The last performance of An American in Paris at the Dominion Theatre will be on Saturday 6 January 2018. The London production has also been filmed for future release in cinemas, featuring the original cast led by Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope. Further international engagements of the musical are planned and a major North American […]
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama – Crazy For You
Crazy For You, performed by Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s final-year graduates, continues at Silk Street Theatre, London until 12 July. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Every year the same verdict on a Guildhall School musical: lift this show lock, stock and barrel a couple of miles across London to […]
An American in Paris – Dominion Theatre
An American in Paris continues at the Dominion Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was back in December 2014 that our contributor Jeremy Chapman reviewed this reinvention of the wonderful 1951 Oscar-winning Vincente Minnelli/Gene Kelly movie when it opened – rather appropriately – at the Theatre du Chatelet in […]
Crazy For You at the Watermill Theatre will star Tom Chambers
A reworked version of the classic George and Ira Gershwin musical Crazy For You will be the centrepiece of the Watermill Theatre’s summer/winter season. The distinctive Berkshire venue will be the setting for the Broadway show, reimagined for the Watermill’s intimate stage with actor-musicians and starring former Strictly Come Dancing star Tom Chambers (Top Hat). […]
An American in Paris opens at the Dominion in spring 2017
An American in Paris arrives on the West End stage for the first time when Christopher Wheeldon’s multi award-winning new Broadway musical comes to London’s Dominion Theatre next spring. Inspired by the Oscar-winning film and featuring the music and lyrics of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin with book by Craig Lucas, An American in Paris has preview performances from Saturday 4 March 2017 with […]
Michael Feinstein announces special show at Adelphi in September
The internationally acclaimed American singer, pianist, producer and musical revivalist, Michael Feinstein, has announced a special show at London’s Adelphi Theatre on 27 September. Known for his exceptional interpretations of standards from the Great American Songbook, the five-time Grammy-nominated recording artist will present a selection of his most loved work from Gershwin to Cole Porter […]
Of Thee I Sing staged in concert at Royal Festival Hall in July
Following the announcement that Frank Loesser’s 1961 musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying will be making its live in concert debut this May, the second in the Southbank series has been revealed as Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Of Thee I Sing, being staged at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 31 July. Presented by leading independent concert promoter, Senbla, […]
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess continues at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre until 23 August. Since 1935, when George Gershwin (composer), his brother Ira (lyrics) and DuBose Heyward (lyrics/libretto) presented their musical masterpiece Porgy and Bess to Broadway, there has been a heated debate about whether the show should be described as an opera or […]
