CEDRIC NEAL is currently making his West End debut as Motown founder Berry Gordy in Motown the Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre. His theatre credits include: Rhythm of Life – A Cy Coleman Revue (St James Theatre), The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre/Broadway) and After Midnight (Broadway). As a company member at Dallas Theater Center, Cedric has also […]
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Audra McDonald in concert – Leicester Square Theatre
Audra McDonald performed in concert at the Leicester Square Theatre, London Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s been over a decade since American stage and screen star Audra McDonald has performed in London (in 2002 she became only the second American invited to be guest soloist at the Last Night of the […]
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess continues at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre until 23 August. Since 1935, when George Gershwin (composer), his brother Ira (lyrics) and DuBose Heyward (lyrics/libretto) presented their musical masterpiece Porgy and Bess to Broadway, there has been a heated debate about whether the show should be described as an opera or […]
Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess – Regent’s Park Open Air production in rehearsal
Rehearsals are in full flow for the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess which will run at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre from 17 July to 23 August, with opening night on 28 July. Celebrated as a landmark piece of American theatre with iconic songs including ‘Summertime’, ‘I Got Plenty of Nothing’, ‘I Loves You Porgy’ and ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’, Porgy and Bess will be directed by Regent’s Park Open […]
Phantom – Norm Lewis and Sierra Boggess lead Broadway casting
On 12 May, Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis, who most recently triumphed in the role of Porgy in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, will return to Broadway in the title role of The Phantom of the Opera, alongside Broadway and West End actress Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé (Boggess won acclaim as Christine in both the musical’s London 25th […]
