MJ The Musical 2024
Run Time:
Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission.
Opened: March 6, 2024Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission.
Closing: June 22, 2024
MJ The Musical - 2024 West End History , Info & More
Prince Edward Theatre
(Leicester Square/Tottenham Court Road) Old Compton Street London
He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry is heading to the West End in the multiple Tony Award®-winning musical MJ.
Centred around the making of his 1992 Dangerous World Tour, MJ goes beyond the singular moves and signature sound of the star, offering a rare look at the creative mind and collaborative spirit that catapulted Jackson into legendary status.
Created by Tony Award®-winning Director / Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, MJ will open at the Prince Edward Theatre in March 2024.
MJ The Musical - 2024 - West End Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR MJ The Musical
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s show beautifully honours the star’s art but completely sidesteps the troubling allegations
6 / 10
Yet many of the details of Jackson’s sad, strange, entirely tragic story are both well known and impossible to view today entirely outside the prism of the allegations that dogged the last two decades of his life. MJ The Musical is not exactly an apologia, but while it refuses to indulge the tabloid image of Jackson as a freak, it’s arguably guilty of magical thinking in casting him exclusively as a victim. But does this make his art – as so beautifully honoured here – any less intoxicating? I’m not sure in the end it does.
Wearyingly trite production portrays the late singer as a saintly perfectionist
4 / 10
A more challenging staging might have taken this hinge point in his life — at the peak of fame, yet on the verge of a controversy that would torpedo his reputation — and made something interesting from it. But unsurprisingly that isn’t the Jackson estate’s ambition for MJ the Musical. Despite its pedigree — the book is by playwright Lynn Nottage, the only woman to win two Pulitzer prizes for drama, while ballet eminence Christopher Wheeldon is director and choreographer — the production’s main rationale is to get as many songs on the jukebox as possible. Cue ecstatic applause for “Thriller”, “Billie Jean” etc.
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of MJ THE MUSICAL in the West End?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 28, 2024
by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 28, 2024
The multi-Tony Award®- winning musical MJ has now opened at the Prince Edward Theatre.
Review: MJ: THE MUSICAL, Prince Edward Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - March 27, 2024
by Alexander Cohen - March 27, 2024
This slathered-in-schmaltz hagiography is like watching the Zone of Interest: you know the disturbing stuff is always just out of view.
Video: MJ THE MUSICAL Celebrates Its First Night On the West End!
by A.A. Cristi - March 7, 2024
by A.A. Cristi - March 7, 2024
Go inside the first night of performances of the UK premiere production of MJ The Musical, which began performances at the Prince Edward Theatre this week! See Tony Award-winning star Myles Frost and the cast of MJ take their first London bows in a new video!
Full Cast Set Joining Myles Frost in MJ THE MUSICAL in the West End
by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2024
by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2024
Casting has been announced for the UK premiere production of MJ the Musical, which begins performances at the Prince Edward Theatre, London from Wednesday 6 March 2024. Find out who is joining the previously announced Myles Frost!
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How long has MJ The Musical been running on the West End?
MJ The Musical opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on Wednesday Mar 06, 2024 and has now been running for 1 month.
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