Last month I wrote a blog about book musicals vs concept musicals and how they have been affected by the rise of the ‘jukebox musical’. The mixed comments I received regarding this have made me wonder about this newcomer a bit more. Also, as news comes about a musical currently undergoing workshops in New York [...]

Last October I wrote a blog about celebrity casting, including a quote where composer Andrew Lloyd Webber declared: “I think the reality shows are at saturation point and probably what proves that is what has happened to X Factor in America.”  Now, just four months later, it seems he has partially reneged on this. Whilst [...]

Last September I left the bright lights of London for the countryside of North Devon, where my family now live. I grew up in Birmingham before the move to the South East so I have always found theatre very accessible, especially musical theatre. So I was struck to find a distinct lack of musicals down [...]

If you study musical theatre in any sort of depth you will come to realise that nearly every show falls into one of two categories: either a book musical or a concept show. A book musical strives for realism and integration. A traditional book musical will be thoroughly integrated, in that every song grows out [...]