A tribute to the Broadway lyricist and writer of the longest-running musical, The Fantasticks, Tom Jones (1928 to 2023).
Tag Archives | Harvey Schmidt
I Do! I Do! – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
I Do! I Do! continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 16 November 2019. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ In 1960, composer Harvey Schmidt and book writer and lyricist Tom Jones opened The Fantasticks at the Off-Broadway Sullivan Street Pl ayhouse. The commedia dell’arte-inspired musical would go on to play over 17,000 […]
Cast for Upstairs at the Gatehouse’s I Do! I Do!
Gemma Maclean (We Will Rock You, Dominion Theatre) and Ben Morris (Fiddler on the Roof, Savoy Theatre) will star in the new version of 1960s marital musical I Do! I Do! at London’s Upstairs at the Gatehouse this autumn. Produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainment, the production is due to play the Highgate Village venue from […]
110 in the Shade – Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre
110 in the Shade continues at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, London until 28 May. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ All Star Productions continues its admirable tradition of dusting off rare and forgotten shows with 110 in the Shade, a musical version of N Richard Nash’s 1954 play The Rainmaker, […]
All Star Productions to present 110 in the Shade
All Star Productions’ latest choice from the back catalogue of rarely-produced musicals will be 1960s western drama 110 in the Shade. Written by the songwriting team behind the world’s longest-running musical, The Fantasticks, Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, the rare London revival of the show which has only played the West End once (in 1967) […]
