An Evening with Billy Stritch at Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Alongside his concert with Lillias White, legendary musical director and pianist singer Billy Stritch, best known for having been Liza Minnelli’s companion and confidant for decades, does a solo turn. It’s a live version of his highly […]
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Lillias White sings Broadway / Hoagy Carmichael & Friends – Crazy Coqs
Lillias White sings Broadway / Hoagy Carmichael & Friends at Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (for each show!) Lillias White is making her cabaret debut in London, with master musical director Billy Stritch on piano. Her first show is Lillias White sings Broadway, appropriately starting with a mashup […]
From Cy Coleman to Barry Manilow to bossa nova – Enjoy An Evening With Billy Stritch
BILLY STRITCH is an award-winning pianist and singer who is known to audiences worldwide for his many solo concert performances and as accompanist and musical director for Liza Minnelli, Tony Bennett and Marilyn Maye to name but a few. During the pandemic, Billy created his own weekly Facebook livestream music show called Billy’s Place. For […]
Broadway star Lillias White takes centre stage at London’s Crazy Coqs
Multi-award-winning Broadway star LILLIAS WHITE will bring two of her most popular shows to London’s Crazy Coqs this April. The star whose Broadway credits include Cats, Fela!, Chicago, Barnum and How to Success in Business Without Really Trying will take centre stage from 14-23 April 2022 for alternate performances of Lillias White Sings Broadway and […]
Broadway’s Lillias White to star in two shows in London
Multi-award-winning Broadway star Lillias White will bring two of her most popular shows to London’s Crazy Coqs this April. The star whose Broadway credits include Cats, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Fela, Chicago and Barnum will take centre stage from 14-23 April 2022 for alternate performances of Lillias White Sings Broadway and […]
CD Review: Little Black Book – Various Artists
LITTLE BLACK BOOK (World Premiere Recording) – Various Artists (Broadway Records – Downloads) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A musical about Heidi Fleiss? Really? Yes indeed – called Little Black Book and told through 11 pop/rock songs and it is actually very entertaining. For those who are asking: Who is Heidi […]
This Joint is Jumpin’ – The Other Palace
This Joint is Jumpin’ continues at The Other Palace, London until 15 April. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Tap is definitely back on the London stage, with the glittering revival of 42nd Street opening at Drury Lane, and the world premiere of This Joint is Jumpin’ at The Other Palace – a […]
Desiree Burch joins This Joint is Jumpin’ at The Other Palace
Comedian Desiree Burch will replace the previously announced Samuel Anderson in the line-up for jazz-infused This Joint is Jumpin’ which is due to play The Other Palace Studio from 4-15 April. Actor and writer Burch takes over the role of the host of the 1920s Harlem rent party at the heart of the show after […]
This Joint is Jumpin’ – Lillias White to make London debut
Multi award-winner Lillias White will make her London debut in jazz-infused This Joint is Jumpin’ at The Other Palace Studio in April. Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award winner White (Dreamgirls, The Life) will join British actor Samuel Anderson (best known for his role as Danny Pink in Doctor Who), internationally known tap […]
Texas in Paris – The York Theatre Company, New York
Texas in Paris continues at The York Theatre Company, New York until 1 March. Star rating: 3 stars *** The deep churnings of soul and emotion that can make folk music so compelling well inform Texas in Paris, a new Off-Broadway musical play whose score overflows with American spirituals, cowboy songs and country hymns. Playwright Alan Govenar, […]
