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Tag Archives: the sound of music
Laura Benanti Live in London, Cadogan Hall
Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti took a quick hiatus from starring in My Fair Lady on Broadway to make her London debut – and those missing out on the former needn’t have worried, as she opened with a bravura 15-minute precis of the … Continue reading
Strictly Speaking: Week 11
Musicals Week! The quarter-finals! All to play for on this jazz hands show, and the combination of high-stakes competition and rampant theming produced… mixed results. Some dances fit beautifully with their songs, others were swallowed whole – and the judges … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged aladdin, ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, charles venn, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, funny girl, joe sugg, joseph, judge, latin, les miserables, musicals, musicals week, quarter finals, quickstep, recap, review, rumba, south pacific, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, the sound of music, trevor dion nicholas, tv, week 11, west end, west side story
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BWW Interview: Charlotte Wakefield
The actress talks the new UK tour of Gershwin musical Crazy for You. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged actress, broadway, broadwayworld, caroline flack, charlotte wakefield, crazy for you, dancing, gershwin, interview, musical, Oklahoma, polly, singing, the sound of music, tom chambers, uk tour
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BWW Interview: Lucy O’Byrne
The actress and singer discusses playing Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Strictly Speaking: the final
Perhaps not a vintage year, but Strictly ended on a high with a closer than expected final, bananas returning contestants encore, and a deserving winning couple in Caroline and Pasha. It was a show noticeably light on ballroom – because … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
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Strictly Speaking: Week 10
It was so much worse than we could ever have feared. Strictly’s foray into international waters made Eurovision look positively restrained, tasteful and nuanced. Around The World In 80 Cultural Appropriation Nightmares Week made a mockery of ballroom, logic, fairness and … Continue reading
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