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BWW Interview: Anthony Van Laast
The choreographer talks Beauty and the Beast. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged anthony van laast, be our guest, beauty and the beast, blu-ray, broadwayworld, buy, children, choreographer, dan stevens, dance, dancing, disney, dvd, emma watson, family, film, interview, kids, movie, musical, tina turner, waltz
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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
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged amazon, ballet, book tickets, brazil, broadwayworld, capoeira, choreographer, composer, dance, dancing, ella spira, environmental, green, interview, jeremy irons, london, music, musical, pietra mello-pittman, rainforest, sadlers wells, sisters grimm, theatre, voices of the amazon
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BWW Interview: Drew McOnie
The director/choreographer on reviving On the Town at Regent’s Park Open Air. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged bernstein, book tickets, broadwayworld, choreographer, dance, dancer, dancing, danny mac, director, drew mconie, interview, jerome robbins, jesus christ superstar, london, love, musical, new york, on the town, open air theatre, regents park, romance, sailor, singing, strictly come dancing, theatre
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An American in Paris, Dominion Theatre
It’s 1945, and Paris is shakily emerging from Nazi occupation – celebrating, yes, with soldiers returning and families reuniting, but also confronting collaborators in their midst and post-war deprivation. Amidst this turmoil, two future lovers meet: an encounter of seismic … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged an american in paris, broadwayworld, christopher wheeldon, dance, dancing, dominion theatre, gershwin, leanne cope, london, paris, review, robert fairchild, war, west end
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Stepping Out, Vaudeville Theatre
Never mind Stepping Out – the real wonder of this production is Anna-Jane Casey stepping in for the injured Tamzin Outhwaite at such short notice. It’s a plot twist worthy of the backstage shenanigans in Richard Harris’s genial 1984 play … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged amanda holden, anna-jane casey, broadwayworld, class, comedy, dance, dancing, eighties, london, maria friedman, play, review, richard harris, stepping out, strictly, strictly come dancing, tap, theatre, tracy-ann oberman, vaudeville theatre, west end
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead leads March’s Top 10 new London shows
From starry Stoppard and Marber revivals to toe-tapping musicals and Elena Ferrante on stage. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged amanda holden, an american in paris, arts theatre, ballet, book tickets, brexit, broadwayworld, dance, dancing, daniel radcliffe, david tennant, dominion theatre, don juan in soho, elena ferrante, garrick theatre, ian hislop, kate fleetwood, lee mead, london, lyric hammersmith, march, my brilliant friend, my country, national theare, old vic, rose theatre kingston, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, seventeen, stepping out, tap, the miser, the wipers times, theatre, tom stoppard, top 10, ugly lies the bone, vaudeville theatre, west end, wyndhams theatre
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Talking tap on Mark Forrest’s show
I joined Mark Forrest on his BBC radio show to talk La La Land and the tap revival. Click here to listen to the interview (I’m on at about 2hr 42min)
Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 42nd Street, an american in paris, bbc, class, dance, dancing, emma stone, interview, la la land, learn, mark forrest, musical, on the town, radio, ryan gosling, stepping out, tap, tap dance, theatre, west end
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Strictly Speaking: The final
There was something of an elegiac feel to this year’s final, as Len Goodman, Strictly institution, finally hung up his “Seh-ven!” paddle, gave us one last scrambled metaphor and waltzed off to the great golf course in the sky. We … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged american smooth, argentine tango, ballroom, blog, cha cha, champion, dance, dancing, dancing times, danny mac, final, jive, joanne clifton, judge, len goodman, louise redknapp, ore oduba, quickstep, recap, review, samba, scd, showdance, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, winner
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Strictly Speaking: Week 11
Perhaps this is an unfashionable stance in the “tired of experts” era, but for me Strictly’s Musicals Week highlighted a more general issue with this series: we’ve had too much of our ballroom dancers attempting other styles, rather than their … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, charlie and the chocolate factory, dance, dancing, danny mac, dreamgirls, foxtrot, jersey boys, judge rinder, musical, musicals week, ore oduba, quarter final, recap, review, samba, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, tv, week 11, west end
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More Strictly chat on Georgey Spanswick
I joined Georgey Spanswick again on her BBC radio show to talk Strictly. Click here to listen to the interview (I’m on at about 2hr 9min)
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, bbc, dance, dancing, georgey spanswick, interview, len goodman, radio, strictly, strictly come dancing, tv
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