Tag Archives: disney

Pinocchio, National Theatre

Posted on December 15, 2017 by mkmswain

The puppet who wants to be a real boy is all grown up in this new musical version – very much the darker side of Disney. Book writer Dennis Kelly went back to the original 19th-century Italian tale, by Collodi, and tonally, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged broadwayworld, children, christmas, dennis kelly, disney, family, kids, london, martin lowe, musical, national theatre, pinocchio, puppet, review, theatre | Leave a comment

Hamilton leads December’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on November 29, 2017 by mkmswain

From a feverishly anticipated musical to sci-fi and Shakespeare. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged almeida theatre, arts theatre, ballet, barbican, barnum, belleville, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, cell mates, cheap tickets, children, christmas, comedy, dance, dancing, december, disney, donmar warehouse, drama, family, film, find tickets, get tickets, hamilton, hampstead theatre, improv, james norton, kids, lin-manuel miranda, london, london coliseum, menier chocolate factory, mischief movie night, mischief theatre, movie, musical, national theatre, picks, pinocchio, play, project polunin, rome, rsc, sale, save, sci fi, sergei polunin, shakespeare, the grinning man, the twilight zone, theatre, ticket deal, tickets, top 10, trafalgar studios, tv, victoria palace theatre, visit london, west end | Leave a comment

Top Christmas picks for London theatre

Posted on November 15, 2017 by mkmswain

Christmas is upon us, and the capital, as usual, is serving up a veritable feast of festive offerings. Here are some of London’s finest… Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 42nd Street, a christmas carol, aladdin, albert hall, an american in paris, annie, ballet, best, book of mormon, book tickets, broadwayworld, burlesque, cabaret, celebrity, cheap tickets, children, christmas, christmas in leicester square, cinderella, circus, cirque du soleil, comedy, dancing, deal, december, dick whittington, disney, dreamgirls, english national ballet, family, festive, holiday, january, kids, kinky boots, la soiree, les miserables, london, mamma mia, national theatre, nativity the musical, old vic, palladium, panto, pantomime, peter pan, picks, pinocchio, recommendations, royal ballet, sadlers wells, sale, save, school of rock, show, stick man, stomp, the barricade boys, the comedy about a bank robbery, the grinning man, the gruffalos child, the nutcracker, the other palace, the snowman, theatre, ticket discount, visit london, wembley, west end, wicked, wilde creatures, winter, young audience, young frankenstein | Leave a comment

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

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 →

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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

Tag Archives: disney

Pinocchio, National Theatre

Hamilton leads December’s Top 10 new London shows

Top Christmas picks for London theatre

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

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