Music Review: Oklahoma! – World Premiere Complete Recording. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ With every note from the original production, every scene change and every dance sequence included on John Wilson’s magnificently complete recording of Oklahoma!, who could want or ask for anything more?
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The Warner Brothers Story – BBC Proms – Royal Albert Hall
The Warner Brothers Story at the BBC Proms was performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ John Wilson celebrated The Warner Brothers Story by giving us a matinee and an evening performance of the studio’s musical attainments to a packed Royal Albert Hall. It can have been no easy job […]
Porgy and Bess – London Coliseum
Porgy and Bess continues at the London Coliseum until 17 November 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ This co-production of Porgy and Bess (the Gershwins, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward), directed by James Robinson, is to be seen at the Dutch National Opera and the Metropolitan Opera New York in later seasons. […]
Elaine Paige judges the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year
Twelve student finalists from top drama schools across the UK will compete for the title of this year’s Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year (SSSSPOTY), on Sunday 17 May at 3pm at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End. Each student will sing a song by Stephen Sondheim and, at his personal request, […]
Singular Sensations – John Wilson – Charing Cross Theatre
Singular Sensations: John Wilson, with Edward Seckerson, at the Charing Cross Theatre, London. The John Wilson Orchestra is responsible for reviving the original orchestrations of famous Hollywood musicals from such studios as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and 20th Century-Fox and composers including Gershwin, Berlin, Kern, Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, Lerner & Loewe and Rodgers & Hammerstein. John Wilson […]
Singular Sensations – Charing Cross Theatre
Edward Seckerson – formerly the presenter of BBC Radio 3’s long-running musical theatre show Stage & Screen – is to host Singular Sensations, a series of in-depth encounters with stars of musical theatre at London’s Charing Cross Theatre. This winter’s inaugural season of intimate sessions will become a regular Sunday afternoon fixture for musical theatre enthusiasts. […]
