The best and biggest new musicals coming to London in the next year
There's an unusually high glut of new musicals arriving in the West End this season (and beyond), but which are worth making a song and dance over? Our critics have compiled their pick of the bunch
See London's best musicals this season
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Let It Be
Sep 14-Jan 19 2013, Prince of Wales TheatreAfter the failure of 'Backbeat', the musical about the Beatles that didn't actually have any of their music in it, here comes what the crowds really want: a high concept concert based around the band's greatest hits.
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Loserville
Oct 1-Mar 2 2013, Garrick TheatreFormerly a member of guitar-toting boyband Busted, James Bourne's 'Loserville' is punk pop comedy about lovelorn nerds that received good notices at its Leeds try-out.
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Cabaret
Oct 3-Jan 19 2013, Savoy TheatreRufus Norris's sinister, stylised 2006 revival of Kander and Ebb's dark musical classic is back for 2012, with Will Young starring as the enigmatic MC and Michelle Ryan as Sally Bowles.
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Viva Forever!
Nov 27-Jun 1 2013, Piccadilly Theatre'Friendship never ends' declared the Spice Girls back in 1997, and neither apparently does the appeal of 'girl power!' as defined by Scary, Sport, Posh, Ginger and Baby.
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American Idiot
Dec 4-15, Hammersmith ApolloThis rock musical adapted by Green Day from the hit album of the same name has been a huge success on Broadway. Can it do as well here?
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A Chorus Line
Feb 2-Jul 13 2013, London PalladiumNow this is what you call a musical. A full on, limited revival of Michael Bennett's seminal 1975 production of the late Marvin Hamlisch's backstage musical. This is what you call a musical.
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The Bodyguard
Nov 6-Apr 27 2013, Adelphi TheatreFollowing the success of movie musical 'Ghost', comes the West End's tribute to Whitney Houston's blockbuster Hollywood moment.
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The Book of Mormon
Mon Feb 25-Sat May 4 2013, Prince of Wales TheatreWinner of nine Tony awards last year comes a comedy musical about a pair of hapless Mormon missionaries by 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Sat May 18 2013, Theatre Royal Drury LaneThe Sam Mendes-directed premiere of David Greig's musical version of Roald Dahl's classic book was announced for the London Palladium aeons ago,
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