Sutton Foster, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Idina Menzel, Hannah Waddingham, Kristin Chenoweth and Bette Midler are among the many stage and screen stars paying tribute to Tony and Olivier Award-winning Broadway and West End star Gavin Creel who has passed away.
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Broadway stars Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel to reunite for West End’s Waitress
Award-winning singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles will make her West End debut alongside Olivier and Tony Award-winning actor Gavin Creel next year in her hit show Waitress. After making her stage acting debut in 2017 in the Broadway production of the show she-co-created, Bareilles will reprise her performance as Jenna opposite her Dr Pomatter, Creel (Hello Dolly! […]
CD Review: The Man In The Ceiling – Studio Cast Recording
THE MAN IN THE CEILING – Studio Cast Recording (Ghostlight Records – CD and download) Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The artwork for this CD put a smile on my face and it remained there for the entirety of the album. The Man in the Ceiling is based on the 1995 graphic […]
Dolly says Hello, Bette!… again
So, who will replace Bernadette Peters when she leaves the smash revival of Hello, Dolly!, as scheduled, on 15 July 2018? Why, none other than Bette Midler. Yes, the very same Bette Midler that Bernadette Peters replaced when she became Dolly Gallagher Levi this past January. And Midler will be with the show from 17 […]
CD Review – Hello, Dolly! – 2017 Broadway Cast
HELLO, DOLLY! – 2017 Broadway Cast (Masterworks Broadway – 88985405922) At times like this I wish more than anything that I lived in New York. I would love to actually see this production onstage. Perhaps by now you may have gathered that I am in love with this recording of the 2017 Broadway cast of […]
Tony Awards 2017 – Dear Evan Hansen tops the field with six – Dolly takes four
Dear Evan Hansen, an emotion-clutching musical about teenage outsiders, grabbed the spotlight at the 2017 Tony Awards. It won a half-dozen trophies, including Best Musical, while its 23-year-old star Ben Platt took home honours for Leading Actor in a Musical. On the distaff side, Bette Midler, as was generally predicted, won Best Actress in a […]
Hello, Dolly! – Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York
Hello, Dolly! continues at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Look at the old girl now, fellas,” the lady in sparkly red at the corner of the stage sings out to the audience. And you’d have to be a total idiot to not do just […]
Singular Sensations – Gavin Creel – Charing Cross Theatre
Gavin Creel talked to Edward Seckerson as part of the Singular Sensations season at the Charing Cross Theatre, London. The latest in the intriguing and somewhat laid-back Singular Sensations series at the Charing Cross Theatre saw The Book of Mormon star, Gavin Creel, in fine anecdotal fettle and voice. Expertly cajoled into revealing personal and professional […]
Mormon’s Gavin Creel appears in Singular Sensations series
Ahead of Olivier Award winner Gavin Creel’s Singular Sensations appearance on 20 April at the Charing Cross Theatre, the actor and singer has revealed that fans can expect an exclusive treat – a performance of one his own tracks. This is a charity event in support of Creel’s nominated charity West End Serves and some […]
Stiles and Drewe and Gavin Creel in Singular Sensations line-up
In a further coup for this spring’s season of Edward Seckeron’s Singular Sensations, musical theatre songwriting partnership George Stiles and Anthony Drewe (Mary Poppins, Betty Blue Eyes, Just So, Honk!) and Gavin Creel – who originated the role of Elder Price in the US national tour of The Book of Mormon, a role he continues in the West End production – […]
