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What socially distanced theatre looks like: Actors share their experience

Posted on September 15, 2020 by mkmswain

Theatres are slowly starting to reopen in the UK, with social distancing policies in place. Jesus Christ Superstar: The Concert at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and new musical Sleepless: A Musical Romance at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre are two currently running shows going to … Continue reading →

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Evita, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Posted on August 9, 2019 by mkmswain

Following a triumphant resurrection of Jesus Christ Superstar, now playing at the Barbican, the Park works its magic on another of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Seventies rock operas. Jamie Lloyd’s stripped-down, super-sleek, contemporary take excavates the biting satire of a work sometimes … Continue reading →

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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, London Palladium

Posted on July 12, 2019 by mkmswain

Oh Lord! The second Biblical Andrew Lloyd Webber opening of the week (taking his current London production total up to a whopping five from next month) is his early collaboration with Tim Rice, celebrating 50 years since its original concept album, and back … Continue reading →

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Jesus Christ Superstar, Barbican

Posted on July 10, 2019 by mkmswain

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s 1970 musical had a heavenly resurrection at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre three years ago, with an encore run the following summer. It’s soon heading off on a US tour, but first there’s another chance for British … Continue reading →

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BWW Interview: JoAnn M Hunter

Posted on July 8, 2019 by mkmswain

The choreographer discusses her work on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

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Chess, London Coliseum

Posted on May 2, 2018 by mkmswain

Chess, by Tim Rice and ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, hasn’t had a major West End revival since its Eighties heyday, but it’s back with a bang in a semi-staged production that features aerial silk acrobatics, cheerleading stunts and drunken Cossack dancing. But … Continue reading →

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BWW Interview: Emma Hatton

Posted on July 30, 2017 by mkmswain

The actress discusses her starring roles in Wicked and Evita. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

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BWW Interview: Declan Bennett on Jesus Christ Superstar

Posted on July 14, 2016 by mkmswain

The actor and singer-songwriter discusses Rent, Once, his recording career and a new gig-like production of Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

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Evita, Dominion Theatre

Posted on September 23, 2014 by mkmswain

Like their divisive protagonist, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice could reasonably be accused of valuing style over substance: indelible extravaganza Evita subscribes to the cult of celebrity without truly interrogating it, nor are we given enough dramatised information to … Continue reading →

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