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Earlier this week Mickey-Jo was invited to attend the opening night of WAR HORSE, on its return to the National Theatre. The hugely succesful play has been entertaining audiences for almost 20 years, and having seen it for the second time, Mickey-Jo’s own feelings about it have evolved. Check out his full review to find out more about the stage adaptation, its creative choices, and its current cas...

A new revival of the Cole Porter scored musical HIGH SOCIETY has opened at the Barbican in London. The production, which is based on the movie musical of the same name, is one of the largest stagings in the show's history and seems to seek to rival Anything Goes for joyous, all-dancing scale. Check out what Mickey-Jo thought of the show, having seen 3 other productions in the past, and whether it...

Conversation has once more turned to audience behaviour and theatre etiquette after Rosamund Pike spoke out about texting during a performance of Inter Alia. Pike, after completing her Olivier Award winning performance in the West End play, returned to the stage in order to beseech the audience not to pierce the trust between actor and audience. The question, then, is whether audience behaviour ca...

The hit parody musical TITANIQUE, from Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, and Tye Blue, has opened at the St James Theatre on Broadway. The show, which parodies the popular 1997 James Cameron film Titanic, features the songs of the iconic Celine Dione as it wittily retells the story of Jack, Rose, and the fateful iceberg. Check out this full video review for Mickey-Jo's thoughts on why the show...

This weekend, the 2026 Tony Awards will be held at Radio City Music Hall, celebrating the best of another year of Broadway theatre. This year's nominated plays and musicals include The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Cats: the Jellicle Ball, Ragtime, Death of a Salesman, Giant, Oedipus, Liberation, The Balusters, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), Titaníque, and more. Check out this video to f...

Last month, Micey-Jo saw 23 shows in 2 weeks in New York, including these 4 Broadway plays: • Proof at the Booth Theatre • Giant at the Music Box Theatre • Joe Turner's Come and Gone at the Barrymore Theatre • Dog Day Afternoon at the August Wilson Theatre These productions have been recognised as some of the most and least artistically successful new productions of the season, and today Mickey-Jo...

The fan favourite musical BEETLEJUICE, which has haunted three Broadway houses since it first premiered, has finally made its way to the West End. The musical adaptation of the classic film opened last night at the Prince Edward Theatre in London and stars David Fynn as the ghost with the most. Check out Mickey-Jo's first ever review of the show, which he's now seen on either side of the Atlantic,...

A few weeks ago, Mickey-Jo saw the new Broadway revival of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at Studio 54. This production, presented by Roundabout Theatre Company, is directed by Sam Pinkleton and stars Luke Evans as Dr Frank n Furter with a cast that also includes Stephanie Hsu, Amber Gray, Andrew Durand, Juliette Lewis, MJ Rodriguez, Rachel Dratch, and more. Check out what Mickey-Jo thought of this new cre...

In breaking Broadway news, it was just announced that the current revival of CHESS at the Imperial Theatre will end its run earlier than planned, on June 21st. The musical, first seen on stage in the 1980s, depicts a chess-centred love triangle in the midst of cold war tensions, written by Benny Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Sir Tim Rice. This new production, with a rewritten book by Danny Strong,...

An emerging trend on Broadway over the last few years has been the substantial arrival of celebrity co-producers - influential figures, entertainment stars and beloved personalities who use their platforms, connections and reputation to help bolster a newly opened show's credibility. This is under particular scrutiny this season, with the likes of Michelle and Barrack Obama, Neil Patrick Harris, B...

The fan-favourite, award winning comedy musical AVENUE Q is back in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre, and Mickey-Jo recently had the bucket-list-worthy opportunity to meet some of its cast and iconic characters. Mickey-Jo headed to the theatre to sit down with Emily Benjamin, Charlie McCullagh, and Noah Harrison plus Avenue Q residents Trekkie Monster, Lucy the Slut, and Rod to ask them abo...

Amidst Mickey-Jo's recent theatregoing, he saw four intense new productions of plays at non West End venues. They were: • Mass at the Donmar Warehouse • Godot's To-Do List / Krapp's Last Tape at the Royal Court Theatre • Mother Courage and Her Children at Shakespeare's Globe • Equus at the Menier Chocolate Factory Check out what Mickey-Jo thought of the writing, creative choices, and performances...

Mickey-Jo recently caught one of London's most anticipated theatrical events of the year, a revival of Peter Quilter's END OF THE RAINBOW starring Jinkx Monsoon. At Soho Theatre, Walthamstow, Jinkx (Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors, Oh, Mary!) plays Judy Garland in the hard hitting play which was also adapted for the biopic film 'Judy'. Check out what Mickey-Jo thought of the play, Jinkx's performa...

British comedy icon Catherine Tate has donned the bratty curls of Mary Todd Lincoln in the hit comedy play Oh, Mary! Tate stars in the West End production at the Trafalgar Theatre, which opened last year starring Mason Alexander Park, and recently won an Olivier Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play. After seeing a recent gala night performance, here are Mickey-Jo's thoughts about Catherine'...

The latest new musical to arrive in the West End is The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, based on the film of the same name and the memoir that inspired it. The musical, which premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford upon Avon, tells the story of William Kamkwamba, who created a windmill from scraps in order to provide for his famine-stricken community. Check out Mickey-Jo's thoughts abo...

A Broadway bombshell was dropped today when it was announced that DEATH BECOMES HER, the fan favourite musical would close next month at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The show, based on the 1992 cult classic film, stars Betsy Wolfe, Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber, and Michelle Williams in the roles played on screen by Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, and Isabella Rossellini. Check out Mi...

One of the most exciting new musicals this Broadway season is Schmigadoon! the highly anticipated stage adaptation of the all-singing, all-dancing Apple TV+ series of the same name. The show, playing at the Nederlander Theatre in New York, stars Alex Brightman and Sara Chase as Josh and Melissa, a couple transported into the inescapable world of musical theatre, with a supporting cast featuring An...

This week, after considerable anticipation (and missing out on seeing its critically acclaimed run at the Almeida), Mickey-Jo finally saw 1536. The Olivier nominated play from rising star playwright Ava Pickett has just opened at the Ambassador's Theatre in the West End. Check out Mickey-Jo's full review for spoiler free and spoiler inclusive analysis of this play, its themes, its creative choices...

When this year's Tony nominations were announced, many were shocked that Lea Michele was not recognised for her leading performance in the revival of Chess. In fact, this is the latest chapter in a long story for Michele, who missed out on a nomination for her breakout performance in Spring Awakening before earning major recognition on the hit TV series, Glee. At this point, Michele has returned t...

This week, Mickey-Jo headed to Woking Theatre to *finally* catch the new UK Tour of a show he loves - Priscilla: Queen of the Desert. This production stars Adele Anderson, Kevin Clifton and Nick Hayes as the three drag performers who travel together across Australia, accompanied by a jukebox score of disco classics. Check out what Mickey-Jo thought of this production, its new designs, and its perf...

After Mickey-Jo's recent trip to New York, in which he caught most of the new Spring openings, he's ready to let you know about the best plays on Broadway. The Balusters is a new comedy play by David Lindsay-Abaire at the Friedman Theatre, presented by Manhattan Theatre Club. Meanwhile, Becky Shaw returns to New York, produced by Second Stage at the Hayes Theatre. Find out why Mickey-Jo loved both...

Last week, a fire broke out at the Eugene O'Neill theatre in New York, where the Broadway production of The Book of Mormon was playing. The Tony Award winning musical, which celebrated its 15th Anniversary this year, has been forced to temporarily close, and has subsequently shared a statement about tentative plans to reopen after essential work takes place in the building. Find out what we know s...

We've all thought about it before - that one song in a great musical that you just don't love listening to, or seeing it onstage. Well, Mickey-Jo sat down with one of his closest friends, Kate Reinking, with whom he disagrees about theatre constantly, to debate some of the worst songs in some of the best and most popular musicals. Check out which numbers they chose from shows like Heathers, Beetle...

It was recently announced that the West End revival of EVITA starring Rachel Zegler, and directed by Jamie Lloyd will transfer to Broadway, with further information to be confirmed. One thing we do know, however, is that the Olivier Award winning actress will not be singing 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' from an exterior balcony to an outdoor crowd as she did nightly at the London Palladium. With no...

While Mickey-Jo was in New York seeing newly opened shows, he made 1 or 2 exceptions, including to pay a return visit to a hit musical from last season, JUST IN TIME. The show, which depicts the life and career of Bobby Darin, opened last year at the Circle in the Square Theatre starring Jonathan Groff, and now stars Jeremy Jordan (The Great Gatsby, Floyd Collins, Newsies) as the celebrated entert...