Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics), on general release. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Blue Moon isn’t a comfortable watch, but it’s a highly rewarding one.
Tag Archives | Oscar Hammerstein II
UK tour encore for The King and I
The multi Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of The King and I will embark on its second UK tour from January 2023. Following on from its record-breaking season at the London Palladium in 2018 and its previous, also record-breaking, UK and international tour which began in April 2019, Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed Broadway production will […]
Carmen Jones – Classic Stage Company, New York
Carmen Jones continues at Classic Stage Company, New York until 29 July 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II and John Doyle prove to be amazing collaborators. True, Bizet and Hammerstein have long left this earth, but the John Doyle-directed revival of Carmen Jones, which has just opened Off-Broadway at Classic […]
Show Boat at Sheffield Crucible – Michael Xavier and Gina Beck lead cast
Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans will stage a new production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s musical Show Boat at the Crucible Theatre from 10 December 2015 to 16 January 2016 (press night is 16 December). Spanning 40 pivotal years in American history, this epic musical follows the lives and loves of three generations aboard a show boat as it plies the Mississippi […]
Show Boat is Sheffield Theatres’ Christmas musical
This Christmas Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans will direct Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s timeless masterpiece Show Boat on the Crucible stage. The musical will run from 10 December 2015–16 January 2016 (press night is 16 December). Evans said: “I’m thrilled to announce our autumn season. I’m looking forward to directing a seminal work of American musical theatre, Show Boat, our most ambitious Christmas production to […]
Leanne Masterton – Crazy Coqs
Leanne Masterton performed Something Good at the Crazy Coqs, London. The tinkling piano strains to be heard over yet another packed house at the Crazy Coqs, as this most enchanting of London venues plays host to Leanne Masterton, performing her one-woman tribute to Richard Rodgers. A newcomer to this stage, Masterton has already performed in occasional […]
