How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ★★
Frank Loesser’s classic satire of big business, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, is revived at Southwark Playhouse
Musicals
TONY! The Tony Blair Rock Opera ★★★★
Tony! tells the story of how one man went from peace-loving, long-haired hippy and would-be pop star to warmongering multimillionaire.
Glory Ride ★★
Glory Ride, a musical about Italian cycling legend Gino Bartali and his secret missions during World War II, has its world premiere at Charing Cross Theatre
Sweeney Todd – the Victorian Melodrama ★★★★
Opera della Luna bring their new production of Sweeney Todd or “The String of Pearls” to the most appropriate venue in London for a recreation of a Victorian melodrama, Wilton’s Music Hall.
Betty Blue Eyes – ★★★
Betty Blue Eyes, Stile and Drewe’s 2011 terribly British musical comedy, gets its first London revival at the Union Theatre
Killing The Cat – ★★★★
Killing The Cat, a new experimental musical, explores the debate of faith versus science during an Italian romance.
Titanic The Musical – ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Titanic The Musical’s 10th Anniversary UK and Ireland tour offers a gripping portrait of the doomed ship
The Great British Bake Off Musical ★★★★
The beloved TV baking show arrives in the West End as a musical – but will it rise to the occasion?
Oklahoma! ★★★★★
Oklahoma! is given a radical reworking that reveals many untapped dramatic riches in the 80-year-old musical.
Blood Brothers (Touring) ★★★★★
Willy Russell’s musical theatre classic Blood Brothers is on tour four decades after it first played in London’s West End. The Recs asks if it’s still worth a visit?