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Review: TITANIQUE at Lido 2
Whether you’re a film buff, a Dion stan, or just craving a night of pure fun, this off-Broadway transplant will have you laughing, crying, and belting out “My Heart Will Go On” long after the curtain falls.
Review: PUB ROYAL at Dôme De Paris
Pub Royal, the electrifying musical inspired by the iconic Québécois band Les Cowboys Fringants, is a vibrant celebration of music, circus, dance, and storytelling that has taken the Dôme de Paris by storm during its performances on April 18 and 19, 2025.
Review: MÉNOPAUSE at Théâtre Le Grand Point Virgule
Ménopause, currently running at Le Grand Point Virgule in Paris until November 2, 2025, is a lively French adaptation, including songs, of Jeanie Linders' American hit, Menopause The Musical.
Review: GYPSY at the Philharmonie de Paris
The Broadway masterpiece, a crowning achievement of musical theater, finally makes its way to Paris, brought to new life by a stellar cast and crew under the visionary direction of Laurent Pelly.
Review: LA HAINE at La Seine Musicale
An incandescent adaptation of the cult French movie.
Review: 42E RUE FAIT SON SHOW 2024 at La Maison de la Radio
The 7th edition of a celebration of musicals in Paris.
Review: LES MISÉRABLES at Châtelet
Châtelet returns the great musical to its roots with a French-language production.
Review: HELLO, DOLLY! at Lido 2
An English-language version of the classic Broadway musical playing in Paris at the Lido 2.
Review: COME FROM AWAY at Château De Karreveld
At the Château De Karreveld, the Bruxellons! Festival presents the first French-language adaptation of the Tony-winning musical Come From Away.
Review: LA REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE at Le 13e Art
The first revival of the Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Shönberg's first musical, the duo who brought us Les Misérables.
Review: CELEBRATING BROADWAY'S LEADING LADIES at Auguste Théâtre
A Showstopping AMT Live Concert at Auguste Théâtre in Paris.
Review: ZAZIE DANS LE METRO at Maison De La Culture d'Amiens
Zazie dans le Métro is a witty, vulgar, funny, and ultimately inventive musical adaption of the surrealist novel by Raymond Queneau and film by Louis Malle.
Review: WOMAN OF THE YEAR at Théâtre Firmin Gémier
Finally, this Kander and Ebb masterpiece has been done in France, with French dialogue and lyrics to boot
Review: 42ÈME RUE FAIT SON SHOW! at Maison De La Radio
Laurent Valière continues to bring us highlights from the 'New Golden Age for Musicals in France'.
Review: ARTISTE? at Théâtre Le Grand Point Virgule
Is one born an artist, or does one become an artist? Axel Alvarez intimately explores this question in his spectacularl, exuberantly danced, autobiographical one-man song and dance show in Paris.
Review: WEST SIDE STORY at Châtelet
For the 6th time since the beginning of the 80s, West Side Story, the Berstein-Sondheim Laurents masterpiece, was back in Paris for a limited run as part of a French tour before going to Sydney in April.
Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Opéra De Massy
Don't miss this new touring production of The Sound of Music, with dialogues in French and Songs in English.
Review: A FUNNY THING HAPPEND ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at Lido 2
Jean-Luc Choplin continues to bring Sondheim to Paris
Review: ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY at Le Son de la Terre
Callaway has a way of finding new depths to even though most familiar songs, exerting a warmth that Winter in Paris needs.
Review: SPAMALOT at Théatre De Paris
After the huge success of the Mel Brooks musical 'The Producers', 'Monty Python’s Spamalot' was a logical choice to follow suite with another stage adaptation of a hilarious and sometimes bawdy movie, just like it happened on Broadway, where both shows followed one another, winning Tonys.
Review: BLACK LEGENDS at 13ème Art
After many different incarnations since it first appeared as Swinging Life at L’Alhambra in 2009 and 2012, Valéry Rodriguez’s brainchild—now called Black Legends—has just begun its second 'season' in the new 13ème Art auditorium, following its sold-out run at Bobino last winter.
Interview: Nathan Guichet on Directing the Madonna Musical HOLIDAYS at L'Alhambra
A Madonna Juke Box Musical in Paris.
Review: WEST SIDE STORY at Château Du Karreveld
After venturing into British musicals with Blood Brothers in 2021 and Viennese musical theater with Elisabeth last year, the Bruxellons! Festival is getting back to Broadway with a completely new take on West Side Story, arguably the best musical ever—certainly the best-known and most well-loved o
Review: EGO-SYSTÈME at Théâtre Essaïon
With seven nominations for the French Trophées de la Comédie Musicale (Best Musical, Direction, Book, Score, Leading Man, Leading Woman), Égo-Système is bound to be among the winners during this year's ceremony at the Casino de Paris on June 12th.
