Little Me continues at Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, London until 31 August. Little Me has been the vehicle for many a comic turn over the years. The original 1962 production opened with Sid Caesar and the musical has featured Bruce Forsyth and Russ Abbot in the past. Perhaps the most accomplished all-rounder […]
Maria Friedman in Concert – Cadogan Hall
Maria Friedman in Concert at the Cadogan Hall, London. Internationally acclaimed singer and actress Maria Friedman expanded upon her ‘Lenny & Steve’ show, first produced at the Matcham Room at The Hippodrôme last year, for the musical theatre concert series at the Cadogan Hall. Friedman has long been associated with Stephen Sondheim, the relationship starting […]
The Other School – St James Theatre
The Other School, a National Youth Music Theatre production, was staged at the St James Theatre, London. The Other School is a psychological new musical by Dominic Marsh and Dougal Irvine, specially commissioned for the National Youth Music Theatre. Irvine wrote the brilliant musical Departure Lounge, so I was really looking forward to see what he […]
Gotta Sing Gotta Dance – Eastbourne/Touring
Gotta Sing Gotta Dance continues at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne until 24 August and then tours the UK until 25 October. Where else do you get to see the whole West End in three minutes? Cleverly designed, that very funny sequence is one of many gems from the ever enjoyable revue Gotta Sing Gotta […]
Soul Doctor – Circle in the Square NY
Soul Doctor has opened in the Circle in the Square theatre, New York, for an open-ended run. Soul Doctor celebrates an unusual man in pretty familiar bio-musical terms. This new Broadway offering, which had a brief Off-Broadway run a year ago, tells the story of Shlomo Carlebach, a charismatic musician and sort-of-renegade rabbi who […]
Music Show Wedding – C venues
Music Show Wedding continues at C venues, Edinburgh until 26 August. It may be unexpected to say that the future of musical theatre is safe in the hands of the Koreans, but it is a nation with a fantastic array of major theatres presenting great classics from the West End and Broadway. The people there love […]
title of show – Landor Theatre
[title of show] continues at the Landor Theatre, London until 14 September. Originating at the first New York Musical Theatre Festival , [title of show] adds a whole new perspective to the backstage-musical genre. Performed in a single act, the narrative details the musical’s own creation by lead characters Hunter and Jeff, from tentative concept […]
A Theory of Justice the Musical – C venues
A Theory of Justice the Musical continues at C venues, Edinburgh until 26 August. This is a wholly original work from a group of Oxford undergraduates and the packed house (me included) at C venues really enjoyed it. A romp through 2,500 years of philosophy with some cracking songs, a mass of our favourite characters and […]
Between Empires – theSpace @ Symposium Hall
Between Empires continues at theSpace @ Symposium Hall, Edinburgh until 24 August. I declare an interest – I met with one of the writer/producers of Between Empires at a recent surgery I ran and we explored the joys, challenges, and opportunities of bringing a new show to the Fringe which will, in time, be much longer, […]
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare in the Park
Love’s Labour’s Lost has opened at Shakespeare in the Park, Delacorte Theatre, New York, to continue until 18 August. Back in 1971, the esteemed Off-Broadway producing company The Public Theater had a big hit at its Shakespeare in the Park season with a musical adaptation of Two Gentleman of Verona. The production transferred to Broadway, […]
Edinburgh Fringe – Musicals Update Four
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 is up and running, here’s the fourth of a number of updates about musicals and cabarets being staged at the international event. Miles & Coltrane: Blue (.) 3–26 August, C Venues (Venue 34). United States-based artistic collective Concrete Generation has travelled to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to present its production, Miles & […]
The Bridge – C Nova
The Bridge continues at C Nova, Edinburgh until 26 August. A beautifully crafted one-man and three-guitar show, The Bridge is part life story and part love story. A love of life (surviving major illness), a love of music (from his first banjo), a love of family, and a love of his life. Benjamin Scheuer weaves […]
