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Andrew Lloyd Webber: ‘Theatres had to close, but the vaccine will make things dramatically better’
Andrew Lloyd Webber, who famously took part in a trial for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, was delighted to hear that it’s been approved for use in the UK. “It’s great news. I’m thrilled. Everybody was pretty optimistic about it earlier in the … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew lloyd webber, cinderella, composer, drama, interview, london, musical, oxford vaccine, play, telegraph, theatre, trial, vaccination, vaccine, west end
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Sondheim at 90 Songs: 1 – ‘I’m Still Here’
We’re celebrating the great man’s birthday with favourite numbers – mine’s from ‘Follies’. Read my full theartsdesk article here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 90, 90th, best, birthday, broadway, carol burnett, carrie fisher, composer, debbie reynolds, favourite, film, follies, london, meryl streep, movie, musical, national theatre, postcards from the edge, shirley maclaine, sondheim, song, stephen sondheim, theartsdesk, theatre, tracie bennett, video, watch, west end
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Happy 90th Birthday! Why We Love Stephen Sondheim
Today, the almighty composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim turns 90 – happy birthday from all of us at BroadwayWorld! Here, BWW reviewers share some of the reasons why we adore his work. Read the full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged 90, 90th, a little night music, birthday, broadway, broadwayworld, company, composer, follies, london, lyrics, musical theatre, patti lupone, send in the clowns, sondheim, stephen sondheim, sunday in the park with george, sweeney todd, west end, west side story
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BWW Interview: Dave Malloy
Composer, writer and actor Dave Malloy’s work includes the Tony Award-winning Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Octet, and his upcoming adaptation of Moby-Dick – the latter directed by regular collaborator Rachel Chavkin and starring Malloy. This year, London also sees two of his shows: Preludes, soon … Continue reading
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Preludes, Southwark Playhouse
Where does music come from? That’s the vital question posed to Sergei Rachmaninoff in Dave Malloy’s extraordinary 2015 chamber work, as the great late-Romantic Russian composer – stuck in his third year of harrowing writer’s block – tries to relocate his gift. It comes … Continue reading
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BWW Interview: Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary
The musical theatre writing partnership talk The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ at Menier Chocolate Factory. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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BWW Interview: Sisters Grimm
Composer Ella Spira and choreographer Pietra Mello-Pittman on new dance musical Voices of the Amazon. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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BWW Interview: Howard Goodall
The composer discusses mixing classical and popular music, and the New York debut of his Eternal Light: A Requiem. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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