The Walt Disney Company has been leading the tributes to Richard M. Sherman following his death at the age of 95. Half of one of the most successful songwriting partnerships in the history of Hollywood, Richard M. together with his brother Robert B. were regarded as an integral part of the Disney success story.
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Live cast recordings of Mary Poppins and Les Misérables – The Staged Concert to be released
Cameron Mackintosh, First Night Records and Warner Music have announced the upcoming release of the new live cast recordings of the producer’s hit West End productions announced of Mary Poppins and Les Misérables – The Staged Concert next month. Now available to pre-order, the Mary Poppins album will be released on 6 November with the […]
Mary Poppins flies home to the West End in 2019 starring Zizi Strallen & Charlie Stemp
Zizi Strallen will take flight once again in the title role of Mary Poppins in 2017 when Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s multi award-winning musical returns to its original West End home next autumn. Fifteen years after the production’s stage premiere, Mary Poppins will return to the Prince Edward Theatre following the departure of Disney’s Aladdin […]
Preview – Dominic Ferris – Me and My Piano
Pianist Dominic Ferris has returned to Live at Zédel, London, the cabaret room at Brasserie Zédel where he has a year-long residency, writes Michael Darvell. For the latest of his Me and My Piano solo shows on 5 May 2018 Ferris was joined by Robert J. Sherman whose father, the late Robert B. Sherman, was one […]
A Spoonful of Sherman to tour in 2018
A Spoonful of Sherman, the celebration of the work of Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, will begin a tour of the UK in February. Directed by Stewart Nicholls, who previously directed the cabaret version of the show in London in August, Robert J. Sherman’s tribute to his illustrious father and uncle will take […]
A Spoonful of Sherman – Live At Zédel
A Spoonful of Sherman continues at Live At Zédel, London until 20 August. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Sherman Brothers made their mark in film history with a repertoire including Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Jungle Book, just to name a few. A Spoonful of Sherman tells […]
Casting for A Spoonful of Sherman at Live At Zédel
West End favourites Helena Blackman and Daniel Boys will star alongside Robert J. Sherman in A Spoonful of Sherman at London entertainment hub Live At Zédel in August. Following two sold-out runs, the celebration of the work of Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, returns to London to play Live At Zédel from 7-20 […]
Mary Poppins – Bristol Hippodrome and Touring
Mary Poppins continues at the Bristol Hippodrome until 28 November and is on tour in the UK and Ireland until October 2016. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’ may well no longer be politically correct, with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver bullying the Prime Minister for months now over the […]
Interview – Robert J. Sherman reveals new musical Love Birds at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe
ROBERT ‘ROBBIE’ J. SHERMAN is the son of Robert B. Sherman (1925–2012), one half of the Academy-Award-winning songwriting partnership (with brother Richard) responsible for the unforgettable numbers in classic movie musicals such as Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. His grandfather Al Sherman also enjoyed a successful […]
Mary Poppins begins UK and Ireland tour at Leicester Curve in October
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh have revealed that their multi award-winning musical Mary Poppins will embark on a tour of the UK and Ireland, opening at Leicester Curve on 13 October 2015. Mackintosh said today: “It’s hard to believe that it is already 11 years since Mary Poppins first landed on the London stage. My goodness… time flies even faster than our beloved Nanny! I’m […]
A Spoonful of Sherman will return to St James Theatre
A Spoonful of Sherman, a cabaret celebrating the work of the late, great Hollywood songwriter Robert B Sherman (and of course his brother Richard) – the most successful songwriting partnership in the history of Hollywood – sold out all its perfomances at London’s St James Theatre in January. Now the show returns to the venue for a […]
A Spoonful of Sherman – St James Studio Theatre
A Spoonful of Sherman – A Celebration of the Life, Times and Songs of Robert B Sherman was performed at the St James Studio Theatre, London. For two performances only we had the exquisite pleasure of witnessing the birth of a new musical revue based on the well-known catalogue of the late, great Hollywood songwriter Robert […]
