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If you are missing Percy Jackson terribly during the hiatus between the first and second season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, I’ve got good news for you: you can revisit the story by experiencing it on stage. The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical has just opened at The Other Palace in London, and it’s a show that all Percy fans deserve to see at least once.

Written by Joe Tracz and Rob Rokicki and based on the first novel in the Percy Jackson book series by Rick Riordan, the musical originally opened off-Broadway in 2017, then toured the United States and had a Broadway run in 2019 and 2020. Now, fans can finally see the show live again; with a few slight differences from the US show. The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical will run at The Other Palace until March 2, 2025.

The London cast is impeccable. It includes Max Harwood as Percy Jackson,...

All credit to Mark Russell, the founding artistic director of the Under the Radar Festival. After the Public Theater, which has produced the international and experimental theater festival since 2006, dropped Under the Radar from its annual programming, Russell rapidly rebuilt. With no central home this season, the festival’s shows now crop up over a greater radius of the city, from smaller downtown venues like the Abrons Arts Center and Performance Space New York to major entities like Bam and Theater for a New Audience.

In its new iteration, Under the Radar, which runs through January 21, hasn’t missed a step. In fact, since so many disparate venues have programmed and produced shows this year, Under the Radar seems poised to introduce festival-wide fans to the curated tastes of theaters across New York, potentially growing year-round audiences too. There’s also the sense that the festival, partnering with producing theaters...