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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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Strictly’s newbies and the same-sex debate
My articles in the October issue of the new Dancing Times magazine, out now: Strictly Speaking The class of 2015 assessed, from ringers and dark horses to marmite celebs and comedy acts. Stepping Out Is it time for a same-sex couple on Strictly? New in the Dance … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged baila brazil, ballroom, bbc, brazil, carlos acosta, celeb, celebrity, come dancing, competition, craig revel-horwood, dance, dance today, dancer, dancing, dancing times, essda, eurogames, european championships, grand hotel, joanna leunis, judge, latin, london, magazine, michael malitowski, musical, open air, peter andre, rachid malki, regents park, retirement, review, royal festival hall, samba, same sex, same sex ballroom, scd, seven brides for seven brothers, sing, singing, southwark playhouse, stockholm, strictly, strictly speaking, sylvie guillem, theatre, tv
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Swing, Champagne-swilling and Carrie
My articles in the June issue of Dance Today, out now: Swing while you’re winning Scott Cupit, our Teacher of the Year 2015, recalls his journey from struggling start-up to leader of a swing revolution Bloodless Carrie: The Musical at Southwark Playhouse needs more guts … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged article, ballroom, bbc, carrie, carrie the musical, class, cole porter, competition, dance, dance today, dancer, dancing, dragons den, drama, eurogames, film, grace kelly, high society, interview, jazz, kate fleetwood, katharine hepburn, Kevin Spacey, latin, learn, lesson, lindy hop, london, magazine, maria friedman, movie, musical, old vic, play, review, same sex, same sex ballroom, same sex dance, scd, scott cupit, southwark playhouse, stage, stockholm, strictly, strictly come dancing, swing, swing dance, swing patrol, teacher, teacher of the year, the philadelphia story, theatre, tv, west end, winner
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Beyond Bollywood, London Palladium
It seems almost redundant to critique a show that so ably – if unconsciously – critiques itself. “The power of Bollywood is it’s unique!” cries one character, before squandering that uniqueness in tired East/West fusion; and “Dance should have feeling!” … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrew lloyd webber, bbc, bbc young dancer, beyond bollywood, bollywood, bombay dreams, contemporary, dance, dancer, dancing, drama, dream, east, film, folk, fusion, germany, hip hop, india, indian, Irfan Siddiqui, jazz, london, london palladium, love, milistone, movie, mumbai, munich, music, poldark, Rajeev Goswami, review, romance, Salim-Sulaiman, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tourist, travel, tv, west, west end
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Boa, Trafalgar Studios
Casting existing partners is no guarantee of artistic success – for every Burton/Taylor, there is a Bennifer. Hannah Price has taken a risk, too, by pairing the revered Dame Harriet Walter with her comparatively unfamiliar American husband, Guy Paul, in … Continue reading
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Tagged american, ballet, boa, british, cambodia, chile, clara brennan, correspondent, dance, dancer, drama, east asia, english, guy paul, hannah price, harriet walter, husband, journalist, london, love, marriage, married, memory, play, Pulitzer Prize, review, romance, sex, the arts desk, theartsdesk, therapy, trafalgar studios, transatlantic, vietnam, war, wife
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Ready for his close-up
Legendary movie musicals director? You’re thinking Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly – not Charles Walters. But, as Brent Phillips argues cogently in his illuminating new book, that exclusion is simply unjust. Charles “Chuck” Walters’ work has certainly left an … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged biography, book, broadway, charles walters, dance, dance today, dancer, dancing, debbie reynolds, director, doris day, dream factory, film, frank sinatra, fred astaire, gay, gene kelly, get happy, gigi, ginger rogers, golden age, high society, hollywood, homosexual, judy garland, magazine, Meet Me in St Louis, mgm, movie, movie musical, musical, play, review, Stanley Donen, summer stock, the unsinkable molly brown, theatre, Vincente Minnelli
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Strictly Speaking: launch show
It’s back! Forget X Factor, forget Stepping Out, if you can (my eyes! Oh, my eyes!), for Strictly Come Dancing, the real star of Saturday-night entertainment, has returned, and it’s as joyously deranged as ever. We have a new studio (lovely big floor), new … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, bruce forsyth, celebrity, couples, dance, dancer, dancing, jessie j, launch, professional, rod stewart, scd, stepping out, strictly, strictly come dancing, tess daly, tv, x factor
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