Musical Theatre
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Review
Romantics Anonymous – Bristol Old Vic, Live Stream
Writer and Director: Emma Rice Lyrics: Christopher Dimond Music: Michael Kooman For a play that champions daring to stray from…
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Review
Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize Concert 2020 – YouTube
Musical Director: Steve Ridley From its start in 2008, the annual songwriting competition launched by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe,…
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Review
CD Review: Anything Can Happen In The Theater – The Musical World of Maury Yeston
Music and Lyrics: Maury Yeston Director: Gerard Alessandrini Admirers of Maury Yeston’s work may have wondered why nobody had collected…
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Drama
A Taste of Honey – The Lowry, Salford
Writer: Shelagh Delaney Director: Bijan Sheibani Reviewer: Rebecca Cohen The Lowry should be the perfect setting for National Theatre’s portrayal…
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Cabaret
Overtures at Bishopsgate Institute – Bishopsgate Institute, London
Conductor: Freddie Tapner Reviewer: Scott Matthewman Earlier this year, Overtures Piano Bar opened regularly following a 2018 pop-up version, named…
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Musical
Rocky Horror Show – Manchester Opera House
Writer: Richard O’ Brien Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: Matt Forrest The Time Warp has been a firm favourite at social clubs,…
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Musical
The Last Five Years – Albert Halls, Bolton
Book: Jason Robert Brown Director: James Edgington Reviewer: Rebecca Cohen For their first in-house production, the beautiful Albert Halls in…
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CDs & DVDs
CD REVIEW: Prince of Broadway – 2017 Broadway Cast Recording
Reviewer: Mark Clegg Hal Prince is a true musical theatre legend. Involved in some of the biggest shows of the…
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