This week we chat with West End star Aimie Atkinson . Aimie created the role of Katherine Howard in the original cast of the phenomenon, Six , the musical and will soon be heading back to the West End to play Vivian Ward in the hit musical, Pretty Woman . We also play her brand new single.
This week we chat with internet sensations, Oscar Conlon-Morrey and Rob Madge . Oscar Conlon-Morrey is an award-winning actor. During lockdown, he entertained the nation with a series of hilarious theatre-themed viral videos. Rob Madge shared hilarious home videos of childhood living room performances and holidays to Disney via their Twitter and TikTok accounts. We also chat with award-winning actor and solo artist Lucie Jones first came to prominence when she reached the finals of ITV’s The X F...
In this weeks episode we chat with jazz legend, Ann Hampton Callaway about her highly anticipated live steam concert with her sister, Liz Callaway , Side By Side. We also chat with showbiz legend Arlene Phillips who is being unleashed in the West End, lifting the lid on her amazing career working with the biggest A-list stars including Elton John, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Whitney Huston, Tom Cruise, Robbie Williams... and her scandalous dance group Hot Gossip who shocked British TV viewers!...
On today's show, we chat about Public Domain , a dark, funny, verbatim musical about the internet with creators and stars, Francesca Forristal and Jordan Paul Clarke are with us now. We also chat with Rachel Tucker , Lewis Cornay and Guy Retallack and John and Jen, an emotional rollercoaster that explores the dynamics of family relationships. This production at London’s Southwark Playhouse is the world premiere of a brand new updated version of the show by writers Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald....
This week we chat with Broadway legend, Tony Award-winning. She created the iconic roles of Beatrice Stockwell in The Drowsy Chaperone and Dee Dee Allen in The Prom. We also chat with Jane Monheit. With a career spanning over 20 years, Jane is considered one of the finest jazz singers in the world. Her latest album, Come What May is a stunning mix of musical theatre and the great America Songbook.
This week we chat with the writers of the new stage adaptation of Disney's iconic movie, Bedknobs and Broomsticks , Neil Bartram and Brian Hill . We also chat with Drew Gasparini about I Could Use A Drink , Nadim Naaman about Rumi: A Musical .
Tony Award nominated actors, Orfeh and Andy Karl met when they were both in the Broadway production of Saturday Night Fever. They’ve subsequently starred in the original Broadway productions of Legally Blonde and Pretty Woman as well as having their own glittering Broadway careers.
This week, we chat with West End and TV star Wendi Peters about You Are Here , a brand new musical opening at the Southwark Playhouse. We also get to share an exclusive track from the show.
We chat with Chip Zien who is best known for creating the iconic role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. He has appeared in all of the "Marvin Stories" musicals by William Finn: playing Marvin in In Trousers , and Mendel in March of the Falsettos , Falsettoland and Falsettos.
Fiver , by Alex James Ellison and Tom Lees, follows the story of a humble five pound note as it passes through the hands and pockets of people in London. We chat with the whole cast, Luke Bayer, Dan Buckley, Aoife Clesham, Hiba Elchikhe and Alex James Ellison . We also chat with Jennifer Ashley Tepper about The Untold Stories of Broadway that tells the stories about the most important stages in the world, seen through the eyes of the people who bring The Great White Way to life each night....
This week we chat with Joanna Gleason. Joanna has had a glittering career on stage and screen. She won a Tony award for creating the iconic role of the Baker’s Wife in the original Broadway Production of Into The Woods. We also catch up with Scott Alan to talk about his song cycle. The Distance You Have Come follows the lives of six individuals who juggle the constant challenges of life, depression, heartache and love. Having had a successful run in October 2018, the show is making its West End ...
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty are considered the foremost theatrical writing team of their generation. They’ve won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle and have been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes and four Grammy Awards. Their shows include: Once on This Island, Ragtime, Seussical, Rocky the Musical and Anastasia.
This week we chat to musical theatre legend, Frances Ruffelle, who created the role of Eponine in the original London production of Les Miserables. She went on to play the same role in the original Broadway production and winning herself a Tony Award in the process. We also chat to Waylon Jacobs (Hamilton) about the brand new studio cast recording of Cases.
This week we chat with West End legend and National Treasure, Bonnie Langford . Bonnie made her West End debut aged just 7 years old and hasn’t looked back since. She’s starred on stage, television, film and radio in both the UK and USA. We also catch up with Howard Goodall . With a career spanning over 30 years, Howard is without doubt one of the UK’s most distinguished and versatile composers. Howard has won Ivor Novello, Brit, Emmy and BAFTA awards and he’s with us now....
This week we're chatting to with the star of Six , Heathers , Ghost , Sweet Charity , Evita and Kinky Boots, Lauren Drew who turned all four judges chairs and the was first to join Anne-Maries’ first team member. We also catch up with Tony Award Nominee and Broadway Legend, Norm Lewis . Norm's West End and Broadway credits include Les Miserables , Miss Saigon , The Little Mermaid , Chicago , Sondheim on Sondheim and Porgy and Bess (earning him that Tony Award nomination). Norm was also the first...
This week we chat with West End star Danielle Steers who has starred in the West End production of Six and Bat out of Hell has just released her first solo album,“The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be, an intimate album of nine Steinman songs. The current season of The Voice UK has already featured West End performers Matt Croke (who played the title role in Aladdin) and Lauren Drew (best known for Six) and now Andrew Bateup , a performer who trained at the Royal Academy of Music and toured the UK...
This week we chat with comedienne and composer, Vikki Stone , about her brand new musical #ZoologicalSociety and catch up with West End star, Matt Croke fresh from Disney's Aladdin about appearing on The Voice UK.
This week we chat with Kyle Taylor Parker who has starred on Broadway in Kinky Boots and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and is about to release his Broadway Soul, Vol. 2 , a concept album arranged and produced through remote collaboration featuring 12 show tunes filtered through the prism of R&B and soul. We also chat with West End legend Linzi Hateley , who made her professional stage debut when she was was 17 years old, playing the title role in the cult classic, Carrie . She’s since go...
This week we chat with Sally Wilfert about All The Girls . Adapted from the show of the same name, All the Girls comes from a deep friendship forged on and off the stage between Broadway’s Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert. We also chat with Sunset Boulevard 's original Norma Desmond, Ria Jones . Ria has starred in Evita , Chess , Cats and Les Miserables . She created the role of Norma Desmond over 30 years ago at Andrew Lloyd Webber ’s Sydmonton Festival, went on for Glen Close in the role at Lon...
This week we chat with Paul Taylor Mills about this year’s MTFestUK which will take place online following the new National Lockdown. The festival, which celebrates new musicals, runs from 1 to 13 February 2021 at London’s Turbine Theatre. We chat with Andrew Lippa about The Man In The Ceiling ; Caroline Kay about Daisy and Scott Frankel about Far From Heaven . All three musicals can be seen as part of MTFestUK....
It's the end of our third season. On this week's episode we chat with composer, lyricist, conduction, orchestrator, director and performer, Jason Robert Brown . Best known for his scores to some of the most renowned musicals of our time, including the generation defining, The Last Five Years and Parade , which won him his first or two Tony Awards. Jason tells us about what his first influences were, why he loves writing musicals and what he's been doing during lockdown....
On this week's show, we chat with multi award winning Jim Caruso , who made his Broadway debut alongside Liza Minnelli in the Tony Award-winning Liza's At The Palace and the host of the weekly NYC showbiz bash " Jim Caruso's Cast Party "; multi award winner Billy Stritch , one of the premier singer-pianists on the New York and national jazz and cabaret scene and actress, singer and comedienne, Klea Blackhurst , known for her award-winning tribute to Ethel Merman, Everything The Traffic Will Allo...
On this week's episode, we chat with Aimie Atkinson , an original star of Six and who most recently has been playing Vivian Ward in the hit West End production of Pretty Woman . We also chat with Frank DiLella , the Emmy Award winning host of the weekly half-hour theatre news programme “ On Stage ” on Spectrum News NY1. His celebrity interviews, along with his in-depth reporting of the theatre scene, have helped make him a trusted friend and confidant within the theatre and entertainment communi...
On this week's episode we chat with Danny Kaan and Sophie Ross from The Digi Creative about their brand new coffee table photo book of the West End. We also catch up with West End star, Joel Harper-Jackson about his brand new solo album, So What Happens Now?
On this week's show we chat with Ute Lemper . Her career has taken her around the world as an actor, concert, cabaret and recording artist. Her new show, Ute Lemper: Rendevous with Marlene is being streamed internationally and Ute is here to tell us all about it. We also catch up with Hiba Elchike who has just made her West End debut in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre. Not content with that, she’s just become a producer of her very own online series, Out of the Darkness, In...
This week we chat with record producer, John Yap , about the forthcoming release of Anyone Can Whistle. He tells us why it took 23 years to get released and what goes into producing a new release. We also chat with Love Island Star , Amy Hart . She talks about celebrity, and her musical theatre obsession and tells us which musical she'd go back in time to see if she could.
This week we chat with award winning choreographer, Philip Joel , who (in our opinion) has been the funniest thing on social media during the Pandemic. His hilarious lockdown characters and sketches have inspired a brand new sitcom, The Fosse Forest Ballet . We also catch up with Mazz Murray . Mazz played Killer Queen in We Will Rock You for almost nine years and most recently has been playing Donna in the West End production of Mamma Mia ....
On this week's show we chat with David Bedella , three time Olivier Award winning actor who is currently appearing in the hit musical & Juliet at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre. We also catch up with Maury Yeston to talk about Maury Sings Yeston: The Demos which has been released to commemorate his 75th Birthday. The 40 tracks of Maury singing and playing his compositions draw from a wide range of sources - his Tony Award–winning scores, un-produced works, a concept album, a smattering of pop ...
On this episode we chat with stars of stage and screen Peter Polycarpou and Sally Ann Triplett who will unite in the new musical, Falling Stars . A song cycle that's an homage to the composers, collaborators, and publishers of the 1920s, who created some of the greatest music of all time. Peter and Sally Ann tell about how they've been coping of the past few months, where the idea of Falling Stars came from and how they've been working on the show together....
In this week's episode we chat with Kerry Ellis has starred in the West End and on Broadway and achieved chart-topping success as a recording artist. Kerry originated the role of Meat in London in We Will Rock You , and was the first British Elphaba in Wicked before transferring to Broadway. Kerry talks to us about what she's been up during Lockdown, her West End debut, being the first British Elphaba and the Proud Cabaret on the Southbank. We also chat with multi Olivier Award nominee Sophie-Lo...
