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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
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A Doll's House, Part 2, Donmar Warehouse review - Noma Dumezweni nails it
Broadway entry from 2017 is the rare sequel that richly delivers
Bangers, Soho Theatre review - sizzling gig theatre
Loving account of two couples is perceptive, but a bit slender
King Lear, Shakespeare's Globe review - eviscerates emotionally while illuminating a society rotten with lies
The disconnect between rhetoric and genuine meaning feels very contemporary
That Is Not Who I Am, Royal Court review – gimmicky post-truth spoof
Lucy Kirkwood’s new play is depressingly cynical in form and content
Jitney, Old Vic review - a directorial delight
The first in his 'Century Cycle' catches the fabric of life that August Wilson made his own
Ulysses, Abbey Theatre / The Tin Soldier, Gate Theatre, Dublin review - peerless Joyce marathon, Andersen squashed
Barry McGovern is odyssey master, while fine performers sag under awful script
The False Servant, Orange Tree Theatre review - Marivaux's cruel comedy gets a modern spin
An entertaining but not quite convincing makeover for a tricky play
The Wedding, Gecko Theatre, Barbican review - eccentric, ebullient exploration of our contract with society
Gecko boldly sculpts surreal alternative realities to our predicted worlds
The Glass Menagerie, Duke of York's Theatre review - memories flare and fade
A classic play can still collapse time and space with its heartrending relevance
Girl on an Altar, Kiln Theatre review - machismo, murder and motherhood in mesmerising myth
Marina Carr's angry, poetic take on Clytemnestra's story is delivered in all its gory glory
Henry VIII, Shakespeare's Globe review - unashamedly vulgar take on our last split with Europe
A ten-foot golden phallus is launched from the musicians’ gallery
Legally Blonde, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review - a joyous Gen-Z musical makeover
Lucy Moss puts the 'camp' into campus with her riotous, inclusive revival
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