Thursday, May 16, 2024
John Cleese's sitcom masterpiece makes seamless transition to the stage
There are many definitions of bravery, and taking on the challenge of embodying John Cleese as Basil Fawlty in Cleese�…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:18PMThursday, December 26, 2019
The songwriter behind the theme for the TV sitcom Friends and hits for Earth, Wind & Fire and the Pet Shop BoysAmong the many enduring hits penned by the songwriter Allee Willis, who has…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PMWednesday, February 20, 2019
★★★★ ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES, THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET Rollicking remake of much-loved TV sitcom
Lovely jubbly! The Trotters return to Peckham
It was TV gold-dust. The original seven se…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:40AMFriday, February 9, 2018
★★★★ ALL OR NOTHING: THE MOD MUSICAL, ARTS THEATRE Tribute to the brief but brilliant career of the Small FacesTribute to the short but brilliant career of the Small FacesIf the Smal…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:30AMTuesday, October 28, 2014
The bittersweet career of The Kinks is portrayed to surprisingly potent effect in this fast, funny and sometimes poignant musical, now transferring to the West End from the Hampstead Theatre…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:10PMSunday, November 24, 2013
It’s difficult to give Simon Russell Beale a brief introduction, so encyclopedic is his list of stage and screen acting credits. He has cruised masterfully through Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chek…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PMWednesday, November 6, 2013
New York-born actor Robert Vaughn achieved massive popular success when he starred as the sleek secret agent Napoleon Solo in The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which ran for four seasons from 1964 to…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:10PMTuesday, October 22, 2013
Actor and singer of The Windmills of Your Mind, a huge 1960s hit that won an OscarNoel Harrison, who has died aged 79 following a heart attack, was the son of the actor Sir Rex Harrison and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:05PMWednesday, October 9, 2013
Guitarist with the Pogues and great Irish songwriter who found worldwide recognition with the evocative Thousands Are SailingA veteran of the Irish band the Radiators from Space and folk-pun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37PMWednesday, August 8, 2012
Oscar-winning composer who had a Broadway hit with A Chorus LineThe American musician Marvin Hamlisch, who has died aged 68 after a short illness, won three Oscars, four Emmys, four Grammys …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26AMSunday, October 30, 2011
At Murry Bergtraum high school in Queens, New York, John Leguizamo was voted the "Most Talkative" student by his classmates. Not much has changed. As this one-man show demonstrates, Leguizam…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:24PM 
