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Official artwork for " Water for Elephants " It’s a new year and we’re back, and heading to the circus, as this time we dive into a musical that closed on Broadway at the tail end of 2024. Based on the Sara Gruen novel of the same name, “ Water For Elephants ” is the latest show to bring the circus to Broadway, with a score by PigPen Theatre co. jam packed with character and flair, as well as a book by Rick Elice . Originally premiering in Atlanta, Georgia in 2023, the show

We are reaching that time where we say goodbye to the concluding year, and begin ringing in the next, so given that we have made it to almost 150 shows for the year, once again we are doing this quarterly. Here are my top 10 shows for the first three months of the year. ----- 10. KENREX Southwark Playhouse, London We start with not only a solo show, but one of the most gripping pieces of one-man theatre you're ever likely to see. Gripping, intense, and jam packed with terrifi

In the wake of the movie sequel, stage musical of the original is nice...but little else ----- Anyone with even the slightest theatrical acumen will be able to tell you that there is no shortage of musicals based on our favourite movies, dating back to the 1955 adaptation of " Silk Stockings ", the silver screen has lent itself to new theatre for decades now. And though many of these have become all time greats, classics and record breakers, there will undoubtedly always be a