Tag Archives: guys and dolls

Jenna Russell With Seth Rudetsky, Leicester Square Theatre

Posted on February 4, 2019 by mkmswain

West End favourite Jenna Russell made a surprisingly belated solo concert debut at Leicester Square Theatre, but, judging by this entirely winning performance, she’s a natural. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here Advertisements

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged actress, broadwayworld, concert, elaine paige, ewan mcgregor, follies, frances ruffelle, grey gardens, guys and dolls, into the woods, jason robert brown, jenna russell, judy garland, leicester square theatre, les miserables, london, merrily we roll along, red dwarf, review, seth rudetsky, singing, sondheim, songs for a new world, sunday in the park with george, west end | Leave a comment

Take Five! Spend Your Tea Break with New Harry Potter Jamie Parker

Posted on June 6, 2016 by mkmswain

As Harry Potter and the Cursed Child begins previews at the Palace Theatre, relive five of new Harry Potter Jamie Parker’s great performances. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged best, broadwayworld, cat on a hot tin roof, cursed child, guys and dolls, harry potter, harry potter and the cursed child, harry potter play, henry v, high society, jamie parker, jk rowling, london, musical, old vic, play, shakespeare, stage, take five, the history boys, theatre, video, watch, west end | Leave a comment

Guys and Dolls, Phoenix Theatre

Posted on April 15, 2016 by mkmswain

It’s all change once more for Gordon Greenberg’s slick, protean revival, which began life at Chichester back in 2014, as three new leads join the show’s transfer from the Savoy to the Phoenix. If not a revelatory version of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged broadway, carlos acosta, dance, drama, frank loesser, gordon greenberg, guys and dolls, london, musical, new york, oliver tompsett, phoenix theatre, play, review, richard kind, samantha spiro, song, theatre, west end | Leave a comment

Kit Harington, Glenn Close and Timothy Spall Lead April’s Top 10 New London Shows

Posted on April 5, 2016 by mkmswain

From Jamie Lloyd’s reinvention of Marlowe’s Faustus and Glenn Close’s Norma Desmond to Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-winner and a new heist farce, here are some of this month’s most eye-catching openings. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alistair mcdowall, andrew lloyd webber, annie baker, april, best, broadwayworld, comedy, doctor faustus, donmar warehouse, drama, elegy, funny girl, glenn close, guys and dolls, jamie lloyd, kit harington, london, musical, national theatre, new, nick payne, old vic, pick, pinter, pulitzer, sheridan smith, show boat, sunset boulevard, the caretaker, the comedy about a bank robbery, the flick, theatre, top 10, west end, x | Leave a comment

Pick of the Week

Posted on January 7, 2016 by mkmswain

Awards season hots up, the next Harry Potter headlines a Broadway classic, and epics are reimagined on both stage and screen. Read my full theartsdesk newsletter here

Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged 2016, akram khan, awards, barbican, beowulf, best, broadway, comedy, coming up, creed, dance, dancing, drama, film, game of thrones, grey gardens, guys and dolls, harry potter, itv, jackie kennedy, jamie parker, jericho, jessica raine, leonardo dicaprio, london, movie, musical, new year, news, newsletter, oscar, pick, play, resolution, review, rocky, roundhouse, Simon Rattle, soho theatre, tarantino, the arts desk, the hateful eight, the revenant, theartsdesk, theatre, tv, west end, western | 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

Razzle-dazzle treatment leaves smile on your face

Posted on April 10, 2014 by mkmswain

Yet another classic film-turned-musical hits the West End with the arrival of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, but unlike recent turkey Fatal Attraction, this story of conmen peddling tall tales to heiresses in a fantasy French Riviera is ripe for the razzle-dazzle … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adaptation, cole porter, dance, dirty rotten scoundrels, fatal attraction, film, fred and ginger, fred astaire, ginger rogers, guys and dolls, ham & high, jerry mitchell, london, mgm, movie, musical, noel coward, Oklahoma, play, review, robert lindsay, rufus hound, samantha bond, savoy, song, steve martin, the producers, theatre, west end | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: guys and dolls

Jenna Russell With Seth Rudetsky, Leicester Square Theatre

Take Five! Spend Your Tea Break with New Harry Potter Jamie Parker

Guys and Dolls, Phoenix Theatre

Kit Harington, Glenn Close and Timothy Spall Lead April’s Top 10 New London Shows

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

Razzle-dazzle treatment leaves smile on your face

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