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Hamilton review
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ground-breaking Hamilton – filmed, NT Live style, with the original Broadway cast at three performances in June 2016 – was meant to hit cinemas next autumn. Instead, in response to Covid-19, it’s now streaming on Disney+. Read my … Continue reading
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Tagged broadway, daveed diggs, disney plus, film, hamilfilm, hamilton, jonathan groff, leslie odom jr, lin-manuel miranda, movie, musical, renee elise goldsberry, review, streaming, the i paper, theatre, thomas kail
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Hamilton, Disney+
The movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights was meant to hit cinemas this summer, but, in response to Covid-19, has been put back to 2021. Instead, we get the early release on Disney+ of Miranda’s Hamilton – filmed, NT Live style, with the original Broadway cast at three … Continue reading
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Tagged broadway, daveed diggs, digital, disney plus, film, founding father, hamilton, hip hop, immigrant, leslie odom jr, lin-manuel miranda, movie, musical, online, politics, rap, review, streaming, theartsdesk, watch
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The Last Five Years, The Other Palace Digital
A musical featuring two people who are physically separated? Jason Robert Brown’s work is a shutdown natural – as this new digital theatre version demonstrates. Lauren Samuels and Danny Becker, who play doomed lovers Cathy and Jamie, recorded their parts entirely in isolation, with Samuels (previously … Continue reading
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Tagged actress, arts, coronavirus, danny becker, digital, jason robert brown, Lauren Samuels, love, marriage, musical, online, relationship, review, social distancing, streaming, the last five years, the other palace, theartsdesk, theatre, writer
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Preview of The Last Five Years
A musical featuring two people physically separated throughout? Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years could be made for lockdown – as a new digital production aims to prove. Actors Lauren Samuels and Danny Becker, who play doomed lovers Cathy … Continue reading
Get your dance fix at home
From streamed dance performances to classes and classic film escapism. Read my full Dancing Times article here
Posted in Dance, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged all that jazz, class, classes, dance, dancing, dirty dancing, film, free, home, instagram, learn, marquee tv, movie, new adventures, performance, production, Rosie Kay Dance Company, royal opera house, show, singin in the rain, streamed, streaming, strictly, strictly come dancing, tamara rojo, the band wagon, tv, video, watch
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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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Drawing the Line, Hampstead Theatre online
This week’s gem from the Hampstead’s vaults is Howard Brenton’s political drama from 2013, telling the extraordinary, stranger-than-fiction story of Cyril Radcliffe and his 1947 mission: to arrange the Partition of India in just five weeks. A tale of battling ideologies, gross colonial arrogance and disregard, … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, clement attlee, cyril radcliffe, digital, drama, drawing the line, empire, free, hampstead theatre, hindhu, history, Howard Brenton, india, mountbatten, muslim, nehru, online, pakistan, partition of india, play, review, stream, streaming, theartsdesk, theatre, video, watch
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How live theatre is still running despite lockdown
I contributed to this BBC article on streamed theatre content, discussing BroadwayWorld’s new series of Living Room Concerts. Read the full article here
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Tagged bbc, broadwayworld, concert, coronavirus, free, hamilton, interview, lin-manuel miranda, live stream, live streaming, living room concerts, lockdown, musical, online, play, shutdown, streamed, streaming, theatre, video, watch
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Jane Eyre, National Theatre at Home
The National Theatre’s online broadcasts got off to a storming start with One Man, Two Guvnors – watched by over 2.5 million people, either on the night or in the week since its live streaming, and raising around £66,000 in donations. Let’s hope … Continue reading
