Tag Archives: gershwin

Crazy for You, New Wimbledon Theatre

Posted on March 8, 2018 by mkmswain

The UK tour of Gershwin musical Crazy for You has reached its London leg, and is still in fine, energetic form. Originally a Depression-era work, it joins retro pleasures like 42nd Street in providing much-needed Brexit escapism: a world in which all our problems … Continue reading →

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BWW Interview: Charlotte Wakefield

Posted on July 14, 2017 by mkmswain

The actress talks the new UK tour of Gershwin musical Crazy for You. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, broadway, broadwayworld, caroline flack, charlotte wakefield, crazy for you, dancing, gershwin, interview, musical, Oklahoma, polly, singing, the sound of music, tom chambers, uk tour | Leave a comment

An American in Paris, Dominion Theatre

Posted on March 21, 2017 by mkmswain

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 →

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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 →

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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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Tag Archives: gershwin

Crazy for You, New Wimbledon Theatre

BWW Interview: Charlotte Wakefield

An American in Paris, Dominion Theatre

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

theartsdesk Q&A: Choreographer Stephen Mear

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