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A stage musical adaptation of the film A KNIGHT'S TALE recently began performances of its world premiere production at the Manchester Opera House. The musical uses a handful of iconic songs from the film's soundtrack as well as more rock anthems and dancefloor classics to tell the heroic story of William Thatcher, the aspirational peasant who pretends to be a Knight in order to enter joust...

After already finding success in Australia, the stage musical adaptation of the 1994 film MURIEL'S WEDDING has made its UK Premiere at Curve Theatre in Leicester. In the show, Muriel Heslop goes on the run from her entire life, all while fostering a secret dream of becoming a bride, a fantasy which she enjoys imagining almost as much as she enjoys listening to ABBA songs. In today's full r...

At the end of 2024, a new bio musical based on the life of country music icon Dolly Parton was announced, with a global casting call to find undiscovered talent. A few months later, with the principal casting for the show's pre Broadway run in Nashville featuring none of the 15 finalists, many are asking questions about whether this was simply a promotional stunt. In today's episode, Micke...

Mickey-Jo was recently invited to see THE BRIGHTENING AIR at the Old Vic Theatre in London, the new play from Conor McPherson (The Weir, Girl from the North Country).The play, which feels in many ways inspired by Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, is set in 1980s Ireland and depicts an uncomfortable family reunion during which discussions of faith and the mundanity of life give way to startling reve...

On Sunday 20th April, Mickey-Jo was joined at his live Cabaret show 'MickeyJoTheatre: LIVE' at the Phoenix Arts Club by the brilliant choreographer Fabian Aloise. Fabian, who is currently working on the upcoming West End revival of EVITA, has worked alongside Jamie Lloyd on recent productions of Sunset Blvd, Much Ado about Nothing, and more. Check out what happened when Fabian shared some...

The nominations were announced for the 2025 Tony Awards, celebrating the last of the best year of Broadway's plays and musicals. Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending and Buena Vista Social Club led as the most nominated musicals, with considerable success for John Proctor is the Villain, The Hills of California, and Oh, Mary!.But, as always, not every deserving show, creative, and actor could...

A musical adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY, which began at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, has opened month at the London Coliseum. The show began performances at the Broadway Theatre in New York last year and starred Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada, with Ryan McCartan and Sarah Hyland later taking over the leading roles. The West End cast includes Jamie Muscato (Mou...

It was announced today that Rob Madge and Hannah Dodd would succeed Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace as The Emcee and Sally Bowles in the West End production of CABARET.The revival, which has been directed by Rebecca Frecknall, reconceived the Playhouse Theatre in London as the Kit Kat Club when it first opened in 2021 and has since starred many brilliant performers in these iconic roles. Check ou...

During Mickey-Jo's most recent trip to New York City he saw a bunch of this season's newly opened Broadway shows, including BOOP the musical. The show, which currently plays at the Broadhurst Theatre, stars Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop. Check out the full review for Mickey-Jo's thoughts on the show, and don't forget to share your thoughts in the comments...•00:00 | introduction...

The 2025 Tony Award Nominations are set to be announced this week, recognising some of the best of the last year of Broadway plays and musicals. With likely recognition for some of this year's biggest shows including Sunset Boulevard, Oh Mary!, Maybe Happy Ending, John Proctor is the Villain, Gypsy, Operation Mincemeat, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Stranger Things: the First Shadow, and more -...

A musical adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY, which began at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, has opened this week at the London Coliseum. The show began performances at the Broadway Theatre in New York last year and starred Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada, with Ryan McCartan and Sarah Hyland later taking over the leading roles. The West End cast includes Jamie Muscato...

The beloved character Paddington Bear is set to be the next star of the West End, as it was officially announced today that Paddington the Musical would open later this year in London. The brand new stage adaptation of the Michael Bond story and the STUDIOCANAL films will premiere at the Savoy Theatre in the West End in November 2025. Luke Sheppard (The Little Big Things, Starlight Express) will d...

When Mickey-Jo was recently in New York, he saw PURPOSE, the new play from Branden Jacobs Jenkins. The piece was commissioned by Steppenwolf and is currently being performed at the Hayes Theatre in New York in a production directed by Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad. Check out Mickey-Jo's full review to find out how he responded to this staggering production, its impactful performances and i...

On Monday 21st April 2024, Mickey-Jo had the privilege of hosting an exclusive post show talkback with the Olivier Award winning writers of the West End's newly crowned Best New Musical, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Jethro Compton and Darren Clark. With some questions from Mickey-Jo and others from the many members of the audience who had been in attendance at that evening's perfor...

During my most recent trip to New York, I caught a bunch of Broadway's most recently opened musicals, including REDWOOD at the Nederlander Theatre. Tony Award winner Idina Menzel (Rent, Wicked, If/Then) stars in the story of a woman driven by a heartbreaking loss to the solace of a redwood forest. Through the kindness of strangers and a new perspective, she will find catharsis—and rediscover t...

Tobias Turley and Stevie Doc were last seen on stage together in the West End production of MAMMA MIA! after winning the roles of Sophie and Sky in the ITV competition series Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream. Following their time together in the show, the rising stars are reuniting on 10th May at Cadogan Hall for a special concert. Ahead of the performance, Mickey-Jo chatted with the pair via zoom about...

OHMYGOD HEY!This bank holiday weekend you can catch Mickey-Jo on two different London stages, with his own show MickeyJoTheatre: LIVE and a talkback at The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. On Sunday 20th April, Mickey-Jo is back with MickeyJoTheatre LIVE at the Phoenix Arts Club with special guests Lewis Cornay, Allie Daniel, and Fabian Aloise for an evening of chat, live musical performances and...

The Broadway production of the new play GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, co-written by and starring Hollywood star George Clooney, has recently broken box office records. Grosses of more than $3.7 million dollars across a week of performances have made this production the highest grossing play in Broadway history, in spite of the mixed-positive reviews it received when it opened recently. Check out this...

This week Mickey-Jo headed to the Lyric Hammersmith in London to see GHOSTS, Gary Owen's new contemporary adaptation of the classic Henrik Ibsen play. In this new updated version, Victoria Smurfit stars as Helena Alving alongside Callum Scott Howells as her son Oz. This world premiere production re-situates this classic story into the modern day, and follows in the footsteps of similarly re-le...

During Mickey-Jo's most recent trip to New York City he saw five Off-Broadway shows alongside a busy roster of Broadway plays and musicals. These were:• Conversations with Mother at Theatre 555• The Jonathan Larson Project at the Orpheum Theatre• The Magic City at New Victory Theatre• All the World's a Stage at Theatre Row• We Has a World at New York City CenterCheck out that Mickey-Jo tho...

During Mickey-Jo's most recent trip to New York, he saw SMASH, the new musical based on the NBC TV series of the same name. The show follows the chaos behind the scenes at 'Bombshell' a fictional musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers), SMASH stars Tony nominee Robyn Hurder (Moulin Rouge) as “Ivy,” two-time Tony nomin...

During Mickey-Jo's most recent trip to New York, he had the privilege of sitting down to interview rising Broadway and Hollywood star Andrew Barth Feldman. Andrew made his Broadway debut in Dear Evan Hansen as a winner of the 2018 Jimmy Awards, and has since been seen on stage in Little Shop of Horrors and on screen in No Hard Feelings and Saturday Night. Andrew is currently appearing in WE HA...

The Broadway revival of CABARET, currently playing at the August Wilson Theatre in New York, has recently welcomed new additions to its principal cast. Orville Peck and Eva Noblezada now lead the show as The Emcee and Sally Bowles respectively. Check out Mickey-Jo's thoughts on their performances and how the entire production fares...•00:00 | introduction02:18 | Orville Peck as The Emcee11:19...

Mickey-Jo recently headed back to New York to see some of this Spring's newest Broadway openings, including the new production of THE LAST FIVE YEARS.The popular musical, written by Jason Robert Brown, is finally receiving its Broadway premiere, and stars Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren as Jamie and Cathy. Check out this full review to find out what Mickey-Jo thought of the new production, its...

The acclaimed play RETROGRADE, written by Ryan Calais Cameron and originally seen at the Kiln Theatre, has recently opened at the Apollo Theatre in the West End. The play documents a meeting between a young Sidney Poitier and the NBC lawyer who is trying to coerce him into denouncing his community leaders during the age of McCarthyism. Check out this full review for Mickey-Jo's thoughts on thi...