Watch out for . . .

JOHN LLOYD YOUNG (pictured) who won the Tony award for his portrayal of Frankie Valli in the original new york production of Jersey Boys (he also led the movie version, directed by Clint Eastwood). young will be performing his Vegas holiday show from The Space in Las Vegas, which will be streamed live on december 4, and available on demand for a further week (thespacelv.com). I well remember arriving in Manhattan back in october 2005, when my friend Adrian Bryan-Brown, the Broadway spokesman, told me to cancel my plans and head to an early preview of Jersey Boys. Watch the show, he told me, but in particular watch Lloyd young, because ‘he’s going to be a star’. I rarely do as I’m told, but on this occasion I’m pleased that I did. What a voice.

ROB HOUCHEN and Celinde Schoenmaker, who star in musical revue Marry Me A Little. Originally conceived by Craig Lucas and Norman Rene in 1980, it uses discarded remnants and early compositions by Stephen Sondheim. This production was running at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester — until it was halted by the lockdown. Director Kirk Jameson and his creative team had the good sense to film the revival, which will be streamed from Thursday (November 19) and run till November 22. Tickets £13.50 via barntheatre.org.uk/all-venues. The show’s title number was cut from Sondheim’s Company, though it’s now sung at the end of Act One in most productions. Other songs repurposed include There Won’t Be Trumpets (axed from Anyone Can Whistle); and Saturday Night (title number from a show Sondheim wrote music and lyrics for in 1954 that wasn’t performed until the Bridewell Theatre mounted it in 1997... Olivier winner Tracie Bennett was in it!).