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Do you want to stay on top of the latest developments in musical theatre in London, the UK and across the world? Discover musical theatre news, reviews of the latest musical theatre productions in the West End and across the UK and interviews with top musical theatre stars from The Stage.

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Stiletto review
“Exposition-heavy”

Stiletto review

Charing Cross Theatre, London
Ambitious new musical marred by a wayward narrative and confused tone
“Best Scottish musical for years”

Wild Rose review

The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
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Resources

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Opinion

Lyn Gardner
by Lyn Gardner

Arts Council must reform funding if theatre is to survive challenging landscape

Despite the early hope in a Labour government, theatre may need to accept that the good years of arts funding are gone forever, says Lyn Gardner – Arts Council England should now find new ways to empower all artists
David Benedict
by David Benedict

Operation Mincemeat: the next toast of Broadway?

Transferring a West End hit to Broadway can be a risky venture, says David Benedict. Here’s hoping that SpitLip’s small but mighty madcap British musical will be as popular with US audiences as it has been here
Amanda Parker
by Amanda Parker

Arts Council England’s NPO extension: the sweetener before the bitter pill?

Three years is a long time in the life of a theatre company and while some are celebrating the NPO extension by Arts Council England, for those that were hoping to apply for the next round it poses an existential threat

Editor's View

by Alistair Smith

Covid continues to shape theatre five years on

Among the significant challenges the theatre industry has had to bear due to the pandemic lockdowns, the greatest impact is on the workforce itself, says Alistair Smith

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Big Interviews

The Stage talks in depth to movers and shakers from across the industry

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Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
“It’s like the kids are running the room!”

Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss

Theatremakers
Ahead of the West End premiere of their second musical, Why Am I So Single?, the award-winning creators of mega-hit Six the Musical talk to Holly Williams about what sparked their interest in the genre, their partially autobiographical new show on the hideousness of modern dating and why the whirlwind success of their first production still feels surreal
Judy Craymer
“I can’t imagine the West End without Mamma Mia!”

Judy Craymer

Producer
Tim Rice
“I never wanted to be in this business”

Tim Rice

Lyricist
Andy and Wendy Barnes
“New British musicals can succeed”

Andy and Wendy Barnes

Producers
Shaina Taub
“I would never forgive myself if I didn’t try”

Shaina Taub

Composer, lyricist, songwriter and performer

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Long Reads

To the underworld and back again: the journey of Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

To the underworld and back again: the journey of Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

by Fergus Morgan
Creator Anaïs Mitchell, director Rachel Chavkin and designer Rachel Hauck take Fergus Morgan on Hadestown’s two-decade journey
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Jane Austen on stage: how the author went from period to plaid

Jane Austen on stage: how the author went from period to plaid

by Nick Smurthwaite
As we step into the 250th year since Jane Austen’s birth, two adaptations, Clueless the Musical and Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort Of) are a reminder of the author’s rich, diverse legacy. Nick Smurthwaite looks at some of the most memorable stage spin-offs of her work
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Q&A

Interviews with established and emerging theatremakers working on stage and behind the scenes in UK theatre and beyond.
Pamela Ivonne-Cole

Pamela Ivonne-Cole

Singer and musical theatre performer
Miracle Chance

Miracle Chance

actor
Stephenson Ardern-Sodje

Stephenson Ardern-Sodje

actor
Lulu-Mae Pears

Lulu-Mae Pears

actor
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