Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Tabard, London: This new play by Richard Harris aspires to tell the story of Liza Minnelli from her own perspective. In a neat coup de theatre, Harris uses three actors to play the multi-awa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMFriday, September 6, 2013
Richmond Theatre: Now in its fourth incarnation, this is a compilation of popular musical theatre numbers performed by a company of six talented and seasoned performers. The revue-style form…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:39AMWednesday, September 4, 2013
Queen's, Hornchurch: Based on Wycherley's The Country Wife, this musical by the writing team who gave us A Slice Of Saturday Night attempts to marry the bawdiness of the Restoration rom…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMMonday, September 2, 2013
Hackney Empire, London: The highest paid entertainer of his era, Wigan-born George Formby was a household name from the 1930s until his death in 1961. Born in Wigan, he took to the stage aft…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:33AMWednesday, August 21, 2013
Crazy Coqs, London: It seems remarkable that Right Here/Right Now is Karen Mason's debut on the London cabaret scene. A regular on the Broadway stage for 30 years, Mason originated the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMThursday, August 15, 2013
"A fascinating musical that delivers a witty script by HUNTER BELL and an engaging score by JEFF BOWEN that sheds a lovely light on the trials of writing a Broadway musical!"
SOURCE: musicaltheatrereview.com at 11:08AMBroadway Studios, London: Basking in the success of last year's Barbarians, the Tooting Arts Club have changed their tack somewhat to produce one of Shakespeare's most accessible c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMTuesday, August 13, 2013
Landor Theatre, London: On the surface, this is most definitely a niche musical. Its narrative details its own creation from tentative idea structure through to fully-fledged Broadway transf…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:37PMFriday, August 9, 2013
Sadler's Wells, London: A ground-breaking musical of its time, West Side Story possibly represents the zenith of the musical theatre genre. A triumphant combination of music, dance and conte…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMWednesday, August 7, 2013
Crazy Coqs, London: Perhaps best known in the UK for playing Salvatore Romano in AMC's Mad Men, Bryan Batt had previously nurtured a healthy career in musical theatre on Broadway. Born …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:46AMMonday, August 5, 2013
Union, London: While the writer/composer team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II may have been responsible for some of the greatest musicals of the 20th century, there are a few of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:44AMFriday, July 26, 2013
Crazy Coqs, London: In song, dramatic monologue and referencing recollections from friends and acquaintances, Stefan Bednarczyk presents his personal perspective on the life and times of Noe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMThursday, July 25, 2013
Bloomsbury Ballroom, London: The Spotlight Showcase has now become a much anticipated part of the theatrical calendar with the cream of the major theatre schools in the UK competing for the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMTheatre in the Park, Chichester: With so many productions originating at the Chichester Festival Theatre and then transferring to the West End, it's no wonder that this current revival …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMMonday, July 15, 2013
Courtyard, London: This amiable farce originally ran in 2004 prompted by the immediacy of gay dating websites. Nearly 10 years later the introduction of GPS and the smartphone may have speed…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:16AMMonday, July 8, 2013
Union, London: Although labelled a comedy, Measure for Measure is often considered one of Shakespeare's problem plays in that its focus and mood tend toward much darker fare. The elemen…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:55AMCriterion, London: One of the joys of this student showcase is the skill with which it has been directed by Caroline Eves. While not under scrutiny herself, it is evident that the structure …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMWednesday, July 3, 2013
St Paul's Church, London: As the crowd gather in the marketplace near the steps of the temple, it suddenly becomes clear as to why the gentility of the environs of the Actors' Church is…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02AMLandor, London: Dan Goggin's comedy of life in a convent became something of an institution off-Broadway, running for over 3,000 performances. After spin-off productions the formula was…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMMonday, July 1, 2013
White Bear, London: It has been said that it's never a good idea to meet your heroes and according to playwright Charles Marowitz, this was probably the case with Bertolt Brecht. Taking…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMSouthwark Playhouse, London: Written just after the Second World War and inspired by the summary treatment of both Philippe Petain and Pierre Laval, this play attempts to question the nature…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMThursday, June 20, 2013
Crazy Coqs, London: The Kid From Paris is Jean Brassard's tribute to one of France's most original talents, Yves Montand. Born Ivo Livi, the singer rose from the ashes of Nazi-occu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMMonday, June 17, 2013
John Lyon Theatre, London: The graduates of the final Advanced Performance Diploma 2013 at City Lit take to the stage offering an exciting and diverse range of songs and dramatic scenes dire…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AMRiverside Studios, London: In this new musical by Paul Rayfield, the government has resolved to privatise the settlement of all paternity claims to a television show called Payback - a cross…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMWednesday, June 12, 2013
Rose, Bankside, London: A metronome marks time ominously amid the chaos of scattered papers filled with mysterious symbols. There is a definite hint of necromancy at work in the dusky candle…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMTuesday, May 21, 2013
Garrick Theatre, London: This competition, now in its seventh year, was created to give musical theatre students a platform to showcase their work before graduation. At this year's even…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AMMonday, May 20, 2013
Criterion Theatre, London: In an inordinately large graduating year of 54 musical theatre students it is rewarding to see that GSA does not cut any corners on quality.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMRiverside Studios, London: Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Grenada-born Leslie Hutchinson was the toast of the cabaret circuit. He was a friend of Cole Porter's while living in Paris an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMThursday, May 16, 2013
Vaudeville, London: The untimely exit of Great Expectations from the West End has left a gaping hole in the scheduling for the Vaudeville which, for one week at least, is being filled by Aus…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMWednesday, May 15, 2013
Crazy Coqs, London: It takes a lot of chutzpah for an American soprano to perform a cabaret about the life and work of Julie Andrews in the UK. The great singer holds such a fond place in ou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:09AMThursday, May 9, 2013
New Wolsey, Ipswich: Miss Nightingale is an intimate, original musical set in the nightclubs of Forties London with an equally original score by composer and lyricist Matthew Bugg.
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