Sunday Show Tunes

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.