A Step Beyond the Rain: Karen Oberlin at The Pheasantry, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The lustrous New York cabaret star Karen Oberlin brought back to London a show that she called Over the Rainbow at the Crazy Coqs in 2013 but is now tweaked and renamed A Step Beyond the Rain. Either […]
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Finian’s Rainbow – Charing Cross Theatre
Finian’s Rainbow continues at the Charing Cross Theatre, London until 10 May. Originally subtitled ‘A Musical (Satire) in Two Acts’, Finian’s Rainbow may well have raised a few eyebrows at its Broadway premiere in January 1947, dealing as it does with racial intolerance and political injustice. EY Harburg and Burton Lane’s gentle but pointed invective certainly […]
Finian’s Rainbow opens at the Union Theatre
Finian’s Rainbow, the musical by composer Burton Lane and lyricist EY Harburg (book by Harburg and Fred Saidy, adapted by Charlotte Moore) has been unperformed professionally in the UK since its first West End run. Now there is a chance to rediscover the show in a brand new production staged by award-winning director Phil Willmott […]
