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BWW Interview: Ashley Gilmour
The actor talks the new UK tour of Miss Saigon. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 25th anniversary, ashley gilmour, book tickets, broadwayworld, cameron mackintosh, chris, interview, jon jon briones, lea salonga, love, miss saigon, musical, romance, tour, vietnam, war
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The Armour, The Langham Hotel
The Langham has marked its 150th anniversary in theatrical fashion by commissioning an original drama spanning several decades – and floors – from emerging company Defibrillator, whose Tennessee Williams trio at this venue impressed last year. Now Ben Ellis checks … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1870s, 1970s, anniversary, bbc, ben ellis, defibrillator, docklands, drama, emperor, empire, eugenie, exile, finty williams, france, french, hannah spearritt, historical, history, hotel, interview, london, music, napoleon, past, play, pop, radio, recording, review, s club 7, shipping container, site specific, star, tennessee williams, the arts desk, the langham, theartsdesk, theatre, tour, vietnam
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Boa, Trafalgar Studios
Casting existing partners is no guarantee of artistic success – for every Burton/Taylor, there is a Bennifer. Hannah Price has taken a risk, too, by pairing the revered Dame Harriet Walter with her comparatively unfamiliar American husband, Guy Paul, in … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged american, ballet, boa, british, cambodia, chile, clara brennan, correspondent, dance, dancer, drama, east asia, english, guy paul, hannah price, harriet walter, husband, journalist, london, love, marriage, married, memory, play, Pulitzer Prize, review, romance, sex, the arts desk, theartsdesk, therapy, trafalgar studios, transatlantic, vietnam, war, wife
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Dogfight, Southwark Playhouse
It is no mean feat to turn an audience against idealistic, painfully young marines heading for the nightmarish hell of Vietnam, but Dogfight comes perilously close to achieving that undesirable goal in the manner of their introduction. The band of … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1960s, dogfight, film, folk, hippy, jarhead, jfk, london, marine, movie, musical, off broadway, on the town, once, protest, review, river phoenix, romance, san francisco, soldier, southwark playhouse, the arts desk, theatre, vietnam, war, woody guthrie
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