While Marianne Elliott’s production of Company received five prizes at the 75th Annual Tony Awards, it was quite a democratic night for the nominated musicals with Six: The Musical, A Strange Loop, MJ, Paradise Square and Girl From the North Country all having something to celebrate. The gender-swapped staging of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company repeated a large […]
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NBC’s Hairspray Live! is this week’s Shows Must Go On offering
The US TV production of Hairspray Live! starring Harvey Fierstein, Martin Short, Maddie Baillio, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth, Dove Cameron and Billy Eichner will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. First broadcast live in the US in the run-up to Christmas 2016, the […]
CD Review: For The Girls – Kristin Chenoweth
FOR THE GIRLS – Kristin Chenoweth (Concord Records) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Full disclosure: I love Kristin Chenoweth. Always have done. I have followed her career since she brought life to You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown in 1999 right up to the present day. Not only does she have a phenomenal […]
The Color Purple sets Broadway closing
The Tony Award-winning revival of The Color Purple will join the New Year exodus of Broadway musicals, setting a closing date of 8 January. With its final finale, the Broadway mounting, which opened last December, will have played 33 previews and 449 regular performances. The show was a transplant of director John Doyle’s searing reworking, […]
Jennifer Holliday to join The Color Purple on Broadway
The original Dreamgirls showstopper, Tony Award winner Jennifer Holliday, is heading back to Broadway to join the cast of The Color Purple. Holliday, the actress whose powerhouse performance as Effie White in the original production of Dreamgirls is the stuff of Broadway legend, will step into the role of Shug Avery in the Menier Chocolate Factory production […]
NBC’s Hairspray Live! – Martin Short and Derek Hough join cast
Comedian and actor Martin Short and dancer Derek Hough are the latest big name stars to join the cast of US broadcaster NBC’s Hairspray Live! Award-winning comedy star Short will play Wilbur Turnblad while Dancing With the Stars stalwart turned actor Hough will play Corny Collins in the production alongside the already announced Broadway legend Harvey […]
The Color Purple – Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, New York
The Color Purple continues at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Director John Doyle’s wondrous redo of The Color Purple may be minimalist, but it’s drenched in emotion. At the same time, he has gloriously amped up this Broadway musical’s power as a feminist […]
