Musical theatre is bustin’ out all over in Paris these autumn days and American actress-impersonator Christina Bianco opens tonight (Thursday) in Funny Girl at the gloriously refurbished Marigny just off the Champs Elysees. Bianco plays old-time Broadway comedienne Fanny Brice in the only part Barbra Streisand ever performed on the West End stage back in […]
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Interview: Leanne Cope on the ‘story of hope, love & friendship’ that is An American in Paris and the show’s cinema screenings this week
Fans of An American in Paris will be able to watch the stage musical up close when it hits cinemas this week. The show premiered in 2014 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris before transferring to the Palace Theatre on Broadway, where it became the most awarded musical of the 2015/16 season, including four […]
Review: An American in Paris – arriving in cinemas on 16 May
An American in Paris – the film of the original London cast will be shown in 42 cinemas nationally and worldwide on 16 May 2018. Directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ For any lover of Gershwin and dance and classic musicals this broadcast is a must. On […]
Hamilton receives a recording-breaking 13 nominations in Olivier Awards 2018
Smash hit musical Hamilton predictably leads the field with a record-breaking 13 nominations for this year’s Olivier Awards, overtaking previous joint record holders: last year’s The Cursed Child and 2008’s Hairspray with 11 nominations. Announced today by Elaine Paige and Alexandra Burke, the nominees for the 2018 Olivier Awards with Mastercard recognised a number of […]
WhatsOnStage Awards 2018 – 42nd Street and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie come out on top
Leading the pack at the 18th annual WhatsOnStage Awards was 42nd Street, currently running at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, which took home four prizes for Best Musical Revival, Best Choreography, Best Set Design and Best Costume Design – from a total of eight nominations. At a ceremony hosted at the Prince of Wales Theatre […]
An American in Paris to arrive in cinemas on 16 May
Highly-acclaimed musical An American in Paris will arrive in cinemas on 16 May 2018 (excluding North America and Japan). An American in Paris premiered in 2014 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris before transferring to the Palace Theatre on Broadway, where it became the most awarded musical of the 2015/16 season, including four Tony […]
Musical Theatre Review 2017 – a reflection – what was your favourite?
Musical Theatre Review reflects on an incredibly busy year of theatre – in the West End, on the London Fringe, across the UK – and picks a selection of shows from each month that topped the FOUR and FIVE star ratings with our contributors [apologies to fans of all the concerts and cabarets – there’s just […]
West End production of An American in Paris to close in January 2018
The last performance of An American in Paris at the Dominion Theatre will be on Saturday 6 January 2018. The London production has also been filmed for future release in cinemas, featuring the original cast led by Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope. Further international engagements of the musical are planned and a major North American […]
An American in Paris – Dominion Theatre
An American in Paris continues at the Dominion Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was back in December 2014 that our contributor Jeremy Chapman reviewed this reinvention of the wonderful 1951 Oscar-winning Vincente Minnelli/Gene Kelly movie when it opened – rather appropriately – at the Theatre du Chatelet in […]
Musical Theatre 2017 Preview – all you need to know
You can’t get more comprehensive than this, here’s a preview of all the 2017 musical theatre openings we know about so far in the West End, on the London Fringe and across the UK. JANUARY The Girls – Phoenix Theatre, London Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s new British musical, The Girls, based on the true story, […]
Darcey Bussell hosts An American in Paris London launch
Ballet superstar and Strictly Come Dancing judge Darcey Bussell hosted a special event last week, offering a sneak preview of her friend Christopher Wheeldon’s reinvention of the Gene Kelly classic An American in Paris which will dance its way into London’s Dominion Theatre in March. Wheeldon and his stars Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope joined Bussell for the […]
An American in Paris – news of full West End cast
Full casting has been announced for Christopher Wheeldon’s reinvention of the Gene Kelly classic An American in Paris which will dance its way into London’s Dominion Theatre early next year. Joining the previously announced stars of the hit Broadway production Robert Fairchild (as Jerry Mulligan) and Leanne Cope (as Lise Dassin) will be Haydn Oakley […]
Shuffle Along and others set Broadway closings
Broadway closings continue apace, with Shuffle Along unexpectedly joining the farewell parade. The show, whose full title is the rather cumbersome Shuffle Along, or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, posted a 24 July closing notice. That’s the same date that its leading lady, six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald, […]
An American in Paris opens at the Dominion in spring 2017
An American in Paris arrives on the West End stage for the first time when Christopher Wheeldon’s multi award-winning new Broadway musical comes to London’s Dominion Theatre next spring. Inspired by the Oscar-winning film and featuring the music and lyrics of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin with book by Craig Lucas, An American in Paris has preview performances from Saturday 4 March 2017 with […]
Tony Awards 2015 – victories for Kelli O’Hara and Fun Home
The big news at the Tony Awards on Sunday night in New York was that Broadway’s adored songbird Kelli O’Hara finally won one after a string of six nominations. The recognition came for her lead role as English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens making her way in 19th Century Siam in Lincoln Center Theater’s mounting of Rodgers and […]
Tony Award nominations – the winners and losers
When it comes to musicals, the nominations for the 2015 Tony Awards, announced today (Tuesday), focus on a tight little group of contenders, with Fun Home and An American in Paris, each receiving a dozen nods. Others high on the list are Something Rotten!, with ten nominations, and The King and I, with nine. On […]
Gigi – Neil Simon Theatre, New York
Gigi continues at the Neil Simon Theatre, New York. Star rating: 2 stars ★ ★ Despite his legendary Gallic charm, I always found something discomforting about Maurice Chevalier, as the old Parisian roué Honoré in the movie Gigi, singing “Thank Heaven for Little Girls”, while eyeing the young femmes playing in the park. In the new […]
Broadway stream of openings kick off with Honeymoon in Vegas
Looking to the first half of 2015 on Broadway, let’s hope that musical first-nighters have a good supply of umbrellas on hand. As Al Jolson liked to tells us, April is celebrated for its showers, and in the last-minute crunch for Tony Award eligibility for the 2014-15 season (23 April is the cut-off date), an […]
An American in Paris – Theatre du Chatelet, Paris
An American in Paris continues at the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris until 4 January. Where else but gay Paree to launch the world premiere of a musical inspired by An American in Paris, the 1951 movie with those unforgettable Gene Kelly dance sequences that won six Oscars and is as much loved today as it […]
