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‘Being American feels helpless and scary’: actor Ben Platt on nerves, queer songs and why he couldn’t do it without his husband

The star of Dear Evan Hansen plays a 1960s Greenwich Village crooner in hit queer musical Midnight at the Never Get. It’s the perfect outlet for his anxiety, he says

The Guardian - UK

Ben Platt: ‘My parents always knew I was gay – I asked for a fog machine at 7’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ actor is the biggest musical theatre star of his generation, and is about to make his major London debut in a tender new musical about queer love. He speaks to Adam White about audience etiquette, (finally!) playing gay on stage, and the ‘pain’…

The Independent UK

Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey fans face ticket delay for Sunday in the Park with George in West End

The Wicked co-stars will reunite on stage at the Barbican Centre next summer for a new production of Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed musical

Evening Standard

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Sweeney Todd review – Sondheim’s demon barber is still a cut above

With tremendous singing from Ramin Karimloo and Meow Meow, Joe Murphy’s superb staging of the story is full of dark gothic humour

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Groff reuniting with Daniel Radcliffe on war thriller after Merrily We Roll Along

Jonathan Groff is joining the cast of Trust The Man, which will star his Merrily We Roll Along castmate Daniel Radcliffe.

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Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master

Packed with gossip and incident, this book is also a fascinating study in the gestation of genius

The Guardian - UK

Olivier awards 2026: full list of winners

Paddington: The Musical, Evita, All My Sons and Punch were among the winners at the Royal Albert Hall ceremony – find out who won what

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It'll Be 15 Years Before The Merrily We Roll Along Movie Is Finished, And I Have Concerns

I want this to work, but I wonder if it can.

Cinemablend

Paddington and Into the Woods up for 11 Olivier awards each

Two musicals dominate nominations while Tom Hiddleston and Bryan Cranston vie for best actor, with Cate Blanchett and Rosamund Pike up for best actress

The Guardian - UK

Olivier awards 2026: full list of nominations

Into the Woods and Paddington: The Musical are this year’s most-nominated shows with 11 nods each. See who else is in the running at this year’s awards

The Guardian - UK

Olivier Awards 2026: Full list of nominations as Paddington and Into the Woods dominate

Nick Mohammed will host the Olivier Awards at The Royal Albert Hall in April

The Independent UK

Two previously unheard Stephen Sondheim songs to be played

The podcast, Loving You: The Untold Sondheim, looks at the life of the American composer, who died in 2021.

Evening Standard

Broadway and Hollywood songwriter Marc Shaiman looks back with pessimistic humor in memoir

Award-winning composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman embraces his self-proclaimed pessimism despite a successful career

The Independent UK

Ariana Grande to make London stage debut alongside Jonathan Bailey in Sunday in the Park With George

The singer will reunite with her Wicked co-star in a revival of the musical inspired by artist Georges Seurat in summer 2027

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Evening Standard

Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey to reunite for Sunday In The Park With George

The production will take place at the Barbican Theatre in London in 2027.

Evening Standard

Yes, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey are starring in a show at the Barbican — here's how to get tickets

It seems the cast of Wicked can’t get enough of the West End

The Mary Sue

I love Benoit Blanc’s love for musical theatre

That needle drop in 'Wake Up Dead Man' is perfect.

Evening Standard

Into the Woods review: A triumphant musical mash-up of fairytales

4/5 This revival of Stephen Sondheim’s clever musical is packed with terrific performances as classic fairytale characters lose their way in the darkness

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The Independent UK

Into the Woods review, Bridge Theatre – Stephen Sondheim revival is a thing of lush and arresting beauty

4/5 A lavish production that plays to the musical’s strengths

The Guardian - UK

Into the Woods review – Brothers Grimm gloriously mashed up by Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairytale adventure follows its archetypal characters into real-world emotion, brilliantly drawn and sung

The Conversation

Blue Moon: Ethan Hawke’s performance is a tour de force – but can’t save this uncertain film

Does the truth matter in a film about historical events? This question sits at the heart of any biographical drama, shaping how we judge the balance between storytelling and accuracy.

The Mary Sue

Hate the new songs in ‘Wicked: For Good’? Here are 10 songs added to movie musicals that don’t suck

While it's not impossible, there are very few movie musicals that pull off adding a new song.

The Guardian - UK

The flop that finally flew: why did it take 40 years for Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along to soar?

Its 1981 New York premiere was a disaster but this told-in-reverse musical became a Tony award-winning hit with Daniel Radcliffe. The film version is a tear-jerking joy

The Mary Sue

Richard Linklater’s ‘Blue Moon’ is a beautiful exploration of art, love, and the Golden Age of Broadway

'Blue Moon' is yet another masterpiece from Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke.

The Guardian - UK

Ian Judge obituary

Theatre and opera director whose work stretched from Gilbert and Sullivan to Shakespeare

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