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Tag Archives: tracie bennett
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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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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Mrs Henderson Presents, Noël Coward Theatre
War bad, theatre good. That’s about the level of insight available from this amiable show, transferring after a successful run in Bath. It’s one of the weaker entries in the ever-popular backstage genre, sharing Vaudevillian DNA with Gypsy and a … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged blitz, dance, drama, emma williams, hitler, judi dench, london, mrs henderson presents, musical, naked, nudity, play, second world war, singing, terry johnson, theatre, tracie bennett, vaudeville, war, west end, windmill theatre
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