Tag Archives: revue

Blues in the Night, Kiln Theatre

Posted on July 25, 2019 by mkmswain

It’s too darn hot, BoJo is in Downing Street, and we’re all going to Brexit hell – so we might as well sing the blues. Or at least take a night off from the apocalypse to enjoy a virtuoso company … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged bessie smith, blues, blues in the night, camden, clive rowe, dancing, debbie kurup, gemma sutton, jazz, kilburn, kiln theatre, music, musical, north london, review, revue, sharon d clarke, singing, summer, susie mckenna, theartsdesk, theatre | Leave a comment

Ain’t Misbehavin’, Southwark Playhouse

Posted on April 25, 2019 by mkmswain

The joint is jumpin’ at Southwark Playhouse, now hosting an irresistible Fats Waller-inspired, Manhattan-set musical revue (a co-production with Colchester’s Mercury Theatre, where it opened last month). Though originating in the Seventies, this sizzling show benefits from a fresh infusion of talent, with actor … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 1920s, 1930s, aint misbehavin, cabaret, dance, dancing, fats waller, harlem renaissance, jazz, london, manhattan, musical, new york, oti mabuse, review, revue, singing, songs, southwark playhouse, strictly, strictly come dancing, swing, theartsdesk, theatre | 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

Fighting words

Posted on March 19, 2015 by mkmswain

When Joan Littlewood’s iconic musical premiered in 1963, its revisionist condemnation of the First World War sent shockwaves through British society. Now, criticising bungling generals is preaching to the choir, and the stoic Tommy has been reclaimed. Having inspired a … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged anniversary, army, bbc, casualty, christmas day truce, commemoration, dance, dancing, dead, death, drama, dying, edwardian, first world war, general, joan littlewood, journeys end, music, musical, musical hall, Oh What A Lovely War, Pierrot, play, radio, recruitment, review, revue, richmond theatre, satire, singing, soldier, song, theatre, theatre workshop, vaudeville, war, wendi peters, ww1 | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: revue

Blues in the Night, Kiln Theatre

Ain’t Misbehavin’, Southwark Playhouse

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

Fighting words

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