MusicalTalk - The UK's Independent Musical Theatre Podcast

Join MusicalTalk listeners Eitan and Luis as they share their thoughts on Miss Saigon, now playing at the Prince Edward Theatre.

Nick Hutson gives Kerry a phone call to hear about the latest developments and projects in the Lady of the West End's extremely busy career!

Nick Hutson and Jonathan Cohen went to see Forbidden Broadway at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Hear their thoughts on this always brilliant and inspired show! Now playing until 16th August 2014

The Countdown to Edinburgh has started so join Thos as he discusses the return of last year's sell-out hit, Snakes the Musical, with Thom Sellwood and Davie Kelleher of Quite Nice Theatre.  They also discuss the company's intriguing new musical, At the Edge of the World, which debuts at the Reading Fringe this week!  Enjoy this amusing episode and also hear songs from both shows!  You'll enjoy an...

Thos talks to David Ovenden of the Stephen Sondheim Society about the great man and the new celebration of his career seen through the eyes of parodists, subtly called God. Are you are believer

Dominic McChensey sits down in Hollywood to talk to the legend that is Millicent Martin!

Caroline sits down with our own Andrew Corcoran and Luke Frederics to discuss Carousel playing at the Arcola Theatre

David Kingsmill takes a brief sojourn to the alternate reality of Heartsville High, where homosexuality is the norm, heterophobia is rampant, and glitter is most definite the in thing, in this brief look at the Landor's current production, "Zanna, Don't!"

Nick Hutson and Jonathan Cohen review THE PAJAMA GAME, now playing at The Shaftesbury Theatre until September!

David Kingsmill explores time as he looks at a show that premiered in 2001 and one that premiered in 2014 that is based on a text written in 1897.  Respectively they are JRB's The Last 5 Years, which ran at the Greenwich Theatre and Brighton Fringe, and De Profundis, just finishing its run at the Leicester Square Lounge.

Read all about it! Shock! Horror!  Thos and Tim find new Andrew Lloyd Webber piece, Stephen Ward, scandalously good!  The veteran writer has ripped the skirt off the Profumo affair and revealed all in a shockingly good expose of his own talent.  In other words, it's a much appreciated return to form by Lloyd Webber showing that his saga of fifty years ago is golden!  Don't believe everything you r...

Nick Hutson and Andrew Edwards discuss their thoughts on the long awaited revival of Miss Saigon.  Also this week, Nick talks to Robert Gordon about their collective thoughts on the new musical playing at the Hampstead Theatre documenting the life of Ray Davies and his dysfunctional rock band - The Kinks!

Thos and Tim get affected by G-Force as they explore the recent London musical From Here to Eternity, the new show from Tim Rice which looks at the thorny issues of fraternal army life and times with the men of Company G - from brotherhood to brothels, not to mention suicide and murder (so we won't!)

David Herzog talks to Elliot Davis about Fings Aint Wot They Used To Be, playing at The Theatre Royal Stratford East and Professor Robert Gordon pays tribute to Mickey Rooney.

Nick Hutson sits down with Charlotte Jaconelli to discuss her new album - Solitaire, her love of musical theatre and her path from Britain's Got Talent to the present day.

David finishes up his conversations with some of the creatives from "Urinetown the Musical," including Richard Fitch and Aaron Lee Lambert.

Nick Hutson and Thos Ribbits sit down to discuss the "1920s" style musical comedy from Harry Hill and Steve Brown, the achingly funny and brilliant "I Can't Sing", which is the new musical based on The X Factor, now playing at the world-famous London Palladium.

Orton and Those Damn Yankees:  David Kingsmill talks to those involved with ORTON - a new musical exploring Joe Orton's life, reviews the show with Nicholas Chave and then moves along to discuss Damn Yankees - which was a new show for David.  Hear his thoughts in this episode!

David Herzog talks to two members of the cast of this new Australian musical playing at the King's Head Theatre in London

Robert Gordon shares his thoughts on the new musical comedy currently playing at the Savoy Theatre.

Thos and Tim express their Shermania as they discuss the score and structure of this evergreen Disney film – but what role does an editor play in redefining the context and purpose of a filmed musical?  And find out how massive substitutiary locomotion blurs with misguided substitutiary elocution!

Nick sits down with Lesli Margherita to discuss her role as Mrs Wormwood in the Broadway production of MATILDA, as well as putting questions forward to her from some Twitter followers.  Hear everything from Lesli discussing the development of the Zorro Musical (for which she won an Olivier Award), to life advice and as to what some of her previous jobs involved! An entertaining and educational les...

As MusicalTalk celebrates its sesquicentennial anniversary (look it up!), Thos dons his plus fours to stroll down memory lane, and blows the cobwebs off (and puts the stylus on) a few old forgotten archive recordings.  Hear some famous voices from the past as well as get a sense of the tangible improvements to recording technology in this unusual episode celebrating all the past iterations of Musi...

David Herzog talks to Katie Bernstein, currently performing in Urinetown at the St James Theatre.

Join Nick Hutson as he sits down for a brief chat with Mike Dixon to discuss a UK Tour that Mike is conducting involving many songs by the legendary Don Black