Michael Darvell follows the life of Dame Gillian Lynne through her fame as actress, dancer, choreographer and director, with special reference to her work on the musical Cats.
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Book Review: 50 Women In Theatre – Naomi Paxton, Susan Croft, Gabrielle Brooks, Cheryl Robson
50 WOMEN IN THEATRE – Naomi Paxton, Susan Croft, Gabrielle Brooks, Cheryl Robson (SUPERNOVA BOOKS and AURORA METRO – ISBN 978-1-913641-05-4) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Since 1660 when actresses first began performing on the English stage, women have forged bright careers in theatre, while men called the shots. Four hundred years […]
The Lynne and Land Foundation announces grants to four arts organisations close to Gillian Lynne’s heart
Today, on the second anniversary of the death of dearly-loved choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne, The Lynne and Land Foundation announces grants to four arts organisations close to her heart. Grants have been made to The Royal Ballet School, ArtsEd, LAMDA and the Royal Academy of Dance to enable talented young performers reach their full potential […]
INTERVIEW: ‘Gillian Lynne was one of those very special beings’: Michael Howe joins the star-studded line-up in To Gillie With Love
Today [Tuesday 2 July 2019], stars who worked with the late great Gillian Lynne will come together for one night only to celebrate her incredible career in the special tribute show To Gillie With Love. The event will take place, fittingly, at London’s Gillian Lynne Theatre. Widely regarded as one of the world’s most innovative […]
Tributes pour in for legendary choreographer and director Gillian Lynne
Andrew Lloyd Webber has led the tributes to the much-loved choreographer and director Gillian Lynne who has died at the age of 92. Writing on Twitter, the composer and impresario marked the passing of his long-time colleague and friend, writing: “Farewell dearest Gillie, three generations of the British musical owe so much to you. With Love, Andrew.” […]
New London Theatre to be re-named the Gillian Lynne Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced the New London Theatre will become the first West End venue to be named after a woman and a choreographer when it is re-branded the Gillian Lynne Theatre. The composer and impresario revealed the news while in conversation with Graham Norton at a special event at the New London Theatre […]
Cats – Neil Simon Theatre, New York
Cats continues at the Neil Simon Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Who or what is responsible for the explosive power that threatens to blow the roof off Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre, where the new production of Cats, the Andrew Lloyd Webber’s cash-spouting bonanza, has just opened? Is it […]
Cats – London Palladium
Cats continues at the London Palladium until 2 January 2016. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There are some long-running West End shows whose continuing popularity tends to generate dismissive sniffs amongst Theatreland’s more prolific theatregoers. These tend to be the shows that do not have the narrative draw of a highly […]
Cats set for summer in Blackpool
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking 2015 Olivier Award nominated musical Cats is to return to Blackpool direct from its successful season at the London Palladium. The show will run at the Blackpool Opera House for a strictly limited eight-week run from 9 July and the Blackpool performances will be the only place theatregoers can see Cats north of London […]
Cats – London Palladium
Cats is booking at the London Palladium until 25 April 2015. Star rating: 4 stars **** While I appreciate the position that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats – famously inspired by T.S Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats – holds in musical theatre history (the originality of its concept and the special place it has in many a theatregoer’s heart), […]
Kerry Ellis replaces Nicole Scherzinger in extended run of Cats
Kerry Ellis will join the cast of Cats at the London Palladium to play Grizabella from 9 February 2015, taking over from Nicole Scherzinger who continues in the role until 7 February as previously announced. Due to public demand, the run of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record breaking show has now been extended to 25 April 2015. More than 100,000 new tickets for sale have now gone on […]
Cats – London Palladium
Cats is booking at the London Palladium Booking until 28 February. It is 12 years since Cats departed the West End, and John Napier’s rubbish-tip turned its last revolve at the New London Theatre. Now it is back, minus the revolving stage, but with a set that spills out into the stalls and the circle, through which Spandex-clad dancers […]
Nicole Scherzinger makes theatrical stage debut in Cats
Last night (11 December 2014) at the London Palladium Nicole Scherzinger made her theatrical stage debut as Grizabella in the musical Cats as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking show returned to the West End for a limited run. Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, the original creative team – director Trevor Nunn, associate director and choreographer Gillian Lynne, designer John Napier and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber – were reunited […]
Cats at the London Palladium – full cast revealed
As previously announced, Nicole Scherzinger will make her West End stage debut as Grizabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking show Cats. The musical returns to the West End for a strictly limited run at the London Palladium from 6 December 2014 (press night is on 11 December). Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, the original creative team – director Trevor Nunn, associate director and […]
Nicole Scherzinger to make West End debut in Cats
Nicole Scherzinger will be making her West End stage debut as Grizabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical Cats, returning to the West End for a strictly limited run at the London Palladium from 6 December 2014 (press night is 11 December). Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, the original creative team – director Trevor Nunn, associate director and choreographer Gillian Lynne, designer John Napier and […]
Lloyd Webber reworks Cats for London Palladium season
When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical Cats returns to the West End for a limited 12-week run from 6 December at the London Palladium in December, the composer will have rewritten the music for at least two of T.S. Eliot’s iconic poems – ‘The Rum Tum Tugger’ and ‘Growltiger’s Last Stand’. In fact, having revisited Eliot’s words for […]
Cats returns to West End for 12-week Palladium season
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical Cats returns to the West End for a strictly limited 12-week run at the London Palladium beginning early December 2014. Based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, tickets for this production will go on sale on Monday 7 July 2014 when casting and further details about the production will be announced. Cats is directed by Trevor […]
Stars come out for Miss Saigon opening night
Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s musical Miss Saigon officially opened last night at London’s Prince Edward Theatre and the musical theatre stars were out in force on the red carpet. They included cast members from the original 1989 London production of Miss Saigon and the Les Misérables movie. Pictures: Vivienne Vincent.
