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How many musicals have you committed to memory: plot, songs, choreography, musical style? For the Showstoppers, they've got a library in their improv brains of more than 300. Watch Faves fou…
It's the first West End production of much-loved musical Man of La Mancha in over 50 years and it's turning into quite a cast line-up. Nicholas Lyndhurst and Cassidy Janson have joined Kelse…
Hey big spender, have you seen that Josie Rourke is going to sign off as the Donmar Warehouse's artistic director with a revival of Sweet Charity and Anne-Marie Duff is going to play the lea…
Phone rings, door chimes, in come the 2018 West End cast recording of Company. In the same week as Marianne Elliott's groundbreaking production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's legenda…
Phone rings, door chimes, in come the 2018 West End cast recording of Company. The digital download and streaming release of Marianne Elliott's groundbreaking production of Stephen Sondheim …
How many types of improv laughs are there? How do the pros 'listen, accept and commit' in an improvised musical? In our last of our three-part SHOWSTOPPER! The Improvised Musical interview s…
It's a family affair for Laura Pitt-Pulford as she takes on the role of Sheryl, the matriarch of the eccentric Hoover family, in Little Miss Sunshine, running at the Arcola Theatre from 21 M…
It seems that Marianne Elliott's production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company at the Gielgud Theatre, featuring a female lead for the first time, hasn't just been a favourite wi…
In the first of our three-part SHOWSTOPPER! The Improvised Musical interview series, co-founder Dylan Emery told us about he and Adam Meggido brought The Showstoppers to life, with influence…
There will be high expectations for the RSC's world premiere musical production of The Boy in the Dress, adapted from David Walliams' first children's novel. But if anyone can pull it off, M…
What would have happened if Shakespeare's Juliet had chosen her own fate? Audiences might be able to find out when new musical & Juliet " featuring the hits of songwriter Max Martin and star…
"Funny, innovative and full of laughs!" The world premiere of Tamar Broadbent and John-Victor's immersive nightclub musical CLUB MEX has been winning four-star reviews. What else have critic…
How did the late British maverick theatremaker Ken Campbell, leading Canadian improv teacher Alan Marriott and the four Elizabethan humours contribute to the birth of SHOWSTOPPER! The Improv…
If you are counting the days until the West End production of Sara Bareilles' musical Waitress opens for previews at the Adelphi Theatre on 8 February, here is a double dollop of video delig…
A hidden gem in the Andrew Lloyd Webber canon, ASPECTS OF LOVE has returned to the London stage after a successful run at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, and Jonathan O'Boyle's producti…
Full casting has been confirmed for the UK tour of In The Willows " the explosive brand new musical retelling of The Wind In The Willows " from the award-winning Metta Theatre. Olivier award…
There's already a big treat on its way at the Adelphi Theatre when Sara Bareilles' musical Waitress opens for previews from 8 February 2019, but that's not all on the menu. In the perfect pi…
StageFaves vlogger Perry O'Bree was on hand to help Faves founder Terri Paddock capture the brilliance of Bernadette Robinson at the West End post-show Q&A at the transfer of tour-de-force o…
Heaven forfend: what if eating biscuits were a crime?! Certainly, all of us in #StageFaves HQ would be in jail already. Join Faves founder for hilarious, 1940s-style musical style THE MINIST…
If it was possible to love Lin-Manuel Miranda even more than we already do (we thought we were on full-love but now we're not sure) this video might be the thing that does it! In this video,…
Paul Taylor-Mills' plans for MT Fest UK, a two-week festival of new musical theatre, already sounded exciting, but a bonus comes in the shape of Night Caps, an informal late-night concerts s…
It feels like we've waited forever for a MOULIN ROUGE stage musical, but now it's on Broadway we're getting impatient for a West End run! Well, for now we may have to dream, but at least we …
Phantom favourite and best-selling soprano Sarah Brightman returns to London for the first time since 2004 with her new world tour, Hymn: Sarah Brightman In Concert, at the Royal Albert Hall…
Could there be a better time for Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Mary Poppins to return to the West End, with the movie sequel starring Emily Blunt having been such a hit? …
New immersive nightclub musical CLUB MEX has just started performances at Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre, where it's booking until 10 February. Manchester-based contributor Glenn Meads round…