Chichester Festival Theatre’s 60th anniversary season will feature three musicals: Susan Stroman makes her Chichester debut directing and choreographing the Gershwins’ musical comedy Crazy For You, Charlie Stemp returns to Chichester to lead the cast. Local Hero, book by David Greig and music and lyrics by Mark Knopfler, based on the Bill Forsyth film, directed […]
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Porgy and Bess – London Coliseum
Porgy and Bess continues at the London Coliseum until 17 November 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ This co-production of Porgy and Bess (the Gershwins, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward), directed by James Robinson, is to be seen at the Dutch National Opera and the Metropolitan Opera New York in later seasons. […]
Interview: Leanne Cope on the ‘story of hope, love & friendship’ that is An American in Paris and the show’s cinema screenings this week
Fans of An American in Paris will be able to watch the stage musical up close when it hits cinemas this week. The show premiered in 2014 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris before transferring to the Palace Theatre on Broadway, where it became the most awarded musical of the 2015/16 season, including four […]
Crazy For You – Watermill Theatre production goes on national tour
Following a successful season at the Watermill Theatre, there will be a national tour of Crazy For You, starring Tom Chambers as Bobby. The tour will open at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth on 17 August 2017. Crazy For You boasts a fabulous score from the Gershwin brothers’ songbook. Mistaken identities, plot twists, heartbreak, happiness and a wealth of memorable tunes all feature in this […]
An American in Paris – news of full West End cast
Full casting has been announced for Christopher Wheeldon’s reinvention of the Gene Kelly classic An American in Paris which will dance its way into London’s Dominion Theatre early next year. Joining the previously announced stars of the hit Broadway production Robert Fairchild (as Jerry Mulligan) and Leanne Cope (as Lise Dassin) will be Haydn Oakley […]
Crazy For You – Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Crazy For You continues at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury until 17 September. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was in 1992 that I went to New York and got Upper Circle seats for Crazy For You from TKTS Times Square. My overriding memory from that Broadway spectacular was the glitz of the costumes […]
Crazy For You at the Watermill – Caroline Sheen takes leading role
The Watermill Theatre has revealed the full company for its summer production of the Gershwins’ Crazy For You, opening on 28 July and playing until 17 September (press night is 3 August). West End leading lady Caroline Sheen makes her Watermill debut as Polly and joins previously announced Tom Chambers, who plays Bobby. Directed by The Watermill’s artistic and executive director, Paul Hart, this brand new […]
Of Thee I Sing – Royal Festival Hall
Of Thee I Sing was performed at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ For their second presentation at the South Bank Centre, Senbla with Elliot Davis presented Of Thee I Sing, the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama when it was produced on Broadway in 1931. […]
Elaine Delmar – The Lady and Her Music – Crazy Coqs
Elaine Delmar – The Lady and Her Music continues at the Crazy Coqs, London until 1 August. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Elaine Delmar, making a most welcome return to the Crazy Coqs, is one of Britain’s finest jazz vocalists. Her pedigree began with singing as a youngster with her father’s (Leslie […]
Broadway Melody: American Songbook Series – Auguste Théatre, Paris
Lauren Van Kempen and Broadway Melody: American Songbook Series at the Auguste Théatre, Paris. The new temple of American musical theatre in Paris seems to be the Auguste Théatre, which has been presenting a monthly American songbook series, beginning earlier this year with a Rodgers and Hammerstein evening, followed by a Gershwin soirée in April and the […]
Of Thee I Sing concert – Hannah Waddingham and Hadley Fraser cast
West End leading lady and Game of Thrones star Hannah Waddingham leads the cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy Of Thee I Sing, presented in concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 30 July. Waddingham will play Diane Deveraux, alongside Hadley Fraser as President John P Wintergreen and Tom Edden as Vice President Alexander Throttlebottom. The first […]
Lady, Be Good! – Encores! – New York City Center
Lady, Be Good!, an Encores! production, continues at New York City Center until 8 February. Star rating: 4 stars **** It’s almost worth the price of admission just to hear the orchestra of some 30 musicians romp through the overture of Lady, Be Good!, the 1924 musical that’s being joyfully resurrected as the first offering in the […]
ArtsEd London – Crazy For You
Crazy For You, performed by ArtsEd London final-year Musical Theatre students at the Studio Theatre, Chiswick, continues until 24 January. Star rating: 4 stars **** The year is young but it’s doubtful if anything we see in the next 11 months will approach the extraordinary energy levels of ArtsEd’s high-octane triple-threat confection that marries a shedload of […]
An American in Paris – Theatre du Chatelet, Paris
An American in Paris continues at the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris until 4 January. Where else but gay Paree to launch the world premiere of a musical inspired by An American in Paris, the 1951 movie with those unforgettable Gene Kelly dance sequences that won six Oscars and is as much loved today as it […]
Nicola Hughes leads Porgy and Bess cast at Regent’s Park
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has confirmed lead casting for the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. Rufus Bonds Jr and Nicola Hughes play the title roles with Phillip Boykin re-creating his Tony Award nominated performance as Crown, and Sharon D Clarke as Mariah. Rufus Bonds Jr is an American actor who has appeared in The Color […]
