Carousel continues at the Imperial Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Despite sentiments that may well discomfort contemporary audiences, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel is indisputably classic musical theatre of the highest order. And this new revival of the 1945 masterwork, directed by Jack O’Brien and choreographed by Justin Peck, […]
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Broadway Musical Theatre Preview 2018 – from Frozen to Summer
With heroines including a queen who can freeze you, a guttersnipe who can charm you, and a diva who’ll make you want to dance, a half-dozen new musical productions are slated for the last half of the 2017-2018 Broadway season, writes Ron Cohen. The openings include the usual crowding up in April, as new shows […]
Sara Bareilles set to serve up her Broadway debut in Waitress
Sara Bareilles is to make her Broadway acting debut when she steps into the leading role in Waitress, the hit show which features the pop singer songwriter’s Tony-nominated original score. Bareilles will take over from the musical’s original leading lady Jessie Mueller who will give her last performance in the role on 26 March. Bareilles’ […]
Broadway musical Waitress to serve up London debut
Broadway show Waitress looks set to be on the West End menu by spring next year. Based on the cult classic 2007 film of the same name, the musical tale of love, friendship and perfect pies is currently one of the most popular shows on Broadway. The Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye has revealed the not […]
Waitress – Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York
Waitress continues at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ How many songs can one write about pies, making them, eating them, seeing them as a metaphor for life and love? That was undoubtedly the challenge facing singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles when she sat down to create the music and […]
Broadway Preview 2016 – from Disaster! to Paramour
Broadway Preview – Ron Cohen reflects on the musical theatre openings during the first half of 2016. While nothing on the immediate horizon seems ready to challenge the primacy of Hamilton as the champion of the 2015/2016 Broadway season, musical theatre gourmands nevertheless can still look forward to a promising buffet of late winter-into-spring openings. […]
Tony Awards 2014 – Gentleman’s Guide and Hedwig come out on top
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder climaxed it lucky streak in this year’s theatrical award races this season by capturing the coveted Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2013-14 Broadway season. It also picked up three other Tony trophies. Voters, however, spread their love widely among the musical nominees at the Tony Awards […]
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – New York
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical continues at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, New York, in an open-ended run. According to the programme for Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, the songwriter has had more than 400 of her compositions recorded by more than 1,000 artists, generating 100 hit singles. And many of those tunes, which […]
