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The Best Musicals in London
The Best Musicals in London
We recommend the top shows in musical theatre
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
'Dear Evan Hansen' at the Noël Coward Theatre will steal your heartMatthew Murray
Aladdin, Prince Edward Theatre ★★★ Disney's latest blockbuster film-turned-stage show remains airborne – just
Come From Away, Phoenix Theatre ★★★★ 9/11-themed musical crosses the Atlantic, capacious heart intact
Dear Evan Hansen, Noël Coward Theatre ★★★★ A stirring new musical that tackles missed connections in the internet age will steal your heart. Until 2 May
Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Apollo Theatre ★★★★ Triumphant West End transfer for this big-hearted, inclusive and utterly joyful British musical
Ghost Quartet, Boulevard Theatre ★★★★ Both mystical and alcoholic spirits infuse this wonderfully distinctive chamber musical. Until 4 Jan
Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre ★★★ Everyone's favourite nanny returns, again, in a lavish but old-fashioned revival. Until 31 May
Matilda the Musical, Cambridge Theatre ★★★★ The RSC's production of Dahl's classic is a feast for eyes, ears - and heart
Only Fools and Horses, Theatre Royal Haymarket ★★★★ Rollicking remake of much-loved TV sitcom.
Lovely jubbly!
Preludes, Southwark Playhouse ★★★★ Dave Malloy's innovative musical immerses us in Rachmaninov's creative crisis.
School of Rock, New London Theatre ★★★★ Andrew Lloyd Webber's transatlantic transfer is a blast
The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre ★★★★★ The dirty-talking, big-hearted musical from the talents behind South Park is satirical heaven
The Lion King, Lyceum Theatre ★★★★ Disney's anthropomorphic magic still holds its appeal for all the family
The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty's Theatre ★★★★ Does the most successful entertainment event of all time still have it?
Tina, Aldwych Theatre ★★★ Powerhouse Adrienne Warren is the saving grace of a new bio-musical that plays it safe
Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre ★★★★ Elphaba flies high for the ages in perennial audience favourite
more Theatre
Is God Is, Royal Court review – blister, flare and burn, baby, burn
Aleshea Harris’s award-winning play is a thrillingly satirical mash up
Indecent, Menier Chocolate Factory review - cabaret-style depiction of a rapidly changing world
An intriguing if flawed evening, boosted by ebullient ensemble work
First Person: theatre director Christopher Haydon on how the Rose Theatre, Kingston, can bloom anew
The former artistic director of the Gate Theatre moves his theatrical vision further west
The Memory of Water, Hampstead Theatre review – uneasy tragi-comedy
Sombre revival of Shelagh Stephenson’s 1996 classic about three sisters
Frozen, Theatre Royal Drury Lane review - twinkling spectacle with a sincere drama at its heart
The stage version of the beloved animation looks set to become a West End staple
Leopards, Rose Theatre, Kingston review - a no-thrill thriller about sex and power
When the trousers come off and the handcuffs go on, the climax is the sexual politics lecture
Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, Orange Tree Theatre review - a blast from the past with lessons for today
Forty-nine years on, Fugard's anger has lost none of its ferocity
Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre review - strong, but inconclusive
Poetic play about enslaved peoples and Victorian painter JMW Turner
Once Upon A Time In Nazi Occupied Tunisia, Almeida Theatre review - flawed theatre but a great experiment
Playwright Josh Azouz's absurdism owes as much to Sacha Baron Cohen as to Beckett
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury review - dazzling Disney rewrite
Beloved Angela Lansbury film is in sure, safe theatrical hands
Edinburgh Fringe 2021: Screen 9
Deeply moving verbatim show from a bright new London company
Edinburgh Fringe 2021: Still
Frances Poet offers a luminous meditation on suffering and death at the Traverse
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