All stories by Pete Cashmore on BroadwayStars

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Holler If Ya Hear Me: why Tupac Shakur will be spinning in his grave by Pete Cashmore

What did the reviewers make of the Broadway musical inspired by the rapper's music?The curtain has gone up on Holler If Ya Hear Me, a Broadway stage musical giving the ever-popular "jukebox …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Cats rap: Andrew Lloyd Webber gives Rum Tum Tugger a hip-hop remix by Pete Cashmore

The composer has said that he wants to include a new, updated rap version of Rum Tum Tugger's song in the musical Cats. Will it sound anything like this?Say what you like about Sir Andrew Ll…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AM
Monday, June 23, 2014

Holler If Ya Hear Me: why Tupac Shakur will be spinning in his grave by Pete Cashmore

What did the reviewers make of the Broadway musical inspired by the rapper's music?The curtain has gone up on Holler If Ya Hear Me, a Broadway stage musical giving the ever-popular "juk…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Shuffle T and Marlo – battle-rapping, middle-class white guys by Pete Cashmore

Posh but adversarial, these skilful performers gatecrash the UK battle-rap scene, reducing hardened opponents to laughterIt may come as a surprise, given that it is an art form based on the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:27AM