VICTORIANS ON BROADWAY – Sharon Aronofsky Weltman (University of Virginia Press – ISBN: 978-0-8139-4432-6) Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Broadway productions of musicals such as The King and I, Oliver!, Sweeney Todd and Jekyll and Hyde became huge theatrical hits. Remarkably, all were based on one-hundred-year-old British novels or memoirs. What […]
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‘It can make a real impact on new musical theatre in this country’: Natasha J Barnes on why Wasted at the Southwark Playhouse is so special
Lani Calvert writes: The new British musical is a daring and exciting genre, taking influence from surprising areas and combining elements that have never worked together before. Wasted is no exception. The show, with a score by Olivier Award-winning Christopher Ash (Showstoppers) and a book and lyrics by Carl Miller (Emil and the Detectives), tells […]
Strictly Ballroom premiere is finale of packed West Yorkshire Playhouse autumn season
An eclectic autumn/winter season culminating in the much-anticipated UK premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical has been unveiled by the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Revealing a line-up, which also includes the premieres of musical-in-development Wasted and a re-imagination of Charlotte Brontë’s Villette, artistic director James Brining promises a diverse season celebrating both Yorkshire’s cultural […]
