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This weekend, the 2025 Tony Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall, celebrating the best of the last year of Broadway theatre. This year's ceremony was hosted by Cynthia Erivo (Wicked, The Color Purple) and saw wins for Darren Criss, Nicole Scherzinger, Cole Escola, Sarah Snook and more. Some of the award winning shows included Maybe Happy Ending, Purpose, Stranger Things: The First Shadow,...

This weekend, the 2025 Tony Awards will be held at Radio City Music Hall, celebrating the best of the last year of Broadway theatre. This year's nominated plays and musicals include Maybe Happy Ending, Death Becomes Her, Buena Vista Social Club, Sunset Blvd, Operation Mincemeat, John Proctor is the Villain, Purpose, Stranger Things: The First Shadow and Oh, Mary! In Mickey-Jo's last episod...

This weekend, the 2025 Tony Awards will be held at Radio City Music Hall, celebrating the best of the last year of Broadway theatre. This year's nominated plays and musicals include Maybe Happy Ending, Death Becomes Her, Buena Vista Social Club, Sunset Blvd, Operation Mincemeat, John Proctor is the Villain, Purpose, Stranger Things: The First Shadow and Oh, Mary! Check out this video to find o...

After a previous teaser clip was shared, the first full trailer has now been released for WICKED: For Good, the hugely anticipated second part of the long awaited film adaptation of WICKED.The musical, which opened on Broadway just over 20 years ago, has already been adapted last year with the first instalment of a two part film adaptation starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Join me and fell...

Last week, a profile of the Tony Award winning actress Patti LuPone was published by the New Yorker in which she made controversial statements about fellow actresses Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald. Since then, the Broadway community has responded with an open letter advocating for a greater cultural shift in the theatre industry, punishment for harmful behaviour and championship of diversity. Find...

With the 2025 Tony Awards approaching, theatre fans worldwide are looking to Broadway and its many celebrated new plays and musicals In particular, many are wondering when this year's acclaimed shows (as well as a handful from previous seasons) will announce West End transfers. In today's episode, Mickey-Jo is sharing some industry insights and rumours about which Broadway shows might be n...

Earlier this year, it was announced that American actor and singer Kevin McHale would be making his UK stage debut in an off West End revival of the musical THE FROGS at Southwark Playhouse. McHale, who was an original cast member of the TV show Glee, was also seen recently in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Kennedy Center. When Mickey-Jo chatted with him ahead of the show's firs...

Today, I'm very excited to let you know that my stagey fiancé Aeron James and I are on our way back to New York to catch the last few shows of the current Broadway season, as well as a few more surprises. But this time, we're also heading to Chicago to immerse ourselves in that theatre district and see a bunch more shows in a brand new state. Stay tuned for plenty of review and vlog style content...

It has been announced that the musical CHESS will return to Broadway this year, with its first major Broadway revival since the original production in the 1980s. The show will star Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, with further casting to be announced along with the theatre the show will be playing at. Check out this theatre news recap for Mickey-Jo's thoughts on the show, why...

This week, one of Mickey-Jo's most anticipated shows had its opening night: a brand new production of THE FROGS at Southwark Playhouse. The Frogs is among the most infrequently produced musicals with a score by Stephen Sondheim, and is based on the ancient Greek play by Aristophanes. This London production stars Dan Buckley (The Book of Mormon) alongside Kevin McHale (Glee), Victoria Scone (Ru...

Yesterday, a profile of the Tony Award winning actress Patti LuPone was published by the New Yorker, and it shocked the Broadway Theatre community. LuPone, who over the course of her multi-decade stage and screen career has starred in Evita, Company, and Gypsy, and simultaneously become known for her unfiltered comments and conviction, spoke out about fellow actresses Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonal...

Mickey-Jo recently caught one of the West End's latest new plays: The Fifth Step, by David Ireland. The play, which was commissioned by the National Theatre of Scotland and previously staged at the Edinburgh Festival, is currently running at @SohoPlace in London and stars Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman. Check out this full review for Mickey-Jo's thoughts on the intense, 1 act, 2 hander as...

Next month, the 2025 Tony Awards will be presented in New York City to this season's most celebrated plays and musicals. This year's nominees include Cole Escola, Nicole Scherzinger, Darren Criss, Jonathan Groff, and more from shows including Maybe Happy Ending, Gypsy, Sunset Boulevard, John Proctor is the Villain, Operation Mincemeat, and Oh, Mary! Ahead of the ceremony (and our full pred...

On Sunday 18th May, Mickey-Jo was joined at my live Cabaret show 'MickeyJoTheatre: LIVE' at the Phoenix Arts Club by the extraordinary Carly Mercedes Dyer. Carly received an Olivier Award nomination for her hysterical performance as Erma in Anything Goes at the Barbican Centre, and has also wowed audiences in A Chorus Line, West Side Story, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and the UK tour of the D...

Last night, Mickey-Jo attended the opening night performance of MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION at the Garrick Theatre in London. The George Bernard Shaw play is revived in a new production from Director Dominic Cooke starring real life mother and daughter Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter as Mrs Warren and her daughter. Check out this full review to find out what Mickey-Jo thought of the themes, the...

In breaking theatre news, it has just been announced that the cult hit musical RIDE THE CYCLONE, which premiered in Canada ahead of an Off-Broadway run and subsequently found huge online popularity, will finally receive its professional UK premiere in 2025.The musical, which follows the afterlives of six teens from a Canadian chamber choir who perished in a rollercoaster accident, will open in Nov...

The Tony Award winning Broadway musical comedy SHUCKED has just arrived in the UK, with a London production at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. The cast for this charmingly corny show includes Steven Webb (The Book of Mormon), Ben Joyce (Back to the Future the Musical), Sophie McShera (Downton Abbey), Georgina Onuorah (Hamilton), Monique Ashe-Palmer (Six), and more. Check out this full review t...

One of this year's most Tony Award nominated Broadway shows is BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, the new musical at the Schoenfeld Theatre based on the 1999 documentary about the album of the same name. The semi-fictional jukebox musical, using Spanish language songs, follows, in parallel, the recording of the iconic album and the memories of its musicians amidst the Cuban revolution decades previously...

On Sunday 20th April, Mickey-Jo was joined at his live Cabaret show 'MickeyJoTheatre: LIVE' at the Phoenix Arts Club by the talented and hilarious Lewis Cornay. Lewis has recently been seen in the UK Touring productions of The History Boys and the Spongebob Squarepants Musical, but has also given terrific performances in John & Jen, She Loves Me, Whistle Down the Wind, and more. Check...

Earlier this week, Mickey-Jo was invited to attend the gala night of THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES, the new show from Mischief Theatre. The company, who created the hit West End and Broadway show The Play That Goes Wrong, are premiering the new comedy at the Noel Coward Theatre in London. Check out the full review for Mickey-Jo's thoughts on this brand new show...•00:00 | introduction01:58 | synopsis...

It was announced yesterday that TINA: the Tina Turner musical would close in the West End after 7 years. While the show has enjoyed considerable global success, and recently commenced its first UK Tour, this still raises questions about the place of jukebox musicals such as Tina in the current theatre landscape. It also raises questions about which show we might see next at the Aldwych Theatre in...

It's been announced today, that Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo will star in a stage adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula next year in the West End. The production, which has already been seen in Australia, will be adapted and directed by Kip Williams and comes on the heels of his previous staging of The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Sarah Snook. Check out this recap of today's news t...

The very last show Mickey-Jo saw on his most recent trip to New York was JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN by Kimberly Belflower. The play, which is set in Georgia in 2018, features Sadie Sink among a talented ensemble cast. It depicts a high school class who study The Crucible and respond to it in the context of the #MeToo movement which is dawning. Check out this full review to find out why Mickey-Jo...

On Sunday 20th April, Mickey-Jo was joined at his live Cabaret show 'MickeyJoTheatre: LIVE' at the Phoenix Arts Club by the wonderfully talented actress Allie Daniel. Allie, who is currently appearing in Hadestown (and had come straight from a matinee that afternoon!), will feature in the award-winning musical's upcoming filmed recording, having played one of the Fates, as well as unde...

HERE WE ARE, the final ever musical to feature a score from the legendary composer lyricist Stephen Sondheim, is currently receiving its European premiere with a run at the National Theatre in London. The musical, which features a book by the playwright David Ives, was originally seen Off-Broadway at The Shed in 2023, and is based on two films by Luis Buñuel, The Exterminating Angel (1962) and The...