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After our amazing dinner at Tattu, we rode the elevator downstairs and walked across the street to the Dominion Theater, where our musical, The Devil Wears Prada, was playing. I had purchased tickets for the 19:30 showing. . . . . . . . Outside, there were lots of girls all dressed up in expensive outfits, queuing up to enter the theater. . . .…

One of the main reasons that I like seeing musicals in London is that they can be quite unique (with British sensibilities) and often do not travel across the pond to New York (and are therefore never seen in the United States). . When selecting My Neighbour Totoro, I found a unique, charming musical that would be unlikely to be staged in the United States.…

Based on Charles Dickens ' famous novel, Oliver Twist, Oliver! is a musical that was highly regarded (and I wanted to see it when visiting London). I purchased the best seats I could find (O16, O17) for Saturday evening's (March 21, 2026) performance at the Gielgud Theater. . . Oliver! was very well staged and acted, with excellent special effects and choreography. However, sometimes it…

. . First, the red curtain rises just a foot off the stage. And it artfully reveals the star attraction of this mind-blowingly lavish revival of a classic Broadway musical: 40-odd pairs of tap-dancing feet, hammering the boards in perfect unison.. . . . Helmed by Broadway director Mark Bramble, 42nd Street is as American as a McDonald's apple pie, a steaming, golden spectacle of…