Casting has been announced for the new co-production of Kander and Ebb’s musical revue The World Goes ’Round at The Barn Theatre’s first summer outdoor festival later this month. Co-produced by The Barn Theatre and Piers Cottee-Jones, the cast consists of George Arvidson (The Outpost, Les Misérables), Jenny Fitzpatrick (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Ghost), […]
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Cirencester’s Barn Theatre to debut outdoor festival
A new co-production of Kander and Ebb’s musical revue The World Goes Round will be among the attractions at the Barn Theatre’s first summer outdoor festival. Following on from the Cirencester venue’s popular lockdown online activity, Barn Fest – Outdoor Theatre Festival will run from Friday (25 July) until 5 September 2020 and will feature […]
The World Goes Round – The Best of Kander & Ebb – Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
The World Goes Round – The Best of Kander & Fred Ebb continues at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough until 3 September. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Staging musicals in-the-round is always a challenge. Just where, for example, should director Lotte Wakeham tell the the cast to focus for voice projection? The most successful at solving this […]
Kander and Ebb revue part of Stephen Joseph Theatre summer festival
A 25th anniversary production of The World Goes Round –The Songs of Kander & Ebb will feature as part of the Stephen Joseph Theatre’s Summer Festival of entertainment in Scarborough. Conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman and David Thompson, and directed by Lotte Wakeham, this show features much-loved showstoppers like ‘New York, New York’, ‘All That Jazz’, and ‘Money, Money’, alongside lesser-known […]
The World Goes Round – The Songs of Kander & Ebb – St James Studio Theatre
The World Goes Round – The Songs of Kander & Ebb continues at the St James Studio Theatre, London until 7 February. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Even though The World Goes Round has not quite achieved the same kind of profile for Kander and Ebb as Side By Side By Sondheim has for another masterful […]
Interview – Oliver Tompsett in The World Goes Round – The Songs of Kander & Ebb
The World Goes Round, the compilation revue of songs by John Kander & Fred Ebb, had a great reception at Chelsea’s Pheasantry last year. It returns to the St James Studio from 2 to 7 February with a cast including OLIVER TOMPSETT, at only 34, a veteran of the musical stage. Tompsett is best known for playing […]
The World Goes Round – The Pheasantry
The World Goes Round – The Songs of Kander and Ebb continues at The Pheasantry, London until 8 July. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Those Broadway giants John Kander and Fred Ebb are so much more than Cabaret, Chicago, Funny Lady and that anthem to the Big Apple, ‘New York, New York’, and this classy confection, by […]
The World Goes Round – Oliver Tompsett and Debbie Kurup lead new production
West End performers Oliver Tompsett (Wicked, We Will Rock You) and Debbie Kurup (Chicago, The Bodyguard) will headline a brand new British production of The World Goes Round: The Songs of Kander and Ebb, which will play a limited run of four nights only from 5–8 July at The Pheasantry in Chelsea. The World Goes Round, an […]
Performance Preparation Academy – The World Goes ’Round
The World Goes ’Round: The Songs of Kander and Ebb performed by Performance Preparation Academy third years at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ You’d have to be seriously allergic to musicals not to enjoy this 32-song trawl through the genius of those Broadway giants John Kander and Fred Ebb, the team famous for Cabaret and Chicago […]
Vienna – an overview of the latest musical theatre openings
From The Wizard of Oz to a bit of Off-Broadway flair: Ludovico Lucchesi Palli gives an overview of the latest musicals in Vienna. The last weeks of the year in Austria have been a real treat for anyone interested in musical theatre. The shows that have opened range from an Andrew Lloyd Webber classic on tour […]
The World Goes ‘Round – Lyric Theatre, Belfast
The World Goes ‘Round: The Songs of Kander & Ebb was performed at the Naughton Studio, Lyric Theatre, Belfast. If the challenge for any new company is to make sure its first public outing announces the new venture in style, then the debut appearance by Northern Ireland’s youngest company, Blunt Fringe Productions, can be judged a […]
The World Goes ‘Round – Union Theatre
The World Goes ‘Round: The Songs of Kander & Ebb continues at the Union Theatre, London until 8 February. You’d have to be seriously allergic to musicals not to enjoy this tuneful retrospective of the work of those Broadway giants John Kander and Fred Ebb, famous, of course, for Cabaret and Chicago as well as […]
The World Goes ‘Round at the Union Theatre
Jonathan Vickers writes: London’s Union Theatre is to stage the award-winning Kander & Ebb revue The World Goes ‘Round in a limited run beginning 17 January (previews on the 15 and 16 January) and ending on 8 February. The piece, exclusively featuring the music of admired writing team John Kander and Fred Ebb, parades some of […]
