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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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Cats, The Shows Must Go On
Cats is, declares composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, a show that doesn’t really have a story, but was beloved on stage because it’s “the ultimate theatrical experience”. That’s the point which Tom Hooper’s grotesque, nightmarish movie adaptation so profoundly missed, with its computer-generated monstrosities and ham-fisted attempts … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrew lloyd webber, cat, cats, elaine paige, film, gillian lynne, grizabella, james corden, jellicle, john mills, john napier, john partridge, judi dench, memory, movie, musical, rebel wilson, review, stage, stream, the shows must go on, theartsdesk, theatre, tom hooper, trevor nunn, ts eliot, watch online, west end
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Treasure Island, National Theatre at Home
Swaggering pirates, X marks the spot, a chattering parrot, “Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum”? All present and correct. But Bryony Lavery’s winning 2014 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson for the National, directed by Polly Findlay, also features key updates and wonderfully creative ideas, plus … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, adventure, arthur darvill, children, doctor who, family, jim hawkins, kids, long john silver, national theatre, national theatre at home, nt live, patsy ferran, pirate, play, review, robert louis stevenson, ship, theartsdesk, theatre, treasure island, treasure map, yo ho ho, young audience
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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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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
Rumpelstiltskin, Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage
The latest in Sadler’s Wells’ Digital Stage programme – an impressively assembled online offering to keep audiences entertained during the shutdown – is balletLORENT’s family-friendly dance-theatre production Rumpelstiltskin. It was streamed as a “matinee” on Friday afternoon, and is available to watch for free on Sadler’s Wells’ Facebook … Continue reading
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Tagged ballet, balletlorent, brothers grimm, carol ann duffy, children, contemporary dance, dance, dancing, digital, facebook, fairy tale, family, free, kids, live stream, online, review, rumpelstiltskin, sadlers wells, spinning wheel, streaming, theartsdesk, theatre, young audience, youtube
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I and You, Hampstead Theatre
Now streaming online, this YA play is oddly pertinent. Head to Instagram for a 2018 production with plenty of 2020 shutdown wisdom. Read my full theartsdesk review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged coronavirus, drama, edward hall, free, game of thrones, hampstead theatre, home schooling, i and you, IGTV, instagram, lauren gunderson, maisie williams, online, play, poem, poetry, review, shutdown, streaming, teenager, theartsdesk, theatre, walt whitman, YA, young adult, Zach Wyatt
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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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The Last Five Years, Southwark Playhouse
There’s concept on top of concept in this revival of Jason Robert Brown’s beloved 2001 musical, which charts the ebb and flow of a relationship by juggling timelines: aspiring actress Cathy’s story is told in reverse chronological order, while aspiring writer Jamie’s moves … Continue reading
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Tagged acting, actor musician, actress, broadway, jason robert brown, jewish, jonathan o'boyle, london, love, marriage, musical, new york, novel, review, romance, southwark playhouse, the last five years, theartsdesk, theatre, writer
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