Passion continues at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester until 5 June 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Originally announced prior to the composer’s death last year, Hope Mill Theatre’s revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion is now dedicated to his memory, and what more fitting tribute could there be than this, arguably one of his […]
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Dean John-Wilson and Kelly Price join the cast of Passion at the Hope Mill Theatre
Dean John-Wilson and Kelly Price will join the previously announced Ruthie Henshall in Hope Mill Theatre’s highly-anticipated re-imagining of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Passion later this year. Wilson (Aladdin, Prince Edward Theatre) will play Giorgio alongside Olivier nominee Price (What’s New Pussycat, Birmingham Rep) as Clara in the production which is due to play […]
‘There are giants in the sky’: The theatre community pays tribute to Stephen Sondheim
It feels pretty impossible to find the words to sum up the kind of influence composer Stephen Sondheim had on the world of musical theatre. There was of course the way he turned the genre on its head and made changes to form and content that had never been contemplated before. Then there was the […]
Ruthie Henshall leads re-imagining of Sondheim and Lapine’s Passion at the Hope Mill Theatre
Olivier Award winner and popular musical theatre performer Ruthie Henshall (Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Oliver!, Crazy For You, Chicago, Billy Elliot) will lead a reimagining of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s multi-award-winning Passion at the Hope Mill Theatre for a limited run from 5 May to 5 June 2022. Under the direction of Michael Strassen […]
A Crossword of Sondheimian Rhyme
Stephen Sondheim is probably theatre’s greatest living lyricist. This is a compliment he may or may not be sick of reading, especially after last month’s deluge of well-deserved 90th birthday encomiums. Either way, as a (somewhat less-acclaimed) musical theatre maker myself I know there is something every proud lyricist could never tire of: people noticing […]
Sondheim at 90: A YouTube career retrospective
Ian Bowkett writes: It is deeply unfortunate that on the 90th birthday of legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim we are in the midst of a period without access to live musical theatre. However, that does make this the perfect time to scour YouTube for our favourite renditions of his songs to take us away to happier […]
Spotlight on musical theatre in Sweden – winter and spring seasons
Renate Stridh throws the spotlight on musical theatre productions featured in the current and upcoming seasons in Sweden. The winter season in Sweden is well under way. The autumn saw some exciting productions and there are some equally exciting opening nights ahead. The Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon opened at the end of January at China […]
Passion – Theatre du Chatelet, Paris
Passion continues at the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris until 24 March. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Persuading Natalie Dessay, one of the world’s most celebrated and best-loved operatic sopranos, to play the unattractive and hysterical Fosca in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s 1994 Tony Award-winning Passion has to go down as […]
Exclusive – soprano Natalie Dessay will star in Sondheim’s Passion at Theatre du Chatelet
The Theatre du Chatelet in Paris has pulled off quite a coup in signing the world-acclaimed French coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay to sing Fosca in their fifth Stephen Sondheim production, Passion, next spring. There was no Sondheim this year after A Little Night Music (2011), Sweeney Todd (2012), Sunday in the Park With George (2013) and Into the Woods (2014), but […]
Interview – Gregg Edelman on his Broadway State of Mind
Gregg Edelman returns to The Crazy Coqs cabaret room from 21 October in his one-man show A Broadway State of Mind, which reflects his own career in musical theatre. A four-time Tony Award nominee, Edelman has enjoyed a successful 30-year career in theatre, television and film. The actor and singer has starred in a string of Broadway shows from Cats to Anything […]
