Cabaret is back, alive and well in New York, as is Off-Broadway, writes Patrick Honoré. Karen Mason: Kander & Ebb and All That Jazz – Birdland ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Directed by Barry Kleinbort and expertly accompanied on the piano by her longtime musical director Christopher Denny, with Ritt Henn on bass, Broadway veteran […]
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Remembering Angela Lansbury (1925-2022): An actress for all seasons
The British actress Angela Lansbury was known globally as the amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher, but there was a lot more to the famous television star, as Michael Darvell recalls… Angela Lansbury had an 80-year long career in which she captured and captivated her audiences whether they were seeing her live on the dramatic stage, enjoying […]
‘It is rare that one person can touch multiple generations’: Tributes pour in for Dame Angela Lansbury
Just a few months after the Tony Awards celebrated the glittering career of stage and screen legend Dame Angela Lansbury with a Lifetime Achievement Award the theatre world is mourning her loss. The passing of theatre’s undisputed Grand Dame was announced in a statement issued by the Lansbury family which read: “The children of Dame […]
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… […]
Angela Lansbury to receive lifetime achievement award at the Tony Awards
Stage and screen legend Angela Lansbury will receive the 2022 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre at the 75th Annual Tony Awards this month. Recognising a glittering career that spans 75 years, the London-born 96-year-old actress will be presented with her prestigious award during Broadway’s biggest night of the year at the […]
Remembering Jerry Herman 1931-2019
Jerry Herman, the American composer and lyricist of Hello, Dolly!, Mame, La Cage Aux Folles, Dear World and The Grand Tour, has died at the age of 88. Michael Darvell looks back at the work of a great Broadway talent. The American composer and lyricist Jerry Herman, who has died aged 88, was essentially a […]
