Broadway Melody – the Irving Berlin Songbook was performed at the Auguste Théâtre, Paris. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ After Lerner and Loewe last year, Broadway Melody presented The Irving Berlin Songbook. Helmed by artistic director and chanteuse extraordinaire Lauren Van Kempen, originally from Seattle, this is definitely the best song opus so far in the […]
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Broadway Melody – the Lerner and Loewe Songbook – Auguste Théâtre, Paris
Broadway Melody – the Lerner and Loewe Songbook was performed at the Auguste Théâtre, Paris. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As part of the Broadway Melody series at the Auguste Théâtre, artistic director and performer Lauren Van Kempen and musical director pianist Mathieu Serradell chose to introduce the French audience to the masterpieces of […]
Latest on Broadway au Carré and new composer Adam Overett
Last month’s monthly Broadway au Carré event welcomed Off-Broadway composer Joel B. New who flew in from New York for the occasion. The show featured an extensive programme of his work, including the world premiere of a new song called ‘The Ballad of the Cluck Cluck Sisters’, and excerpts from his musicals Standalone, Mackenzie & The Missing Boy […]
Broadway Melody – Cole Porter Songbook – Auguste Théâtre, Paris
Broadway Melody – the Cole Porter Songbook was performed at the Auguste Théâtre, Paris. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The long overdue new edition of Broadway Melody, celebrating this time the genius of Cole Porter, was well worth the wait. The production used the same cast as the Leonard Bernstein tribute last year: Christine […]
Broadway Melody: American Songbook Series – Auguste Théatre, Paris
Lauren Van Kempen and Broadway Melody: American Songbook Series at the Auguste Théatre, Paris. The new temple of American musical theatre in Paris seems to be the Auguste Théatre, which has been presenting a monthly American songbook series, beginning earlier this year with a Rodgers and Hammerstein evening, followed by a Gershwin soirée in April and the […]
