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Cats, The Shows Must Go On
Cats is, declares composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, a show that doesn’t really have a story, but was beloved on stage because it’s “the ultimate theatrical experience”. That’s the point which Tom Hooper’s grotesque, nightmarish movie adaptation so profoundly missed, with its computer-generated monstrosities and ham-fisted attempts … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
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BWW Interview: Kerry Ellis
The West End leading lady discusses her role in new musical Murder Ballad. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged arts theatre, brian may, broadway, broadwayworld, cats, elphaba, interview, kerry ellis, les miserables, murder ballad, musical, off broadway, queen, ramin karimloo, sam yates, theatre, we will rock you, wicked
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theartsdesk Q&A: Choreographer Stephen Mear
From Singin’ in the Rain and Anything Goes to Hello, Dolly! and Mary Poppins, Olivier Award winner Stephen Mear has done more than any other British choreographer to usher classic musicals into the modern era. But adept as he is … Continue reading
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Sentiment snowdrift, Strictly surprises and 2015 preview
My articles in the January issue of Dance Today, out now: Snowed under The saccharine sentiment of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at the Dominion Theatre is downright suffocating Strictly surprises Following another series of Strictly celebrities being saddled with the “dark horse” mantle, my top five genuinely surprising contestants Stepping … Continue reading
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Tagged adelphi theatre, ballroom, book, broadway, cats, celebrity, competition, damn yankees, dance, dance today, dancing, dark horse, dominion theatre, film, gillian lynne, hollywood, irving berlin, landor theatre, latin, london, made in dagenham, magazine, movie, movie musical, musical, preview, review, salsa, same sex ballroom, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, west end, white christmas
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Cats, globe-trotting, ball games and striking out
My articles in the December issue of Dance Today, out tomorrow: Strictly international From India to Finland, South Africa to Turkey, how the hit BBC show travels around the world Top cat As the West End revival opens, groundbreaking choreographer Gillian Lynne recalls the creation of Cats … Continue reading
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