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LISTEN NOW: The Mayor of Musical Theatre Podcast returns with Broadway star and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti
The Mayor of Musical Theatre Podcast is back from a break, and host Ian Bowkett’s latest guest mayor is Broadway star and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti.
Royal Academy of Music – Nine
Nine was performed by the Royal Academy of Music’s Musical Theatre Company at the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ What you are guaranteed when RAM ventures into the world of musical theatre is that the roles will be well sung.
CD Review: Maury Sings Yeston – The Demos – Maury Yeston
MAURY SINGS YESTON: The Demos – Maury Yeston – 2 CD (P.S. Classics – Digital Release) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ To commemorate his 75th birthday, PS Classics has released a two CD collection of demos recorded by Maury Yeston through the years. Unlike a lot of demo recordings, these are not just […]
Thanks for the lovely memories Liliane Montevecchi – you were one of a kind
She wasn’t the best singer in the world but she was a force of nature, this gamine Parisienne with the wicked laugh, but Liliane Montevecchi, who has died in New York at 85, was a very special entertainer who brought glamour to the stage and absolutely knew how to work an audience, writes Jeremy Chapman. […]
Liliane Montevecchi – Crazy Coqs
Liliane Montevecchi continues at the Crazy Coqs, London, until 27 February. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Whatever the French is for “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” should be the title of Liliane Montevecchi’s second Crazy Coqs visit because it is an almost song-for-song, anecdote-for-anecdote replica of last February’s Paris On the […]
Interview – Grand Hotel composer/lyricist Maury Yeston on his musical theatre vision
Maury Yeston is not just a Tony-Award-winning composer/lyricist: he’s a passionate teacher and advocate of new musical theatre writing. Forget the aphorism that “those who can’t, teach”– his first two shows on Broadway – Nine and Titanic – both secured the Tony for Best New Musical, and both shows continue to delight audiences. He is […]
