Musical Today

Musical theatre news

Runs announced, theatres renamed, productions that set the terms for the ones after them — each entry checked against the source that published it.

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Productions

High School Musical at Wembley Park

Disney's High School Musical had its London press night at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre on 20 October 2026 and is booking to 3 January 2027: the production from the Lowry in Salford, with Tobias Turley and Leonor Correia as Troy and Gabriella, Harry Judd as Coach Bolton and KayCee Stroh as Ms Darbus.

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Productions

Pride at the Bridge Theatre

Pride, the new musical of the 2014 film about London's lesbian and gay activists and the South Wales miners, runs at the Bridge Theatre from 12 November 2026 to 8 May 2027. Matthew Warchus directs, Stephen Beresford wrote the book and lyrics, and the score mixes 80s pop with Welsh choirs.

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Productions

The Notebook: West End, April 2027

Ingrid Michaelson's musical The Notebook comes to the West End at the renamed Judi Dench Theatre, previews from 10 March 2027 and opening 13 April, with tickets from £20 and 50,000 priced at £50 or under. The Broadway production ran nine months in 2024 and took three Tony nominations.

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Productions

Galileo on Broadway

Galileo, the rock musical from Berkeley Rep, begins previews at the Shubert Theatre on 10 November 2026 and opens on 6 December, with Raúl Esparza in the title role and Mae Jemison, Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson among its co-producers. Book by Danny Strong, score by Zoe Sarnak and Michael Weiner, directed by Michael Mayer.

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Productions

Lloyd Webber's Mona Lisa, autumn 2027

Andrew Lloyd Webber says his new musical about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa will be fully open in London by autumn 2027, with a score he describes as Italian arias and Parisian harmonies. The theatre, the cast and the exact dates are not announced.

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Runs

Schmigadoon!: Simard extends

Jennifer Simard has extended her run in Schmigadoon! at the Nederlander through 29 November 2026, the production is booking to 4 April 2027, and Juan Pablo Di Pace plays Doc from 24 October to 22 November. The stage musical of the Apple series is holding its cast and its horizon through the winter.

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Productions

One Day at the Garrick

The musical of David Nicholls's One Day opens at the Garrick Theatre on 17 November 2026, booking to 14 March 2027, with Jamie Muscato and Sharon Rose as Dexter and Emma, music by Abner and Amanda Ramirez of Johnnyswim, a book by David Greig and direction by Max Webster.

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Productions

Les Mis books to October 2027

The West End's longest-running musical is now selling seats to 2 October 2027 — nearly seven months further out than The Phantom of the Opera, ten minutes' walk away.

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Productions

Four new Broadway musicals

Wanted, Galileo, a reimagined Fantasticks and a Dolly Parton bio-musical are the whole of the autumn's new musical slate — two originals, two that arrive with a history.

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Runs

Chicago plays an arena in Dubai

The Coca-Cola Arena hosts the musical Chicago from 16 to 20 December 2026 — eight performances, and the first Broadway production staged on that arena floor.

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Productions

Rent at thirty, in a renamed theatre

Jonathan Larson's musical: previews from 28 September, booking to 27 March 2027, at the Duke of York’s — now the Tom Stoppard Theatre. Gaten Matarazzo makes his West End debut as Mark.