Tag Archives: sondheim

Follies leads September’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on August 31, 2017 by mkmswain

From starry Sondheim to political plays and the return of Florian Zeller. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here Advertisements

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged aida, arts theatre, beckett, bertie carvel, book tickets, boudica, broadwayworld, charing cross theatre, cheap tickets, clarke peters, comedy, discount, drama, dukes of yorks theatre, eno, five guys named moe, florian zeller, follies, gina mckee, harold pinter theatre, imelda staunton, ink, jack rosenthal, james graham, jazz, labour of love, london, london coliseum, lydia leonard, marble arch theatre, martin freeman, maureen lipman, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, noel coward theatre, opera, oslo, phelim mcdermott, play, rupert murdoch, sale, samatha bond, sarah lancashire, save, shakespeares globe, sondheim, the knowledge, the lie, The Sun, theatre, ticket deal, toby stephens, tony award, top 10, verdi, waiting for godot, west end | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Mark Umbers

Posted on November 25, 2016 by mkmswain

The actor discusses his role in musical She Loves Me at Menier Chocolate Factory. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged broadwayworld, christmas, home fires, interview, london, love, mark umbers, menier chocolate factory, musical, romance, she loves me, sondheim, theatre, you've got mail | 1 Comment

BWW Interview: Thom Southerland on reviving Allegro

Posted on July 25, 2016 by mkmswain

The director talks about his career of reviving classic musicals in fringe venues, and bringing Rodgers and Hammerstein’s lost masterpiece to a European stage for the first time. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged allegro, broadway, broadwayworld, charing cross theatre, director, fringe, interview, jerry harman, musical, revival, rodgers and hammerstein, sondheim, southwark playhouse, thom southerland, titanic | Leave a comment

Into the Woods, Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on July 13, 2016 by mkmswain

Anyone who ever played ‘shop’ as a child, trading real or imaginary objects over a table, will experience a thrill of recognition at Fiasco Theater’s stripped-back take on Sondheim and James Lapine’s ode to and deconstruction of storytelling. That’s what we … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged broadwayworld, fairy tale, fiasco theater, into the woods, london, menier chocolate factory, musical, review, sondheim | Leave a comment

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child leads July’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on June 29, 2016 by mkmswain

From a magical mega-hit and eye-catching musical revivals to plays with strong social resonance. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged andrew lloyd webber, beverley knight, book tickets, breakfast at tiffanys, broadwayworld, dominion theatre, easter rising, harry potter, harry potter and the cursed child, into the woods, ireland, jesus christ superstar, jk rowling, july, london, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, neil labute, palace theatre, park theatre, pixie lott, queens of syria, refugees, regents park, richard o'brien, rocky horror, rotterdam, sean o'casey, some girls, sondheim, st james theatre, the bodyguard, the plough and the stars, the stripper, theatre, trafalgar studios, west end, young vic | Leave a comment

Don’t Miss: Uzo Aduba leads this week’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on February 15, 2016 by mkmswain

From a powerhouse trio of actresses in The Maids to Sarah Kane, Peter Brook and the Martian Fighting Machine. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged barbican, battlefied, best, broadwayworld, cleansed, drama, london, motown, mrs henderson presents, musical, national theatre, new, peter brook, play, road show, sarah kane, sondheim, the encounter, the maids, theatre, top 10, trafalgar studios, uzo aduba, war of the worlds, west end, young vic | 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

Sing when you’re winning

Posted on September 6, 2013 by mkmswain

If the thought of 60 numbers from the world of musical theatre makes you raise your jazz hands in the air and grapevine over to the nearest box office, you’ll find this jam-packed show is a little piece of musical-geek … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged abba, andrew lloyd webber, broadway, cabaret, dance, fred astaire, gene kelly, ginger rogers, gotta sing gotta dance, grease, gypsy, hollywood, judy garland, jukebox, les miserables, mamma mia, musical, rent, richmond theatre, show, sing, singin in the rain, sondheim, spamalot, theatre, top hat, west end, west side story, wicked | Leave a comment

Shooting the past

Posted on June 11, 2013 by mkmswain

To paraphrase Julie Andrews, let’s start at the very end, a very good place to start. Composer Franklin Shepard is the toast of Hollywood, but the collateral damage of his meteoric rise is strewn around his gleaming Modernist apartment, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged broadway, christopher nolan, harold pinter, hollywood, julie andrews, la, mad men, maria friedman, memento, menier chocolate factory, merrily we roll along, musical, new york, play, review, sondheim, sound of music, theatre, west end | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: sondheim

Follies leads September’s Top 10 new London shows

BWW Interview: Mark Umbers

BWW Interview: Thom Southerland on reviving Allegro

Into the Woods, Menier Chocolate Factory

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child leads July’s Top 10 new London shows

Don’t Miss: Uzo Aduba leads this week’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

Sing when you’re winning

Shooting the past

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