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Watch these fantastic musical theatre documentaries
Why not use the lockdown period to catch up on your musical theatre history? From the making of iconic shows to fascinating backstage tales and industry insight, these documentaries help to fill the stagey void. Read my full BroadwayWorld article … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged A Chorus Line, amazon, avenue q, backstage, behind the scenes, broadway, broadwayworld, come from away, company, documentary, in the heights, interview, les miserables, lockdown, merrily we roll along, miss saigon, musical, musical theatre, netflix, sondheim, stage, streaming, theatre, tony awards, video, watch, west end, wicked
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Sondheim at 90 Songs: 1 – ‘I’m Still Here’
We’re celebrating the great man’s birthday with favourite numbers – mine’s from ‘Follies’. Read my full theartsdesk article here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 90, 90th, best, birthday, broadway, carol burnett, carrie fisher, composer, debbie reynolds, favourite, film, follies, london, meryl streep, movie, musical, national theatre, postcards from the edge, shirley maclaine, sondheim, song, stephen sondheim, theartsdesk, theatre, tracie bennett, video, watch, west end
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Happy 90th Birthday! Why We Love Stephen Sondheim
Today, the almighty composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim turns 90 – happy birthday from all of us at BroadwayWorld! Here, BWW reviewers share some of the reasons why we adore his work. Read the full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 90, 90th, a little night music, birthday, broadway, broadwayworld, company, composer, follies, london, lyrics, musical theatre, patti lupone, send in the clowns, sondheim, stephen sondheim, sunday in the park with george, sweeney todd, west end, west side story
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Watch 8 iconic Bernadette Peters performances
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
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actress, andrew lloyd webber, bernadette peters, book tickets, broadway, broadway baby, concert, gypsy, into the woods, london, lyceum theatre, muppet show, musical theatre, performance, send in the clowns, singing, sondheim, song, south pacific, sunday in the park with george, todaytix, tony award, video, watch
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CD Review: Follies, National Theatre cast recording
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
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 2018, album, broadwayworld, buy, cast, cd, dominic cooke, download, follies, imelda staunton, janie dee, london, musical, national theatre, recording, review, sondheim, soundtrack, stream, theatre, tracie bennett
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Follies, National Theatre
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
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alexander hanson, book tickets, dominic cooke, follies, janie dee, joanna riding, london, musical, national theatre, review, sondheim, theartsdesk, theatre, tracie bennett
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Home Futures, The Favourite, Michelle Obama and inspiring libraries
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
Posted in Art, Dance, Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged architecture, art, article, arts, becoming, best, best libraries, book, book tickets, buy art, circus, cirque eloize, commute, commuter, company, cosi fan tutte, dance, design museum, exhibition, february, film, gallery, home, home futures, hotel, house, libraries, london libraries, magazine, march, michelle obama, moveto, moveto town and country, movie, mozart, museum, musical, olivia colman, opera, oscars, parallax art fair, peacock theatre, read, royal opera house, sondheim, the favourite, theatre, things to do, visit london, west end, white house
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Jenna Russell With Seth Rudetsky, Leicester Square Theatre
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
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Company, Gielgud Theatre
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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Tagged being alive, company, family, gay, gender swap, gielgud theatre, jonathan bailey, kids, ladies who lunch, love, marianne elliott, marriage, mel giedroyc, musical, new york, patti lupone, review, romance, rosalie craig, sex, single, sondheim, theartsdesk, west end
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