Cynthia Erivo: Legendary Voices was performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London as part of the BBC Proms. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ There was a sense, I think, among London theatregoers that when Cynthia Erivo moved to New York to star in the Broadway transfer of The Color Purple that we might have lost to America for […]
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John Owen-Jones joins cast of gala concert performance of Mimma
West End and Broadway performer John Owen-Jones and renowned opera singers Ashley Riches and Elena Xanthoudakis are the latest additions to the all-star cast assembled for the gala concert performance of new musical Mimma at London’s Cadogan Hall next month. The youngest actor to play the role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables and a […]
TV Review: The Golden Age of Broadway / BBC Proms – Royal Albert Hall
The Golden Age of Broadway: BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There was something for everyone in the musical feast laid on by the BBC Concert Orchestra and five top-drawer vocalists for a packed Royal Albert Hall in celebration of the Great American Songbook. […]
CD Review: Man of La Mancha – 2021 Remastered Edition of 2000 Cast Recording
MAN OF LA MANCHA – 2021 Remastered Edition of 2000 Cast Recording (JAY RECORDS – CDJAY2 1304) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of my favourite all-time musicals on record, Man of La Mancha never fails to thrill me and I have quite a collection of different recordings in my library – some […]
Musicals: The Greatest Show – BBC1 and BBC iPlayer
Musicals: The Greatest Show – BBC1 and BBC iPlayer (where it is available for a year). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ As soon as the great Ramin Karimloo launched into a sublime ‘Music of the Night’, tears started rolling down cheeks and shivers tumbled like a waterfall down the spine. We […]
Oklahoma! is Grange Park Opera’s first musical in new location
Oklahoma!, with Dex Lee as Curly, Katie Hall as Laurey and Claire Moore as Aunt Eller, will be Grange Park Opera’s first musical since the company moved from Hampshire to Surrey last June and built its own 700-seater Theatre in the Woods at West Horsley Place. The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic will open on 7 […]
Jason Robert Brown in Concert – London Palladium
Jason Robert Brown in Concert was at the London Palladium. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ “I came to sing a song about hope,” Jason Robert Brown croons in his opening number for what will become a special edition of BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night. It is a highly metatextual number, […]
Jason Robert Brown to play special London concert
Multi award-winning Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown will return to London Palladium in April for a special one-night only concert. Part of BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night, An Evening with Jason Robert Brown on Wednesday 11 April will feature the writer, conductor and pianist with the 60-piece BBC Concert Orchestra. Brown, who […]
Tom Solomon album hits top spot
Award-winning West End leading man Tom Solomon has had plenty of reason to celebrate. His self-produced classical crossover double album Beautiful Day reached No.1 slot in the iTunes classical album chart and number four in the vocals chart just days after its release. Songs included on the 28-track double album include recent rock chart hits ‘I Don’t Want to Miss […]
West End stars celebrate 40th anniversary of Oliviers with musical theatre concert
Marking the start of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Olivier Awards in 2016, Society of London Theatre has today announced The Oliviers In Concert. The special event, in partnership with BBC Radio 3 and the BBC Concert Orchestra, will take place on Monday 25 January 2016 at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. The evening will feature a […]
Elaine Paige in Concert – Royal Albert Hall, London
Elaine Paige in Concert (50th Anniversary Farewell Tour) at the Royal Albert Hall, London. It seems strange to imagine but to anybody under the age of 20, Elaine Paige is probably more regarded as a Sunday afternoon radio presenter than as a musical theatre star. Certainly her presence on the Radio 2 show has given musical theatre a […]
