Sally Ann News

The UK and Ireland tour of the musical HERE & NOW, presented by UK pop sensation Steps, will come to Milton Keynes Theatre for a week of performances, from Tue 31 Mar – Sat 4 Apr.

Fourteen Again, a new musical with music and lyrics by Victoria Wood and a book by Tom MacRae, will make its world premiere in May 2026 at the newly named Victoria Wood Theatre.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 15, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

HERE & NOW, presented by UK pop sensation, Steps, has announced that Coronation Street star Sally Ann Matthews will take over the role of Patricia from 23 January 2026.

Write Out Loud has announced WONDER WOMEN, the next Story Concert in its 19th season. The literary performance will feature professional actors presenting stories and poetry celebrating women and heroines across history and culture.

Twenty or so dancers parade before an oversized Art Deco clock, to the familiar strains of ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’ from a brass band offstage. In other words, the stage is set for a reassuringly old-fashioned taste of the Golden Age of movie musicals.

Kaytlin Bailey will bring her one-woman show The Oldest Profession to The PIT Loft in New York City. Directed by Katherine Wilkinson, the performance combines comedy and historical research to explore sex worker history. The show features opening act Sally Ann Hall.

Jeff Harnar will bring his show The 1959 Broadway Songbook t0 Delray Beach Playhouse in Delray Beach, FL for five shows from December 15-17. Learn more here!

TDF will present the return of Costumes & Cocktails, a glamorous party and benefit celebrating its exceptional Costume Collection. The event will honor Paul

Kate Gaul (Producer and Director) brings Charlie Josephine’s (Playwright) COWBOIS to Sydney.  Shaking up the Wild West genre, this play with music reconsiders the standard stories with a queer and feminist lens to present a town where cis het men aren’t the heroes of the tale and society is all the nicer for it.

Mountview, one of the UK’s leading drama schools, will celebrate its 80th anniversary by appointing Dame Elaine Paige DBE, Eddie Marsan OBE, and Giles Terera MBE as its first-ever Vice Presidents.

The remastered and revised album celebrating the Golden Age of Broadway comes out on 10/3, with a 10/6 album release concert at Birdland Jazz Club. We spoke to Harnar about the new album and show.

Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Irving Berlin's Top Hat will have a Christmas season at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Learn more here!

For years, Broadway musicals have spawned multiple film adaptations, from the early days of cinema to Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story. Take a look at our list of 15 musicals that have danced their way to the screen more than once!

With the original cast recording now streaming, we caught up with Dave Malloy and Lucy Kirkwood to discuss their musical of Roald Dahl's The Witches, which held its world premiere at the National Theatre in 2023.

Broadway Records has released the original London cast recording of The National Theatre and Roald Dahl Story Company’s co-production of Roald Dahl’s The Witches. Listen to it now!

Tomorrow, Broadway Records is set to release the original London cast recording of Roald Dahl’s The Witches. Ahead of the release, BroadwayWorld is excited to share an exclusive track from the recording, featuring the company performing the song One Day. Check it out now!

TDF will celebrate 50 years of its exceptional Costume Collection with a glamorous party, Costumes & Cocktails. Learn more about the event and see who is being honored.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Musical has its moments that inject the Hitchcockian spirit it needs, but its lack of frights and baffling structure leave it as dull as its grey sets.

The World Premiere of the brand-new musical Alfred Hitchcock Presents – The Musical is being presented at Theatre Royal Bath. Get a first look at photos here!