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BWW Interview: Anthony Van Laast

Posted on July 18, 2017 by mkmswain

The choreographer talks Beauty and the Beast. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here Advertisements

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 | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Janique Charles

Posted on May 25, 2017 by mkmswain

The actress discusses swapping Trinidad and Tobago for the UK, and joining the West End cast of The Lion King. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, book tickets, broadwayworld, disney, interview, janique charles, lion, london, musical, nala, singer, the lion king, theatre, ticket deal, trinidad, west end | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Matthew Croke

Posted on May 16, 2017 by mkmswain

The actor on becoming the new West End Aladdin. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actor, aladdin, broadwayworld, dancing, disney, interview, jade ewen, matthew croke, musical, prince edward theatre, singing, trevor dion nicholas, west end | Leave a comment

Top 10 Screen To Stage Musical Adaptations

Posted on August 17, 2016 by mkmswain

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 | Leave a comment

Ralph Fiennes’s Richard III Leads June’s Top 10 New London Shows

Posted on May 30, 2016 by mkmswain

From starry Shakespeare and Rattigan productions to big musicals and resonant new plays. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged aladdin, alexi kaye campbell, alfie allen, almeida, apollo theatre, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, disney, downton abbey, drama, edward snowden, elizabeth mcgovern, film, game of thrones, globe, greece, hampstead theatre, helen mccrory, henry v, hobsons choice, hollywood, iqbal khan, jesse eisenberg, june, london, macbeth, martin shaw, michael crawford, Mike Bartlett, movie, musical, national theatre, new, open air theatre, play, prince edward theatre, ralph fiennes, regents park, richard iii, rupert goold, shakespeare, star, sunset at the villa thalia, the deep blue sea, the go between, the spoils, theatre, top 10, trafalgar studios, vaudeville theatre, west end, wild | Leave a comment

Clumsy look at Jewish Broadway history is toe-tapping nostalgia

Posted on September 5, 2015 by mkmswain

Lacking the shrewd lampooning instincts of Spamalot, from which it takes its name, revue You Won’t Succeed On Broadway If You Don’t Have Any Jews is a muddle: too solemn for satire, too grandiloquent for cabaret, and too fractured for musical … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged be our guest, broadway, cabaret, composer, dance, dancing, disney, dorothy, drama, gershwin, glee, gypsy, ham and high, irving berlin, jew, jewish, les miserables, lloyd webber, london, mama rose, monty python, musical, newspaper, over the rainbow, revue, sing, smash, sondheim, song, spamalot, st james theatre, the lady is a tramp, the wizard of oz, theatre, west end, You Won't Succeed On Broadway If You Don't Have Any Jews | Leave a comment

You Won’t Succeed On Broadway If You Don’t Have Any Jews, St James Theatre

Posted on August 28, 2015 by mkmswain

Well, here’s an oddity. You Won’t Succeed… is too fragmented for musical theatre, too bombastic for cabaret, and about as profound as a first-draft Wikipedia page. Channelling the self-referential levity of the Monty Python show from which it takes its … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged beauty and the beast, big spender, cabaret, chicago, composer, disney, dorothy, drama, dreamgirls, fame, fiddler on the roof, gershwin, godspell, guys and dolls, gypsy, hairspray, irving berlin, jew, jewish, les misereables, london, music, musical, my fair lady, Oklahoma, over the rainbow, rent, review, revue, singing, smash, sondheim, song, spamalot, st james theatre, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, wizard of oz, yentel, You Won't Succeed On Broadway If You Don't Have Any Jews | Leave a comment

Alice’s Adventures Underground, The Vaults

Posted on April 18, 2015 by mkmswain

The 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s seminal novel has inspired a raft of commemorative works, from Damon Albarn and Moira Buffini’s musical Wonder.land to Holland Park opera and Glastonbury’s surrealist haven; Disney’s film sequel arrives next year. Les Enfants Terribles’ … Continue reading →

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theartsdesk Q&A: Choreographer Stephen Mear

Posted on April 11, 2015 by mkmswain

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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Strictly Speaking: Week 3

Posted on October 13, 2014 by mkmswain

I wouldn’t want to imply that the producers of Strictly have some kind of substance-abuse problem and/or are suffering a collective nervous breakdown. It’s just difficult to find another explanation for the acid-trip train wreck that was Movie Week. Or, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, TV | Tagged ballroom, bbc, beauty and the beast, blue, cabaret, cinema, competition, dance, dance today, dancesport, dancing, dancing with the stars, disney, doctor who, donny osmond, eastenders, film, footloose, fosse, frank sinatra, fred astaire, funny girl, gene kelly, ginger rogers, jennifer gibney, jerome robbins, judge, latin, little mermaid, mamma mia, mary poppins, moon river, movie, movie week, mrs browns boys, on the town, scd, simon cowell, simon webbe, strictly, strictly come dancing, superman, swing time, the doctor, the godfather, the hoff, the jungle book, top gun, tv, west side story | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: disney

BWW Interview: Anthony Van Laast

BWW Interview: Janique Charles

BWW Interview: Matthew Croke

Top 10 Screen To Stage Musical Adaptations

Ralph Fiennes’s Richard III Leads June’s Top 10 New London Shows

Clumsy look at Jewish Broadway history is toe-tapping nostalgia

You Won’t Succeed On Broadway If You Don’t Have Any Jews, St James Theatre

Alice’s Adventures Underground, The Vaults

theartsdesk Q&A: Choreographer Stephen Mear

Strictly Speaking: Week 3

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