Amélie stars Audrey Brisson and Chris Jared have recorded three new videos featuring songs from the hit show in advance of the 2020 Olivier Awards. Recorded in their home with their newborn daughter as an audience of one, the couple perform ‘Stay’, ’Halfway’ and ‘Half Asleep’ from the hit show which has been nominated for […]
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London cast recording of Amélie to be released
Craft Recordings and Concord Theatricals will release the Original London Cast Recording of Amélie in digital form on Friday (5 June 2020). Now available for pre-order, the recording features the cast of 13 actor-musicians who took to the stage at The Other Palace for the successful London transfer run of the Watermill Theatre’s hit production […]
Great Comet, Bandstand, Groundhog Day and On Your Feet set Broadway closings
The ranks of the past season’s new Broadway musicals are thinning considerably, with closing dates recently announced by four of them: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Bandstand, Groundhog Day and On Your Feet. Bandstand, which began previews on 31 March and had its official opening on 26 April, will wrap up on 17 […]
Amélie sets Broadway closing
The fallout from the Tony Awards nominations, announced four days ago, has begun. Amélie, A New Musical, which came up with nary a nod, has announced it will depart Broadway on 21 May. The fan base of the popular French movie on which the musical is based and the marquee value of its star, Phillipa […]
Amélie – A New Musical – Walter Kerr Theatre, New York
Amélie – A New Musical continues at the Walter Kerr Theatre, New York. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Whimsy is an elusive quality to capture in the Broadway vernacular of today, with its abundance of ear-blasting power ballads, ironic gags and strenuous jaw-dropping dancing. Amélie, a New Musical is an adaptation of the […]
Broadway Musical Theatre Preview – a starry first half to 2017
Don’t forget sunglasses if you’re headed for New York. Broadway musical marquees will be freshly and blindingly ablaze with a constellation of star names during the first half of the New Year. New productions headed for the Main Stem boast such legendary luminaries as Bette Midler, Glenn Close, Patti LuPone and – yes, even a […]
Miranda, Soo and Odom Jr leaving Hamilton
It’s like rats leaving a sinking ship, except the ship is hardly sinking. In the past week or so, three of the principal players in the musical mega-hit Hamilton have revealed plans to leave on 9 July. They include the show’s creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, who portrays the title role of America’s founding father Alexander Hamilton. […]
