Hamilton is streaming now (and hopefully forever) on Disney Plus. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s hard to say anything about Hamilton that hasn’t already morphed into a cliché. Certainly, every critic who has reviewed it – in seemingly the most ubiquitously discussed art event in some time – has jostled […]
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Hamilton collects seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical
New American musical Hamilton collected seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards 2018 with Mastercard, the UK’s most prestigious stage honours, announced at London’s Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Catherine Tate. Composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and orchestrator Alex Lacamoire won Outstanding Achievement in Music (which Lacamoire accepted by singing a speech […]
Bandstand – Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York
Bandstand continues at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The tagline for Bandstand proudly declares it to be ‘The New American Musical’, and the programme bios for the writers are so disarming and heartfelt that I wish I could have embraced their show a bit […]
Cats – Neil Simon Theatre, New York
Cats continues at the Neil Simon Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Who or what is responsible for the explosive power that threatens to blow the roof off Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre, where the new production of Cats, the Andrew Lloyd Webber’s cash-spouting bonanza, has just opened? Is it […]
