The Wicked Stage: How do we nurture the future of musicals?
Many will declare that there is in fact no problem with the West End - thousands upon thousands of us watch the shows and have a brilliant time. Sadly that ...
Jason Robert Brown
The Wicked Stage: What’s happened to musical theatre in the South West?
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 S...
The Wicked Stage: Book musicals vs. concept musicals – are they both under threat?
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...
Review: Parade
Reviving a musical which enjoyed a successful run at the Donmar Warehouse just four years ago is a courageous move, but this powerful production of Parade m...