Lucky Stiff continues at the Union Theatre, London until 21 October. Star rating: three stars ★★★✩ ✩ If there’s one adjective which, when applied to musical theatre, fills one with a sense of trepidation, it’s “zany”. But that’s the only way to describe the first professionally produced collaboration between book writer and lyricist Lynn Ahrens […]
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Union Theatre to revive musical farce Lucky Stiff
Lucky Stiff, the first musical from the Tony Award-winning team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty is to be revived at London’s Union Theatre later this month. The production, which will be directed by Paul Callen, will star Tom Elliot Reade, Natasha Hoeberigs, Natalie Moore-Williams, Tom Keeling, Jonathan Leinmuller, Ian Mccurrach and Lydia Marcazzo. Elizabeth […]
Movie musical review – Lucky Stiff
Lucky Stiff, a musical farce by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Once on This Island, Ragtime), has been around since 1988 when it won the Richard Rodgers Award for an Off-Broadway production by the Playwrights Horizons theatre company. Since then, it has had moderate success over here in the UK but is a well-loved staple […]
Lucky Stiff – Drayton Arms Theatre
Lucky Stiff continues at the Drayton Arms Theatre, London until 14 May. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ The less said about this musical farce, this desperately unfunny debut effort by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty long before they hit the big-time with Ragtime and Seussical, the better. A game, energetic cast of ten […]
