GOOSEBUMPS – THE PHANTOM OF THE AUDITORIUM (Ghostlight Records – digital download) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ From the very start of this album I was hooked. It is infectious and beware: some of the tracks can become earworms – you’ll be singing them in your head and wondering where they […]
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Beetlejuice The Musical scares up the crowds on Broadway
Something strange and more than a little spooky is happening on Broadway, a bad-mannered demonic presence is scaring up a storm at the box office. Beetlejuice The Musical may not have captured the imagination of the critics or the award-givers, but the show, inspired by Tim Burton’s first big budget Hollywood movie, has won the […]
CD Review: Beetlejuice – Original Broadway Cast
BEETLEJUICE – Original Broadway Cast (Ghostlight Records) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ As with a lot of musical adaptations of films, plays, etc you often wonder if it is going to be successful or an utter flop. Well, I haven’t actually seen Beetlejuice on stage but I have the next best thing […]
Lloyd Webber celebrates Broadway triple
The first night of the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats became part of a double celebration for the British composer who now has three hit shows running on Broadway. To mark the occasion Lloyd Webber was joined by School of Rock’s Alex Brightman, The Phantom of the Opera’s James Barbour and his newest […]
Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock – West End dates confirmed
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new show School of Rock – The Musical will arrive in the West End this October a few months earlier than expected. Public booking will open 25 May with previews at the New London Theatre beginning on 24 October ahead of the opening night on 14 November. The show is initially booking until […]
School of Rock – The Musical – Lloyd Webber searches for West End cast of kids
The search is on for at least 39 talented youngsters to play the child stars of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking new show School of Rock – The Musical when it finally arrives in the UK in 2017 (although previous reports suggested autumn 2016). The show, which is based on the hit Jack Black comedy film and […]
School of Rock – The Musical to open at the London Palladium in autumn 2016
Following its Broadway opening last night at the Winter Garden Theatre, the West End production of School of Rock – The Musical will open at the London Palladium in autumn 2016. Dates for the West End run will be confirmed in the New Year with details of when the production will go on sale. Andrew Lloyd […]
School of Rock – Winter Garden Theatre, New York
School of Rock continues at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ In a pre-curtain recorded announcement, Andrew Lloyd Webber assures the audience that the kids in School of Rock are actually playing their own instruments. “Emphatically” so, he stresses. And that just about sums up the […]
School of Rock – The Musical begins Broadway previews – cast members from stage and screen versions meet
The world premiere production of School of Rock – The Musical on Broadway has begun previews at the Winter Garden Theatre, with an opening set for 6 December. Based on the hit 2003 film of the same title, School of Rock will feature music from the movie, as well as new music written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Glenn Slater, […]
