Seven Oscar nominations for Steven Spielberg’s re-imagining of West Side Story, the show that changed the face of musical theatre in the late 1950s and became a record-breaking movie in 1962. And two for tick, tick… Boom! whose star, Andrew Garfield, is one of the favourites for the Best Actor gong. That was the news […]
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Trio of Golden Globe Awards for Spielberg’s West Side Story
Stephen Spielberg’s re-working of Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise’s classic West Side Story was named Best Picture (Comedy or Musical) at the weekend’s Golden Globe Awards. Recently released in cinemas, the musical was one of the big winners at the low-key, not so glittering event winning a trio of awards including a Best Actress award […]
Triple threat writer Leslie Bricusse on what inspires his Pure Imagination. Interview – Part One
Prolific and well-loved British film and musical theatre songwriter LESLIE BRICUSSE has been in the news this week. Not only has the composer, lyricist and librettist revealed that he’s working on a major new musical about the life of his close friend, legendary entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr, but he has been in London celebrating the world premiere of Pure Imagination– […]
