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How The Lion King ruined musicals
The smash hit has led to a Disneyfication of stage shows. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, aladdin, beauty and the beast, billy elliot, dirty dancing, disney, disneyfication, film, frozen, Julie Taymor, london, movie, musical, musical theatre, telegraph, the lion king, theatre, west end
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Top 10 Screen To Stage Musical Adaptations
From Once and Spamalot to The Producers and Hairspray, 10 of the best medium-jumpers. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged aladdin, an american in paris, billy elliot, broadwayworld, dancing, disney, film, grey gardens, groundhog day, hairspray, kinky boots, lloyd webber, musical, once, screen, singing, spamalot, stage, sunset boulevard, the bodyguard, the lion king, the producers, theatre, west end
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Bend It Like Beckham, Phoenix Theatre
Women’s football, immigration and multiculturalism: Gurinder Chadha’s new musical couldn’t be more pertinent, right? Well, yes and no. Like her original film, writer/director Chadha keeps the action in 2002, meaning there’s no UKIP, no IS and no FIFA meltdown. Threats … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Aletta Collins, asian, bend it like beckham, bhangra, billy elliot, bollywood, dance, dance today, dancing, david beckham, film, football, game, Gurinder Chadha, Howard Goodall, immigration, indian, Lauren Samuels, london, magazine, match, movie, multicultural, music, musical, review, singing, song, Sophie-Louise Dann, sport, stage, team, theatre, wedding, west end, womens football
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