and recently revived productions in the UK, the US and further afield, all reviewed in detail by our panel of Musical Theatre experts

Little Shop of Horrors

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

The Producers

Road Show

Titanique

Gypsy

Recording reviews • The latest Musical Theatre recordings, reviewed by our esteemed panel of experts

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