How do you solve a problem like the West End musical?

Its future may not be as bleak as some commentators argue, but the British musical must change if it's to surviveMark Lawson, writing in today's G2, is shocked by the forthcoming closure of Betty Blue Eyes – a show he bills as "the most brilliant new musical of recent years". Is it the end for the homegrown British musical, as he suggests? Does the West End face a grisly future of jukebox hits and film adaptations?It's a fair point – but I wonder if things are more complicated than Lawson al...

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