Tag Archives: sondheim

Watch 8 iconic Bernadette Peters performances

Posted on June 6, 2019 by mkmswain

Broadway legend Bernadette Peters – seven-time Tony Award nominee and two-time winner – is coming to the UK as part of her latest concert tour, performing at London’s Lyceum Theatre on June 10. Get psyched by revisiting some of the … Continue reading →

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CD Review: Follies, National Theatre cast recording

Posted on March 11, 2019 by mkmswain

The National Theatre’s Follies (currently enjoying a well-deserved encore run) is something of a musical theatre miracle. Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s 1971 show has endured almost as much existential angst as its characters, endlessly chopped and changed, but Dominic Cooke’s production – appropriately enough – … Continue reading →

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Follies, National Theatre

Posted on February 23, 2019 by mkmswain

This is a golden age of London Sondheim revivals, with Marianne Elliott’s thrilling Company still playing in the West End, and Dominic Cooke’s Follies getting a hugely welcome second run at the National – both testament to a director’s transformative vision. A few key cast changes add extra … Continue reading →

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Home Futures, The Favourite, Michelle Obama and inspiring libraries

Posted on February 22, 2019 by mkmswain

In my February MoveTo Town and Country Arts pages: Exhibition Avant-garde visions in Home Futures at the Design Museum Film A right royal romp in award-winning The Favourite Theatre Sondheim reborn in the sensational musical Company Commuter corner Candid reflections from Michelle Obama … Continue reading →

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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

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

Company, Gielgud Theatre

Posted on October 17, 2018 by mkmswain

The most thrilling revivals reinvigorate a classic work, while revealing its fundamental soul anew. Marianne Elliott’s female-led, 21st-century take on George Furth and Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 musical company Company makes a bold, inventive statement, but somehow also suggests this is how the … Continue reading →

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Company leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on October 1, 2018 by mkmswain

From gender-flipped Sondheim to David Hare and Martin McDonagh. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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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

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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

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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

Tag Archives: sondheim

Watch 8 iconic Bernadette Peters performances

CD Review: Follies, National Theatre cast recording

Follies, National Theatre

Home Futures, The Favourite, Michelle Obama and inspiring libraries

Jenna Russell With Seth Rudetsky, Leicester Square Theatre

Company, Gielgud Theatre

Company leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

Follies leads September’s Top 10 new London shows

BWW Interview: Mark Umbers

BWW Interview: Thom Southerland on reviving Allegro

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