The 2014 US live TV production of the 1954 Broadway musical Peter Pan will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. Featuring a typically eccentric performance from Christopher Walken opposite Allison Williams (Girls, Get Out) as Peter Pan and Taylor Louderman (Tony-nominee for Mean Girls) as Wendy, […]
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Take Me To The World: Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
Take Me To The World: Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration – Live on Broadway.com’s YouTube channel. Never mind it’s over a month since Stephen Sondheim celebrated his 90th birthday, never mind the show started 70 minutes past its advertised time because of technical difficulties, this almighty love-in for a musical legend was well worth the wait. […]
‘Arguably the best production the show has ever had’: The King and I – cinema release
The Lincoln Center production of The King and I, seen this year at the London Palladium, is to be streamed to cinemas on 29 November 2018. If you missed it in the theatre, catch it while you can, as it’s arguably the best production the show has ever had. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ […]
Company leads individual production nominations for Evening Standard Awards
Marianne Elliott’s critically-acclaimed gender-swapped version of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company leads the individual production nominations for the 64th Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Just three weeks after the show’s opening night, Company has been nominated for the award for best musical alongside Caroline, or Change, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Fun Home and Hamilton. The […]
Watch the new trailer for the The King and I screening in November
A new trailer has been released to promote the special one night only screening of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I filmed during its acclaimed transfer run at the London Palladium. Featuring Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (Anna), Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The King), Tony Award-winning Ruthie Ann Miles (Lady Thiang), leading Japanese TV […]
The King and I – London Palladium
The King and I continues at the London Palladium until 29 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ When director Bartlett Sher revived Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I at New York’s Lincoln Center, the show scooped four Tony Awards in the 2015 ceremony. Until now, the London transfer has […]
The King and I – London Palladium
The King and I continues at the London Palladium until 29 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The King and I has had a makeover. In its two previous incarnations at this same theatre (1979 and 2000) it has been shackled to a degree by the copyright held by its creator Jerome Robbins […]
Japanese TV and film star Takao Osawa joins West End’s The King and I
Leading Japanese TV and film star Takao Osawa will make his West End stage debut in the eagerly awaited The King and I when it arrives at the London Palladium this summer. Taking on the role of the King of Siam’s trusted adviser Kralahome, the multi award-winning star of the hit TV series Jin, described […]
Dean John-Wilson and Na-Young Jeon join Palladium’s The King and I
Aladdin star Dean John-Wilson and Miss Saigon’s Na-Young Jeon will play the doomed lovers Lun Tha and Tuptin in the eagerly-awaited The King and I when it arrives at the London Palladium this summer. They will join Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (Anna) , Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The King) and Tony Award-winning Ruthie Ann […]
The King and I – Ruthie Ann Miles reprises Broadway role of of Lady Thiang as season extended
Ruthie Ann Miles will reprise her Tony Award-winning and critically acclaimed Broadway role of Lady Thiang in the West End production of The King and I, which opens at the London Palladium on 21 June (press night is 3 July). She will join fellow Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (Anna) and Tony and Oscar nominee […]
Brigadoon – New York City Center
Brigadoon at New York City Center. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Brigadoon, the mythical Scottish village that awakens out of the Highland mists for only one day every 100 years, departed from its routine by coming to glorious life for seven consecutive performances at New York City Center. This gala presentation […]
Tony-winning The King and I heads to London Palladium in 2018 – Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe reprise lead roles
The multi Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I will transfer from Broadway to London next summer following a critically acclaimed 16-month run at New York’s Lincoln Center Theater and a record-breaking sold out USA tour. Opening at the London Palladium in June 2018, the show will star the two original […]
Tony Awards 2015 – victories for Kelli O’Hara and Fun Home
The big news at the Tony Awards on Sunday night in New York was that Broadway’s adored songbird Kelli O’Hara finally won one after a string of six nominations. The recognition came for her lead role as English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens making her way in 19th Century Siam in Lincoln Center Theater’s mounting of Rodgers and […]
The King and I – Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York
The King and I continues at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York until 5 July. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Spectacle and charm are served up in generous and equal amounts in Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s 1951 classic The King and I. The spectacle is evident from […]
