Stella Feehily's play This May Hurt A Bit will transfer to the St James Theatre in London next month. The Out of Joint and Octagon Theatre Bolton production will run from May 14 to June̷…
Despite the silly title, Urinetown is a dark, dystopian, exasperatingly clever vision of the future, says Tim Walker
Jamie Lloyd's UK premiere production proves a formulaic but 'stunningly well performed' spectacle
St James Theatre, London: Musicals from The Producers to Monty Python's Spamalot and The Book of Mormon have long capitalised on sending up the genre they exist within, cross-referencin…
It's tempting with this show less to write a review per se than to simply pile on the puns, but that would be to piss on - sorry, I meant do a disservice to - both the musical that is U…
Despite its off-putting title, Urinetown - a hit on Broadway - makes for a sharp, funny and disturbing musical, says Charles Spencer
MAKING A SPLASH: URINE SHOWBIZ NOW! Are they taking the piss? This extraordinary 2001 American musical by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis ran three years on Broadway after a frin…
The world premiere production of the brand new musical comedy Bullets Over Broadway, written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath for the 1994 film, will b…
The world premiere production of Bullets Over Broadway, written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath for the 1994 film, is directed and choreographed by fi…
It's been a long time coming to the London stage following its original Off-Broadway run in 1999, but Urinetown, currently playing at the St James Theatre, has undoubtedly been well worth th…
A Spoonful of Sherman, a revue devoted to songs by three generations of songwriters from the same family, including Robert and Richard Sherman, will be reprised at London's St. James Stu…
Jamie Lloyd is directing the UK premiere of URINETOWN The Musical, with music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann and book and lyrics by Greg Kotis. The musical runs at the St James Theatre from ton…
Lucy Speed's one-woman play is billed as a "hard-hitting, poignant yet wryly amusing portrait of the reality behind the fantasy business"
After our #wosouting, WhatsOnStage chief critic Michael Coveney led the discussion including the origins of the show, how awesome Sondheim is and the potential for transfers and cast recordi…
The Sondheim revue makes its belated London premiere at the St James Theatre, featuring an all-star cast
This production of Stephen Sondheim's Putting it Together is fiercely nuanced and intelligently sexy, says Jane Shilling
"God," wrote Stephen Sondheim, "is in the details." Of course, he didn't actually coin the phrase but throughout his published collections of lyrics he cites it as one of his three guiding p…
St James Theatre, London: While the Sondheim revue Putting It Together began its journey in Oxford in 1992 before heading across the pond, there have been limited opportunities since to see …
The Sherman brothers provided the soundtrack to much of my childhood. Songwriting duo Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman penned the scores for Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and Chitty …
Bloodshot, a one-man show about a mysterious crime, is a superb show that takes you completely by surprise, writes Charles Spencer
This song cycle is Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's best collaboration, says Dominic Cavendish, and Marti Webb does it proud
Marti Webb makes a triumphant return to the role that was written for her by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black
Douglas Post's one-man thriller starring Simon Slater opened at the St James Theatre this week
We love Stephen Sondheim (who doesn’t?), which is why we’re excited to offer a competition to win tickets to Putting It Together, Sondheim’s musical revue at St James Th…
LOWLIFE , HIGH DRAMA AND DRINK The candles on our tables gutter in their glass shades, hands tighten round drinks, spurts of relieved laughter meet dry jokes, stillness respectsÅ