Home viewers will get a second chance to enjoy Chichester Festival Theatre’s sold-out concert Celebrating Sondheim, an encore screening marking Stephen Sondheim’s 91st birthday on 22 March 2021. Hosted by the popular venue’s artistic director Daniel Evans, the star-studded celebration of the music of the legendary composer featured Evans’ co-star for the London and Broadway […]
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Sondheim celebration planned for Chichester Festival Theatre autumn season
A star-studded celebration of the music of Stephen Sondheim looks set to be among the highlights of a live, socially distanced autumn season of entertainment unveiled by the team at the Chichester Festival Theatre. After hosting the crowd-pleasing Concert In The Park in August, artistic director Daniel Evans will take to the stage once again […]
Interview – creators of Grey Gardens, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie and Doug Wright
Grey Gardens received its European premiere at the Southwark Playhouse opened on 2 January and has quickly proved to be the first must-see show of 2016. This quirky musical takes its inspiration from the 1975 feature-length documentary of the same name – indeed, it’s the first Broadway musical based on a documentary – turning the […]
Grey Gardens – Southwark Playhouse
Grey Gardens continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 6 February. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ By now, we are all used to musical theatre plundering cinema’s back catalogue to find stories. We are less used to those stories coming from documentaries rather than works of fiction. Grey Gardens was a 1975 documentary chronicling the […]
European premiere of Grey Gardens – cast and creative team revealed
Final casting and the full creative team have been revealed for the eagerly awaited European premiere of the Broadway musical Grey Gardens, based on an iconic 1975 documentary, telling the spectacular real life rise and fall of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ aunt and cousin, Edith and Edie Bouvier Beale. Joining the previously announced Olivier Award-winning West End stars […]
Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure in Concert – Adelphi Theatre
Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure in Concert at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There is something about the innocence of childhood that must act as a draw for theatrical folk, for how else could one explain the multiplicity of musical adaptations of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan. […]
European premiere of Grey Gardens – Sheila Hancock and Jenna Russell star
Olivier Award-winning West End stars, Sheila Hancock and Jenna Russell, are to star in the eagerly awaited European premiere of Grey Gardens. Based on an iconic 1975 documentary, Grey Gardens, with Book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michael Korie, tells the spectacular real life rise and fall of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ aunt and cousin, Edith […]
Sheila Hancock joins cast of Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure
Reprising the role of The Storyteller, British actress Sheila Hancock has been confirmed as the latest name to take to the stage for the concert staging of Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure, making its return to the London stage at the Adelphi Theatre on Sunday 25 October for a matinee and evening performance. Hancock is the […]
