Chess – 2025 Broadway Cast Recording (Ghostlight Records). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This latest version more than delivers on polish and modernisation.
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My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ An unforgettable evening celebrating an enormous body of work, still relevant today in its bold subject matter, conveyed in simple, but meaningful and ultimately timeless, melodies and lyrics that go straight to the human heart and soul.
Moulin Rouge! wins Best Musical Tony Award
Moulin Rouge! The Musical dominated the musical categories at the 74th Tony Awards, a long-delayed, abbreviated contest honouring the best of the 2019/2020 Broadway season, cut short by the Coronavirus pandemic. The lavish stage version of the Baz Luhrmann 2001 hit movie Moulin Rouge! won the Best Musical prize, beating out just two other nominees, […]
Broadway shutdown extended / Tony nominations announced
The entire 2020-2021 Broadway season has disappeared, swallowed up in the unyielding maw of the Coronavirus pandemic. Nevertheless, a passel of New York theatre-makers have reason to celebrate with the unveiling of the Tony Award nominations for the 2019-2020 season, as abbreviated as it was. A date for the awards presentation, however, is yet to […]
ITV2 broadcasts Grease: Live! on 3 February
ITV2 will present an unedited airing of Paramount Television’s star-studded production of Grease: Live!, the first-ever live television production of the iconic story, on 3 February at 8pm. Filmed and broadcast live in the US on 31 January and featuring a young ensemble cast, Grease: Live! draws upon both the hit crossover musical and iconic 1978 feature film to create […]
Assassins – Michael Xavier and Anna Francolini join cast
Michael Xavier and Anna Francolini are joining the cast of Jamie Lloyd’s production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory from 10 February. Xavier takes over the role of John Wilkes Booth from Aaron Tveit. The latter is leaving the run due to a change in his schedule for the […]
Assassins – Menier Chocolate Factory
Assassins continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London, until 7 March 2015. Don’t bet against Assassins following Merrily We Roll Along, the last Sondheim musical the Menier staged, into the West End as it’s a humdinger of a show, hard to stomach at times, but never less than fascinating – a stunning ensemble piece brilliantly directed […]
Interview – Carly Bawden and Simon Lipkin on Sondheim’s Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory
When asked to name his favourite self-penned musical, Stephen Sondheim’s response, if he deigns to answer such a trite question, is often Assassins, the show he wrote with book writer John Weidman. “I wouldn’t change a thing,” he says of this 1990 revue-style musical about the people who’ve made attempts on the lives of American […]
Broadway actor Aaron Tveit joins cast of Assassins at Menier Chocolate Factory
Broadway actor Aaron Tveit makes his UK stage debut in Jamie Lloyd’s major revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins as part of the Menier Chocolate Factory’s ten-year anniversary season. He joins the already announced line-up of Carly Bawden, Simon Lipkin, Mike McShane, Andy Nyman, David Roberts and Catherine Tate, as do Stewart Clarke, Harry Morrison and Jamie Parker. The production opens on 1 December 2014, with previews from 21 November, and runs […]
