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Newsies: how Disney turned an underdog victory into a car crash movie
The real-life newsboys’ strike became a film flop – then was reborn as a stage musical. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alan menken, book tickets, broadway, christian bale, disney, drama, flop, Harvey Fierstein, hearst, kenny ortega, london, movie, musical, newsboys, newsies, pulitzer, strike, theatre, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
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How The Lion King ruined musicals
The smash hit has led to a Disneyfication of stage shows. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, aladdin, beauty and the beast, billy elliot, dirty dancing, disney, disneyfication, film, frozen, Julie Taymor, london, movie, musical, musical theatre, telegraph, the lion king, theatre, west end
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How Guys and Dolls became a popular West End musical
Revising the beloved show ahead of Nicholas Hytner’s new immersive production at the Bridge Theatre. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, bridge theatre, broadway, damon runyon, film, frank sinatra, gambler, guys and dolls, immersive, london, london theatre, luck be a lady tonight, marlon brando, movie, musical, new york, nicholas hytner, revival, sit down youre rocking the boat, theatre, west end
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Secret Cinema’s Guardians of the Galaxy
A funfair for (rich, tipsy) Marvel fans. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged clan, collector, Contraxia, disney, film, guardians of the galaxy, hooked on a feeling, immersive, london, movie, Nova Corps, nowhere, review, secret cinema, telegraph, theatre, wembley park
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Relive Helen Hunt’s greatest performances in movies, TV shows, and on stage
Ahead of the actress making her UK theatre debut in Eureka Day. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged academy award, actress, anti vax, as good as it gets, book tickets, celebrity, film, helen hunt, hollywood, london, london theatre, mad about you, movie, old vic, oscar, play, stage, theatre, tv, vaccination
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Get ready to have the time of your life at Dirty Dancing shows in London
The movie lives on through the stage musical and the Secret Cinema event. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged baby, ballroom, dance, dancing, dirty dancing, film, london, london theatre, movie, musical, secret cinema, theatre, west end
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Avengers Assemble! See Marvel Cinematic Universe actors in the West End
From David Harbour in Mad House to Simon Callow in Anything Goes. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged andrew garfield, anything goes, avengers, black widow, captain america, david harbour, emilia clarke, film, fra fee, guardians of the galaxy, hawkeye, hayley atwell, london, london theatre, mad house, mcu, movie, musical, paul bettany, play, secret cinema, simon callow, spiderman, the collaboration, the seagull, theatre, tv, west end
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Why Richard Linklater’s time-twisting movie musical could already be doomed
His ambitious 20-year shoot of Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along is mired in casting misery – and the show itself has a notorious history. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged beanie feldstein, ben platt, blake jenner, broadway, daniel radcliffe, dear evan hansen, film, funny girl, glee, hal prince, maria friedman, melissa benoist, merrily we roll along, movie, movie musical, musical, richard linklater, sondheim, theatre, west end
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First Morbius, now Minions – memes are ruining movies
A TikTok trend has led to riotous behaviour at screenings of the new Minions film. Where will this madness end? Read my full Telegraph article here
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Tagged ban, cinema, film, gentleminions, hollywood, internet, meme, minions, minions rise of gru, morbius, movie, odeon, snakes on a plane, spiderman, telegraph, tiktok
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