RAGS THE MUSICAL – Original London Cast Recording (Ghostlight Records – download) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Rags The Musical is my all-time favourite Strouse/Schwartz score. I absolutely loved the original (almost) Broadway version and, when I worked for a production company in London in the 1990s I tried desperately to get the […]
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London cast recording of Rags – release date announced
Ghostlight Records will release Rags – The Musical: Original London Cast Recording in digital and streaming formats on 15 May 2020 with a physical CD to be made available later in the year. The first recording of the show since Sony’s 1991 album of the Broadway cast and the first to include the newest version […]
West End stars to feature in new masterclass series
Former EastEnder and Dancing on Ice champion turned stage star Sam Attwater has enlisted the help of fellow West End artists to launch a series of online masterclasses. Starting on 13 April 2020, the Westend Bootcamps Monday Masterclasses will feature an hour-long tutorial conducted by stage and screen performers followed by a 15-minute Q&A session. […]
Rags: The Musical – Park Theatre
Rags: The Musical continues at the Park Theatre, London until 8 February 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In an early scene of this musical about the New York Jewish immigrant experience in the early 20th century, Carolyn Maitland’s expert seamstress Rebecca is berated by Jack (Jeremy Rose), the dressmaker for […]
Full cast for Rags The Musical’s London transfer
Carolyn Maitland, Dave Willetts and Sam Attwater will star in the London transfer run of Hope Mill Theatre’s critically acclaimed RAGS The Musical at Finsbury Park’s Park Theatre early next year. With starring roles in genre hits including Ghost (UK tour) and Groundhog Day (The Old Vic) Maitland will play Rebecca opposite The Phantom of […]
End of the Rainbow – Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and Touring
End of the Rainbow continues at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry until 27 February and tours until 9 July. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Following the undisputed triumph of its predecessor at Trafalgar Studios, Peter Quilter’s searing comedy-drama-musical End of the Rainbow, based on the harrowing six weeks Judy Garland spent during her umpteenth ‘comeback […]
End of the Rainbow UK tour – first look and exclusive interviews
There’s an unassuming little rehearsal space in East London – wood floor, parish notices, stacked chairs. A table at the back buzzes with laptops, low chatter and paperwork. A keyboard sits in anticipation on its stand, and a makeshift set has been constructed from an old sofa and the resident grand piano. You’d be forgiven for not […]
End of the Rainbow – Lisa Maxwell leads new touring production
Actress and television presenter Lisa Maxwell will take on the central role of Judy Garland in a new touring production of Peter Quilter’s End of the Rainbow next year. The former ‘Loose Woman’, best known for her long-running role in ITV’s The Bill, will hit the road – along with Gary Wilmot and Sam Attwater […]
