Veteran stage and screen star Millicent Martin is among the latest guests announced for the series of in-conversations with presenter and broadcaster Mark Curry recently launched in aid of Acting For Others. The 85-year-old actress and singer who was nominated for a Tony for her performances in Side By Side By Sondheim (1977) and King […]
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CD Review – Lost West End Revues
LOST WEST END REVUES – 2CD set – Various Artists (STAGE DOOR RECORDS – STAGE 9058) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It always feels good when a package comes through the letterbox with a CD from Stage Door Records to review. In the past, they have done so much for the musical theatre […]
Hey, Old Friends! – An 85th Birthday Tribute to Stephen Sondheim – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Hey, Old Friends! – An 85th Birthday Tribute to Stephen Sondheim at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Galas such as this one to celebrate composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s 85th birthday are notoriously difficult to pull off. Everything from the tricky issue of performers’ availability to limited […]
Interview – Millicent Martin returns to London for Sondheim Birthday Gala
MILLICENT MARTIN is making a rare visit to London this Sunday 25 October to appear on stage at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in Hey, Old Friends! An 85th Birthday Tribute to Stephen Sondheim. Born in Romford, Essex, Martin first trod the boards in the children’s chorus at the Opera House in Covent Garden, and later turned up […]
Hey, Old Friends! Sondheim 85th Birthday Tribute – images and interviews with the stars of the show
Some of the performers of Hey, Old Friends! An 85th Birthday Tribute to Stephen Sondheim have posed for photos (pictures by Darren Bell) and revealed their own personal Sondheim anecdotes and the dream roles they would love to play in one of his musicals. Tim Flavin, Anita Harris, Rula Lenska, Robert Meadmore, Nicholas Parsons and former […]
