For anyone who had the great, grand privilege of having seen her on stage, be it in a musical, concert or cabaret, Chita Rivera’s legacy will be alive forever.
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Remembering Donald Pippin (1926-2022) – Broadway’s favourite musical director, conductor and arranger
In many ways Donald Pippin, who has died at the age of 95, was the American musical theatre’s greatest maestro as a musical director and conductor. And from 1955 until 2018 he was also responsible for the vocal arrangements of some of Broadway’s most successful shows. Michael Darvell looks back on a great musical career… […]
Bathtubs Over Broadway – Netflix
Bathtubs Over Broadway – Netflix. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s about 526,000 minutes since we last saw a live show on Broadway or in the West End but these lockdowns have given musical theatre aficionados plenty of time to trawl through the movie outlets we now have on TV in search […]
Hello Harry! – YouTube
Hello Harry! is available to stream on YouTube. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Harry Gabriel has been the Stage Door Keeper at Shaftesbury Theatre for four decades. While watching some of London’s finest theatrical productions come and go, he has become something of a legend in his own right for the commitment, joy, and […]
Film Review: Still Waiting In The Wings
A new movie musical homage to Broadway, Still Waiting In The Wings, directed by Q. Allan Brocka and written by Jeffrey A. Johns and Arie Gonzalez, had its DVD and digital release on 15 May 2020. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ After the niche-market success of Waiting In The Wings, Jeffrey A. […]
CD Review: Lost Broadway 1956-1957 – Various Artists
LOST BROADWAY 1956-1957 – Various Artists (Stage Door Records – STAGE 9064) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The latest offering from Stage Door Records includes songs from Broadway shows that took to the stage in the 1956-57 season. They include: ‘Happy Hunting’, ‘Mr Wonderful’, ‘New Faces of 1956’, ‘Jamaica’, ‘Simply Heavenly’, ‘Shinbone […]
The Band’s Visit tops the Tony Awards
The Band’s Visit, the anti-razzmatazz musical, was warmly welcomed at the 2018 Tony Awards, taking home 10 of the trophies, including Best Musical, and far outstripping its competition. The tender tale of a group of Egyptian musicians who by happenstance spend a night in a small Israeli desert town, a night in which they make […]
Interview: Gemma Sutton – star of The Rink at the Southwark Playhouse – finds the best things come in small packages
GEMMA SUTTON joins Caroline O’Connor in the first London revival of Kander and Ebb’s The Rink in 20 years, opening at London’s Southwark Playhouse this week. The Rink, running from 25 May until 23 June 2018, is the story of Italian housewife Anna (O’Connor), who runs a failing roller-skating business on the East Coast of the US, […]
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 […]
Chita & Tune: Just in Time – Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, New Jersey
Chita & Tune: Just in Time at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, New Jersey. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ After two weeks of solo performances at 54 Below, Chita Rivera joined forces with song and dance man, director/choreographer Tommy Tune for their touring production of Just in Time. Although the chemistry between the […]
Olivier Awards 2018 ceremony – Hamilton opener, Chita Rivera singing West Side Story, Joseph 50th ann tribute
Special performances to mark the 60th anniversary of the London opening of West Side Story and the 50th anniversary of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will feature in the star-studded ceremony for the 2018 Olivier Awards on 8 April 2018. Musical theatre legend Chita Rivera will celebrate her London debut as Anita in the classic […]
Chita Rivera – Nowadays – Carnegie Hall, New York
Chita Rivera performed her show Nowadays at Carnegie Hall, New York. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Exactly three years after her 80th birthday celebration concert at the Ambassador Theatre, the indomitable Chita Rivera was back on stage for the first time at the legendary Carnegie Hall in front of a packed audience. This […]
The Visit – Lyceum Theatre, New York
The Visit continues at the Lyceum Theatre, New York. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Standing downstage center in The Visit, the long-brewing Kander and Ebb musical that has finally reached Broadway, Chita Rivera playing Claire Zachanassian, the richest woman in the world, declares: “I’m unkillable.” The applause that greets this declaration is, of course, not […]
Brent Barrett – Life Is, The Songs of Kander and Ebb – Crazy Coqs
Brent Barrett performs his show Life Is – The Songs of Kander and Ebb at the Crazy Coqs, London until 24 January. Broadway star Brent Barrett returns to this highly successful cabaret venue where he made his triumphant debut a year ago. This time he presents the London premiere of his new show that celebrates a 50-year […]
Kander and Ebb’s The Visit finally makes it to Broadway
The Visit, the brooding musical stew of love and revenge that has been cooking for years, will be served up on Broadway at last. As a last-minute addition to the 2014-2015 season, it will join the crush of musicals opening in April. The first-night curtain is to rise on 23 April, the final date for […]
The Visit – Williamstown Theatre Festival, Massachusetts
The Visit was performed as part of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Massachusetts. This is a revamped 95-minute version of The Visit – one of the last collaborations between John Kander and Fred Ebb, with a book by Tony Award winner Terrence McNally – which is often entertaining and sometimes captivating. The production features Broadway legend Chita Rivera as Claire Zachanassian, the oft-widowed richest woman in the world who returns to the […]
