Wisetrips Travel Blog

After our amazing dinner at Tattu , we rode the elevator downstairs and walked across the street to the Dominion Theater, where our musical ,  The Devil Wears Prada,  was playing.  I had purchased tickets for the 19:30 showing.  Outside, there were lots of girls all dressed up in expensive outfits, queuing up to enter the theater. This wasn't my first choice of a musical (I would have preferred Hadestown), bu…

One of the main reasons that I like seeing musicals in London is that they can be quite unique (with British sensibilities) and often do not travel across the pond to New York (and are therefore never seen in the United States). I chose it for its distinctive puppetry, music and atmosphere—something different from the musicals I usually see. …

Based on Charles Dickens’ famous novel, Oliver Twist, Oliver! is a musical that was highly regarded (and I wanted to see it when visiting London). I purchased the best seats I could find ( O16, O17) for Saturday evening's (March 21, 2026) performance at the Gielgud Theater. Oliver! was very well staged and acted, with excellent special effects and choreography. However, sometimes it was hard for me to understand th…

On our 2017 London trip, we saw 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. I had long wanted to see it, and the production delivered excellent stage work, costumes, and nonstop tap dancing. Lullaby of Broadway and the finale were highlights for me. It offered less drama than Fiddler on the Roof or Chicago, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. External review: Time Out’s account of the 2017 production of 42nd Street highlights its large tap-dancing e…