George Stiles, Anthony Drewe and Mercury Musical Developments (MMD) have unveiled the first group of West End favourites lined up to perform the songs in the running for this year’s Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize later this month.
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She Loves Me – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
She Loves Me continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 15 January 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Based upon Miklós László’s play Parfumerie, Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s musical adaptation She Loves Me is an uplifting Christmas gift to us all this year. Ben Stones’ cleverly designed set […]
Cast announced for Sheffield Theatres’ She Loves Me
Sheffield Theatres has confirmed casting for artistic director Robert Hastie’s Christmas production of the 1960s romantic musical comedy She Loves Me at the Crucible. Hastie’s festive follow-up to his Christmas 2019 revival of another classic Broadway musical Guys and Dolls will feature that production’s leading lady Alex Young. Young, who returned to Sheffield in 2019 to […]
Violet – Charing Cross Theatre
Violet continues at the Charing Cross Theatre, London until 6 April 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It may be overshadowed in composer Jeanine Tesori’s back catalogue by Fun Home and Shrek the Musical, but the musical score for Violet is one of her best. Brian Crawley’s book doesn’t quite live […]
Fun Home at the Young Vic – cast includes Kaisa Hammarlund, Jenna Russell and Cherrelle Skeete
Multi award-winning musical Fun Home, the final production in David Lan’s 18-year tenure as artistic director at the Young Vic, will feature a cast that includes Kaisa Hammarlund (Alison, pictured), Eleanor Kane (Medium Alison), Jenna Russell (Helen), Ashley Samuels (Roy, Mark and Jeremy), Cherrelle Skeete (Joan) and Zubin Varla (Bruce, Alison’s father). Produced in association […]
Interview – director Derek Bond brings Sweet Charity to the Royal Exchange Manchester
For its Christmas show the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester is staging the Cy Coleman-Dorothy Fields musical Sweet Charity, with a book by Neil Simon based on the Fellini film, Nights of Cabiria. DEREK BOND has returned to the venue to direct the show. Musical Theatre Review’s Chris Bartlett wrote in his review: “And for a joyous 160 […]
Sweet Charity – Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Sweet Charity continues at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester until 28 January 2017. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A whirling dervish of swinging sixties joie de vivre with a perfect storm of creative talent behind it, it’s no wonder that Sweet Charity still holds up so well 50 years after it first hot-footed […]
Sweet Charity – Derek Bond to direct Manchester Royal Exchange production
Derek Bond will return to Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre this Christmas to direct a major new production of Broadway hit Sweet Charity. Bond, who was previously at the helm of the theatre’s sell-out 2014 seasonal production of Little Shop of Horrors, will be joined by award-winning choreographer Aletta Collins for the show which will run […]
