Broadway Melody – the Cole Porter Songbook was performed at the Auguste Théâtre, Paris. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The long overdue new edition of Broadway Melody, celebrating this time the genius of Cole Porter, was well worth the wait. The production used the same cast as the Leonard Bernstein tribute last year: Christine […]
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Kiss Me, Kate – Theatre du Chatelet, Paris
Kiss Me, Kate continues at the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris until 12 February. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Parisians are being given just ten chances to catch the only Cole Porter musical that ran more than a thousand performances on Broadway (and won a 1949 Tony) and now that’s down to […]
The King and I – Theatre du Chatelet, Paris
The King And I continues at Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, until 29 July. The World Cup has not been the Chatelet’s best friend for the original-language Paris premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I but the stay-at-homes who missed this exquisite, no-expense-spared masterpiece to snore their way through a goalless French bore-draw made a serious […]
Lambert Wilson cast in Yul Brynner role in The King and I
French film star Lambert Wilson is to play the Yul Brynner role in The King and I for 18 performances at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris from 13-29 June. This is the third Rodgers and Hammerstein show the Chatelet has staged, following The Sound of Music (twice) and Carousel. Wilson is best known internationally for playing the part […]
