Sunday Show Tunes

This week we're chatting about Sondheim with cabaret sensation, Natalie Douglas, and also catching up with Bob Harms, who’s currently appearing in the London production of Pretty Woman. 

This week we chat with two of Broadway’s leading men, A J Shively who’s currently playing in Owen Duigan in Paradise Square and Ramin Karimloo who’s starring as Nick Arnstein in Funny Girl.

This week we chat with West End star, Rachel John, about her brand new album, and we catch up with cabaret sensation, Miss Hope Springs, and her creator, Ty Jefferies to tell us about returning to London’s Crazy Coqs.

This weekwe’ll be chatting with Tony award-winning Lillias White about her career and American and West End cabaret star, Lorna Dallas.

This week we chat with Marc Pickering about the West End revival of the Gypsy Kings musical, Zorro and four-time Tony Award nominee, Judy Kuhn, talks about the brand new cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins.

This week we chat with Alex Young about the London revival of Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle.

This week we chat with Leon Craig about playing Sandra Bollock in the LA production of Everybody's Talking About Jamie and Spencer Day about his brand new album, Broadway by Day.

This week is a WhatsOnStage Awards special. We bring you the interviews and gossip from the awards including, Rob Ashford, Come From Away, Samantha Barks, Carly Mercedes Dyer, Victoria Hamilton Barrit, Christopher Howell, Michael Grandage, Amy Hart, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Rob Madge, Cedric Neale, Kitty Scott Claws, Six, Sally Ann Triplet and Ella Va Day.

This week we chat with Joe Iconis about his brand new musical, Love In Hate Nation.

This week we chat with award-winning Broadway choreographer, Warren Carlyle and Jordan Shaw, who is currently playing Enjolras in the West End production of Les Miserables.

This week we catch up with American composer, arranger, vocalist, and jazz pianist Billy Stritch who has joined forces with long time friend singer, presenter extroidinare of Cast Party at Birdland Jim Caruso to cut their latest album out of Club 44 Records, “The Sunday Set”.

This week we chat with two West End leading men, Simon Bailey talks about Moulin Rouge and Nadim Naaman talks about his new musical, Broken Wings.

On this week's show we chat with Tony-nominated Broadway actor about the brand new musical, Mrs. Doubtfire and YouTube sensation, Christina Bianco about her Crazy Coqs gig and the UK Tour of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.

This week we chat with West End musical theatre royalty, Maria Friedman.

We're back! This week we chat with Broadway star, Julia Murney about her concerts at Feinstein's/54 Below, friend of the show and cabaret sensation, Robbie Rozelle about coming to the UK and playing at the Crazy Coqs and West End performer, Tom Solomon about his brand new album, Misucals, Vol 1.

This week it's our bumper Christmas special filled with festive cheer.

West End star, Kerry Ellis drops in to tell us about her new book, award-winning composer Andrew Lippa drops by to tell us about writing a Christmas song for Kristin Chenoweth and Broadway legend, Stephanie J. Block comes over to tell us about her new Christmas single.

This week we remember the unparalleled genius of Stephen Sondheim and chat with Joanna Gleason and Andrew Lippa about their memories of him.

In our second hour, we go full out Christmas and catch up with Lucie Jones to find out more about her concerts in London and Cardiff.

This week we chat with journalist and author, Barry Singer, about his new book; Savannah Stevenson, who is currently playing Marmee in the London Premiere of Little Women, and Summer Strallen who is currently starring in The Magician's Elephant at the RSC.

This week we chat with award-winning West End star, David Bedella about the London production of &Juliet. We also catch up with West End and Broadway leading man, Michael Xavier to talk about the anniversary concert of Howard Goodall's Love Story.

On this week's show, we chat with Craig Gallivan about playing everyone’s favourite snowman, Olaf, in Frozen. And we catch up with a friend of the show and Broadway star, Karen Mason, who’ll be telling us about her new album.

This week we chat with West End star, Alex Young, about the brand new, made for radio musical, Bluff and share an exclusive track.

On this week's show, we chat with the writer of The Addams Family musical, Andrew Lippa, as well as Joanne Clifton who's starring as Morticia in the UK Tour. We also catch up with Emma Salvo to chat about the UK version of A Killer Party.

On this episode we chat with the writer of the hit musical, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Tom MacRae.

On this week's episode, Robbie Rozelle sits in for Maureen and we chat with the writers of the musical Come From Away, Irene Sankoff and David Hein,  Eleri Ward about her new album A Perfect Little Death, and West End star, Rosemary Ashe talking about the London revival of Call Me Madam.

We're back from our summer break! On this week's episode we’re chatting with Cinco Paul the co-creator, composer and lyricist of the hit TV series, Schmigadoon!, as well as Rob Rokicki and Tim Gilvin about their new musicals.

This week we chat with multi-Olivier Award winning actor, Joanna Riding. She has starred in the West End in Billy Elliot, The Witches of Eastwick, My Fair Lady, The Girls to name just a few. Most recently she played Sally in the acclaimed NT revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies. She’s just about to play Nettie Fowler in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Carousel, in London.

We also chat with JoAnn M Hunter who has 20 Broadway shows to her credit as a choreographer, associate choreographer and performer. She has just been working on two Andrew Lloyd Webber shows in London, simultaneously, the brand new Cinderella and the revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

This week we chat with Liam Tamne who has starred in the London productions of Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Hairspray, and Wicked.

He’s just returned to the stage of London’s Dominion Theatre to play Rameses in the hit production of Stephen Schwartz’s The Prince of Egypt.

Ann Harada created the role of Christmas Eve in the original production of Avenue Q (a role she recreated in the West End). She’s appeared both on Broadway in shows including 9 to 5 and Cinderella and on TV in the hit series, Smash.

Ann has just wrapped filming on the new Apple TV series, Schmigadoon and is currently filming Disenchanted, the sequel to the hit Disney move Enchanted.

Rob Houchen has starred in the West End productions of Eugenius, Les Miserables, The Light In The Piazza.

He’s just about to star as Lt. Joseph Cable in the Chichester Festival Theatre revival of South Pacific.

This week we chat with Natalie McQueen who has appeared in the West End in Kinky Boots, Wicked, Les Misérables, and Murder Ballad. Most recently she was seen starring as Doralee in the hit London production of Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 the Musical. She’s soon to be taking on the role of Catherine in a brand new production of Stephen Schwartz’s Pippin at London’s Charing Cross Theatre.

This week we chat with West End star and Olivier Award nominee, Rosemary Ashe. Rosie has created iconic roles including Carlotta in the original production of The Phantom of the Opera and Felicia Gabriel in The Witches of Eastwick.

Her new show, Adorable Dora, pays tribute to national treasure Dora Bryan, whose showbiz career spanned eight decades! From pantomime to Shakespeare, Carry On films to a BAFTA-winning role in A Taste of Honey, she did it all.

This week we chat with West End star Aimie Atkinson. Aimie created the role of Katherine Howard in the original cast of the phenomenon, Six, the musical and will soon be heading back to the West End to play Vivian Ward in the hit musical, Pretty Woman. We also play her brand new single.

This week we chat with internet sensations, Oscar Conlon-Morrey and Rob Madge.

Oscar Conlon-Morrey is an award-winning actor. During lockdown, he entertained the nation with a series of hilarious theatre-themed viral videos.

Rob Madge shared hilarious home videos of childhood living room performances and holidays to Disney via their Twitter and TikTok accounts.

We also chat with award-winning actor and solo artist Lucie Jones first came to prominence when she reached the finals of ITV’s The X Factor in 2009. Lucie has starred as Jenna in the London production of Waitress at the Adelphi Theatre, London (a role she’s going in recreate in the Number One UK Tour later this year).

In this weeks episode we chat with jazz legend, Ann Hampton Callaway about her highly anticipated live steam concert with her sister, Liz Callaway, Side By Side.

We also chat with showbiz legend Arlene Phillips who is being unleashed in the West End, lifting the lid on her amazing career working with the biggest A-list stars including Elton John, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Whitney Huston, Tom Cruise, Robbie Williams... and her scandalous dance group Hot Gossip who shocked British TV viewers!

On today's show, we chat about Public Domain, a dark, funny, verbatim musical about the internet with creators and stars, Francesca Forristal and Jordan Paul Clarke are with us now.

We also chat with Rachel Tucker, Lewis Cornay and Guy Retallack and 
John and Jen, an emotional rollercoaster that explores the dynamics of family relationships. This production at London’s Southwark Playhouse is the world premiere of a brand new updated version of the show by writers Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald.

This week we chat with Broadway legend, Tony Award-winning. She created the iconic roles of Beatrice Stockwell in The Drowsy Chaperone and Dee Dee Allen in The Prom.

We also chat with Jane Monheit. With a career spanning over 20 years, Jane is considered one of the finest jazz singers in the world. Her latest album, Come What May is a stunning mix of musical theatre and the great America Songbook.

This week we chat with the writers of the new stage adaptation of Disney's iconic movie, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Neil Bartram and Brian Hill.

We also chat with Drew Gasparini about I Could Use A Drink, Nadim Naaman about Rumi: A Musical.

Tony Award nominated actors, Orfeh and Andy Karl met when they were both in the Broadway production of Saturday Night Fever. They’ve subsequently starred in the original Broadway productions of Legally Blonde and Pretty Woman as well as having their own glittering Broadway careers.

This week, we chat with West End and TV star Wendi Peters about You Are Here, a brand new musical opening at the Southwark Playhouse. We also get to share an exclusive track from the show.

We chat with Chip Zien who is best known for creating the iconic role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. He has appeared in all of the "Marvin Stories" musicals by William Finn: playing Marvin in In Trousers, and Mendel in March of the Falsettos, Falsettoland and Falsettos.

Fiver, by Alex James Ellison and Tom Lees, follows the story of a humble five pound note as it passes through the hands and pockets of people in London. We chat with the whole cast, Luke Bayer, Dan Buckley, Aoife Clesham, Hiba Elchikhe and Alex James Ellison.

We also chat with Jennifer Ashley Tepper about The Untold Stories of Broadway that tells the stories about the most important stages in the world, seen through the eyes of the people who bring The Great White Way to life each night.

This week we chat with Joanna Gleason. Joanna has had a glittering career on stage and screen. She won a Tony award for creating the iconic role of the Baker’s Wife in the original Broadway Production of Into The Woods.

We also catch up with Scott Alan to talk about his song cycle. The Distance You Have Come follows the lives of six individuals who juggle the constant challenges of life, depression, heartache and love. Having had a successful run in October 2018, the show is making its West End debut.

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty are considered the foremost theatrical writing team of their generation. They’ve won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle and have been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes and four Grammy Awards.

Their shows include: Once on This Island, Ragtime, Seussical, Rocky the Musical and Anastasia.

This week we chat to musical theatre legend, Frances Ruffelle, who created the role of Eponine in the original London production of Les Miserables. She went on to play the same role in the original Broadway production and winning herself a Tony Award in the process. 

We also chat to Waylon Jacobs (Hamilton) about the brand new studio cast recording of Cases.

This week we chat with West End legend and National Treasure, Bonnie Langford.

Bonnie made her West End debut aged just 7 years old and hasn’t looked back since. She’s starred on stage, television, film and radio in both the UK and USA.

We also catch up with Howard Goodall. With a career spanning over 30 years, Howard is without doubt one of the UK’s most distinguished and versatile composers. Howard has won Ivor Novello, Brit, Emmy and BAFTA awards and he’s with us now.

This week we're chatting to with the star of Six, Heathers, Ghost, Sweet Charity, Evita and Kinky Boots, Lauren Drew who turned all four judges chairs and the was first to join Anne-Maries’ first team member.

We also catch up with Tony Award Nominee and Broadway Legend, Norm Lewis.

Norm's West End and Broadway credits include Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, The Little Mermaid, Chicago, Sondheim on Sondheim and Porgy and Bess (earning him that Tony Award nomination). Norm was also the first African American to play the role of the Phantom on Broadway in The Phantom of the Opera.

This week we chat with West End star Danielle Steers who has starred in the West End production of Six and Bat out of Hell has just released her first solo album,“The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be, an intimate album of nine Steinman songs.

The current season of The Voice UK has already featured West End performers Matt Croke (who played the title role in Aladdin) and Lauren Drew (best known for Six) and now Andrew Bateup, a performer who trained at the Royal Academy of Music and toured the UK in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He tells us all about it.

This week we chat with comedienne and composer, Vikki Stone, about her brand new musical #ZoologicalSociety and catch up with West End star, Matt Croke fresh from Disney's Aladdin about appearing on The Voice UK.

This week we chat with Kyle Taylor Parker who has starred on Broadway in Kinky Boots and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and is about to release his Broadway Soul, Vol. 2, a concept album arranged and produced through remote collaboration featuring 12 show tunes filtered through the prism of R&B and soul.

We also chat with West End legend Linzi Hateley, who made her professional stage debut when she was was 17 years old, playing the title role in the cult classic, Carrie. She’s since gone on to star in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as The Narrator, Oliver! as Nancy, Éponine and Madame Thenardier in Les Misérables and Roxie Hart in Chicago.

This week we chat with Sally Wilfert about All The Girls. Adapted from the show of the same name, All the Girls comes from a deep friendship forged on and off the stage between Broadway’s Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert. 

We also chat with Sunset Boulevard's original Norma Desmond, Ria Jones.  Ria has starred in Evita, Chess, Cats and Les Miserables. She created the role of Norma Desmond over 30 years ago at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sydmonton Festival, went on for Glen Close in the role at London’s Coliseum and has recently toured the UK playing Norma as well.

This week we chat with Paul Taylor Mills about this year’s MTFestUK which will take place online following the new National Lockdown. The festival, which celebrates new musicals, runs from 1 to 13 February 2021 at London’s Turbine Theatre.

We chat with Andrew Lippa about The Man In The Ceiling; Caroline Kay about Daisy and Scott Frankel about Far From Heaven. All three musicals can be seen as part of MTFestUK.