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MickeyJoTheatre
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Stagey YouTuber | International Theatre Critic
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🏳‍🌈 L(G)BT+, he/him
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was WICKED: For Good, good enough? 🩷💚

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was WICKED: For Good, good enough? | review of the 2025 film starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande
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November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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I flew to Chicago to see 5 different musicals ⬇️

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we went to CHICAGO to see theatre | trip to see Cats, 42 Balloons, Kimberly Akimbo, Diana, Titanique
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July 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Me working on a Wicked For Good reaction video still at 1am
mr. incredible from the movie the incredibles is driving a car and saying we get there when we get there
ALT: mr. incredible from the movie the incredibles is driving a car and saying we get there when we get there
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June 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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OHMYGOD HEY... Andrew Barth Feldman!

I asked the Broadway and Hollywood star about his exposing new role in WE HAD A WORLD, career highs, and iconic online moments ⬇️

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OHMYGOD HEY... Andrew Barth Feldman! | Broadway star talks We Had a World, Dear Evan Hansen and more
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April 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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here's why I hated THE LAST FIVE YEARS on Broadway...

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why I hated THE LAST FIVE YEARS | ★★ review of Broadway show starring Nick Jonas, Adrienne Warren
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April 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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I INTERVIEWED A TRAIN!

Say ohmygod hey to Sophie-Rose Middleton, currently starring as Pearl in Starlight Express in Bochum!

Find out how they get trained to sing in German, dance on wheels, and more in this exciting chat ⬇️

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OHMYGOD HEY... Sophie-Rose Middleton! | interview with a star of Starlight Express in Bochum
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March 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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THE GREATEST SHOWMAN musical is coming in 2026!

The hugely anticipated stage adaptation will premiere at the Bristol Hippodrome next year, but will a huge song be missing...?!

Find out everything we know so far ⬇️
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THE GREATEST SHOWMAN musical is coming | when is the Disney stage production heading to Broadway?
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March 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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OHMYGOD HEY... Carrie Hope Fletcher!

The star of Calamity Jane talks touring as a new parent, the evolution of backstage vlogging and... Cinderella 👀

Watch it here ⬇️
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OHMYGOD HEY... Carrie Hope Fletcher! | talking Calamity Jane, Cinderella, Heathers and more...
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March 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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who's going to be nominated for the 2025 Olivier Awards?

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can we predict the OLIVIER Award Nominations for 2025?
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February 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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REVIEW | Much Ado About Nothing (West End)

...is Jamie Lloyd's biggest hit since Sunset Blvd a pink Shakespearean disco?

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is so much fun | ★★★★★ review of the play with Tom Hiddleston, Hayley Atwell
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February 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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How are the new leads of the West End's CABARET?

Find out here ⬇️
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I saw Marisha Wallace and Billy Porter in CABARET | my thoughts on the new West End revival cast...
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February 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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REVIEW | The Years (West End)

What is it about this new play that has audiences feeling overwhelmed?

watch it here ⬇️
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THE YEARS (West End Review) | ★★★★★ for the West End transfer of the Almeida Theatre production
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February 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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are we done with jukebox musicals?

why it feels like audience appetites are shifting ⬇️
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are we done with JUKEBOX musicals? | thoughts on the current state of Broadway and the West End
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February 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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REVIEW | Elektra (Duke of York's Theatre, West End)

To my surprise, I didn't hate this admittedly pretentious new staging of the Sophoclean tragedy...

Find out why ⬇️
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I didn't hate ELEKTRA starring Brie Larson | ★★★ review of the West End production from Daniel Fish
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February 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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REVIEW | Second Best (Riverside Studios, Hammersmith)

Asa Butterfield makes his stage debut in this new play about the man who was nearly cast as Britain's best known young wizard...

Find out what I thought ⬇️
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SECOND BEST starring Asa Butterfield | ★★★★ REVIEW for the new play at Riverside Studios, London
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February 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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We headed back to Broadway to see 5 shows!

Check out what we got up to when we went to New York to see GYPSY, DEATH BECOMES HER, and more!

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VLOG: a Winter trip to Broadway | Gypsy, Death Becomes Her, English, Eureka Day + more in New York!
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February 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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There simply aren't as many horses in movie musicals as there once were
February 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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BILLIE PIPER?!? 🤯
February 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Who was going to tell me Olga Merediz rocks up at the start of the Evita film??
February 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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REVIEW | Gypsy (Broadway)

I really tried to let this entertain me, but...

watch it here ⬇️
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I was disappointed by GYPSY on Broadway | ★★★ review of the musical revival starring Audra McDonald
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January 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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NEWS | why has the CORALINE musical been cancelled?

(and which show should be next... 👀)

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why the CORALINE musical is cancelled | UK theatre tour pulled amidst Neil Gaiman allegations
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January 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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REVIEW | Oliver! (Gielgud Theatre, West End)

This new production of the show is glorious theatrical food.

Find out why ⬇️
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OLIVER! is the best of the West End | ★★★★★ review of the London revival of the classic musical
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January 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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NEWS | the SIX proshot is finally getting released!

...but what does it mean for the show (and the future of proshots)?

find out here ⬇️
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the SIX proshot is getting released | what the musical film could mean for the future of the show
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January 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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listening to coda of freight from starlight express to feel something
January 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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REVIEW | A Wonderful World (Broadway)

What sets the Louis Armstrong musical apart from the rest in this crowded subgenre?

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A WONDERFUL WORLD will leave you smiling | ★★★★ review of the Louis Armstrong Broadway musical
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January 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM