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Vibrant, funny and often moving, the deeply humane Broadway musical A Chorus Line is rousing audiences at Sadler’s Wells in Leicester Curve’s acclaimed production
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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express is back 40 years on, bigger, glossier, speedier and camper than ever before
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Director John Caird brings Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away to the stage with giant puppets, soaring spirits and bursts of lavish spectacle
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The Devil Wears Prada musical is due to hit the West End in 2024
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From long-awaited stage adaptations of cult movies to rare appearances from famous faces, we round up the best plays 2024 is promising
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After a sell-out run at the National Theatre, Broadway favourite Hadestown is finally coming to the West End – and tickets are now on sale
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Theatre
From the West End premiere of a Martin McDonagh classic to new work conceived by and starring the great Mark Rylance, June's best new theatre shows
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Musicals
In this West End musical, the six wives of Henry VIII are queens of pop reclaiming their narrative
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Cinema
Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler star in the stunning, spectacular remake of West Side Story by Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg
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From Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne on stage in Cabaret to Ralph Fiennes’ take on TS Eliot’s Four Quartets, the best new plays to see in London
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Sell-out production Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to the London Palladium for summer 2021
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Lin-Manuel Miranda earned Tony awards for In the Heights as well as Hamilton – now his story of a tight-knit Latin-American community comes to the big screen. Anthony Ramos stars
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Teen drag queen musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie is a young, fun and fresh celebration of being a little bit different
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Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and James Corden star in Ryan Murphy's latest project The Prom, based on the Broadway musical
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Immersive
The swinging romance of summer 1963 gears up to get London audiences dancing in July 2022
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Theatre
From the excitement as the lights go down to the electric feeling the experience leaves you with, there’s nothing quite like a night at the theatre
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Extended run: smash hit musical Dear Evan Hansen brings a heartfelt story of teenage isolation and a soaring songbook to London
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Viral white lies, small town spirit and a slice of pie: the new musicals giving West End long-runners a run for their money
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Comedian Jason Manford stars in West End premiere of Curtains, one of the final musicals from Kander and Ebb
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The musical adaptation of everyone’s favourite French film, Amélie, returns to the London stage starring Audrey Brisson as the determined young woman
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Theatre
A new musical brings a tale of love, loss and betrayal to Soho's new Boulevard Theatre
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Kids
Beloved movie Big comes to the stage with an all-singing, all-dancing new show starring reality TV favourite Jay McGuiness
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Musicals
Sharon Osbourne joins the cast of this family festival musical: Nativity comes to the stage this Christmas
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Cinema
Almost two decades after the first film, Legally Blonde is returning for a third instalment part-produced by Witherspoon. Hopefully it will stand up to feminist prods
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Cinema
The director of Boyhood and the Before trilogy takes on a staggering 20-year project: an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along with Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt
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TV
On BBC 2 this Friday: present-day titans Michelle Williams and Sam Rockwell play Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse, the Hollywood dancer and choreographer
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Cinema
A Tony-nominated musical on Netflix and a biopic of the greatest songstress of our time – the silver screen is offering a fresh crop of new movies for musical lovers
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Theatre
Trevor Nunn brings life, laughter and authenticity to a Fiddler on the Roof revival, and it's just as delightful in the West End transfer
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Cinema
Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Ariana Grande, James Corden are confirmed to star in Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of the hit musical
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Cinema
The cast for the upcoming adaptation of the hit musical has been confirmed: Richard E. Grant, Sharon Horgan and more join the 2021 project
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Josie Rourke directs a new production of the Broadway classic Sweet Charity for her farewell production as Donmar Artistic Director
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Theatre
It’s all smiles in Little Miss Sunshine. Arcola Theatre turn a cult-classic film into a musical, which entertains but lacks substance