As Broadway diva Patti LuPone returns to the West End for one night only at the London Coliseum with her new concert Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes, she opens up to Edward Seckerson about creating this ‘musical roadmap’ of her remarkable life and career, ‘out-Merman’ing’ Ethel Merman, and being fearless onstage.

More and more pop musicians are writing for Musical Theatre, discovers Nancy Durrant. She talks to KT Tunstall, composer of the music for Clueless which premieres in the West End in February, and other artists about the challenges of theatrical collaboration and the rewards of creating a whole score for a three-dimensional work of art

Musical direction has long been something of an ‘old boys’ club’ but there’s now a new generation of female musical directors in the pit. Tim Bano speaks with women working on SIX, Starlight Express and more about the progress that has been made, the importance of role models and how there’s still room for greater parity.

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