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Taking the rap: Jason Denton is having all kinds of fun in Hamilton spoof Spamilton at the Menier Chocolate Factory
From the brains behind Forbidden Broadway comes Spamilton: An American Parody, playing at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory until 8 September 2018. The show follows Lin-Manuel Miranda’s quest to write the perfect musical while also lovingly spoofing a range of other musical theatre shows and personalities. Even Miranda is a fan of this show saying: “I […]
Gerard Alessandrini’s Hamilton spoof Spamilton to make UK debut at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Gerard Alessandrini’s Hamilton spoof Spamilton will make its UK debut at the Menier Chocolate Factory this summer. Running from 12 July until 8 September 2018 with an opening night on 24 July, the UK premiere of Spamilton marks a return to the Menier for Forbidden Broadway creator Alessandrini. The good-natured send-up of the multi award-winning […]
Interview – woman of a thousand voices Christina Bianco on loving UK audiences and plans for Little Voice on Broadway
YouTube sensation [23 million views worldwide] and woman of a thousand voices, CHRISTINA BIANCO is heading to Viva Blackpool for the final date of her UK tour. Despite being a solo performance, her unique vocal impression show fills the room with icons across every musical genre during An Intimate Evening With Christina Bianco. Christina has […]
Guildford School of Acting – Forbidden Broadway
Forbidden Broadway, performed by students from the Guildford School of Acting, continues at the Performing Arts Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford until 1 April. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Guildford School of Acting’s third-year graduates have themselves a ball with these hilarious spoofs on pillars of musical theatre society in a […]
Christina Bianco to debut Christmas Show in London
Off-Broadway and YouTube star Christina Bianco will be premiering her new festive show O Come, All Ye Divas at the Charing Cross Theatre in December. The American vocal impressionist billed as ‘the girl of a thousand voices’ will be bringing her own mix of music and comedy back to the capital for 15 performances from […]
Jest End is heading back to Waterloo East in November
Hit satirical musical Jest End will return to Waterloo East Theatre in late November for a limited run. Following on from a sell-out season at the London venue in 2015, the show that pokes fun at some of the West End’s biggest musical theatre productions opens on 29 November and runs until 18 December. Written […]
Christine Pedi – Great Dames – Crazy Coqs
Christine Pedi – Great Dames continues at Crazy Coqs, London until 24 October. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Billed as a Broadway diva, Christine Pedi certainly lives up to that title as she makes her debut at the Crazy Coqs. She is best known as a renowned impressionist due to her […]
Also Recognised Awards – first winners revealed
The full list of winners has been revealed in the inaugural Also Recognised Awards, the new audience-voted, industry accolades set up by theatre commentators Mark Shenton and Terri Paddock to celebrate lesser-known but equally worthy talent in fields overlooked by other awards bodies. Over a month’s voting, more than 15,000 people took part. Paddock comments: […]
Interview – Anna-Jane Casey on Forbidden Broadway, Family Guy and girl power
Actress ANNA-JANE CASEY is currently starring in the Menier Chocolate Factory production of Forbidden Broadway at London’s Vaudeville Theatre. She also appeared in the 2009 production of the long-running satirical reuve at the Menier. Having performed as a child in theatre, television and radio, Casey made her West End debut in the role of Rumpleteazer in Cats […]
Forbidden Broadway – Vaudeville Theatre
Forbidden Broadway continues at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, until 24 November. Musical theatre fans who missed this hilarious mickey-take on their favourite and not-so-favourite shows in its sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory now have 11 weeks to catch it on The Strand and it is well worthy of its transfer to the West End. […]
Party of One – Christina Bianco – London Hippodrome
Christina Bianco performed her show Party of One at the London Hippodrome Matcham Rooms. “I’ll be your host… and also your guest list,” quips Christina Bianco at the start of her solo show at the Hippodrome’s Matcham Rooms. Bianco has gained a formidable reputation as an impressionist of female singers, but her show Party of One indicates that impressionism […]
50 Shades! The Musical. The Original Parody – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
50 Shades! The Musical. The Original Parody continues at the Assembly Hall until 25 August. I went to see this show with a sense of trepidation… The books are renowned more than revered, after all, and ‘parody’ could mean anything (especially for legal reasons!) Well, rest-assured, this is a show that KNOWS its audience – […]
Menier’s Forbidden Broadway transfers to Vaudeville with Christina Bianco in cast
Following a sold out and critically acclaimed run, the Menier Chocolate Factory’s production of Forbidden Broadway will transfer to the West End’s Vaudeville Theatre from 9 September-22 November, with press night on 15 September. Joining the cast is YouTube sensation Christina Bianco who has played in Forbidden Broadway: Goes to Rehab in New York (Drama Desk nomination for […]
Forbidden Broadway – Menier Chocolate Factory
Forbidden Broadway continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 16 August. First premiering in 1982, comedy revue Forbidden Broadway (conceived and written by Gerard Alessandrini, with additional material by Philip George, who also directs) has been poking fun at musical theatre staples ever since, renewing itself as old shows close and newer productions provide fresh pickings. Now back […]
Forbidden Broadway back at the Menier Chocolate Factory
New York’s longest-running comedy revue Forbidden Broadway returns to the Menier Chocolate Factory this summer, playing at the venue from 19 June–16 August (press night is 2 July). Forbidden Broadway has been an unstoppable force in theatre since 1982, when Gerard Alessandrini created the first edition that lampooned the Broadway shows and stars of the day. […]
