Category: Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Album Review: The Phantom of the Opera (Highlights from the Original Canadian Cast)

  “Our passion-play has now at last begun” Despite being a London institution these days, I haven’t…

Posted in Albums Andrew Lloyd Webber Marvin Hamlisch Maury Yeston Music Stephen Sondheim

Album Review: Kim Criswell – Back To Before

  “Where are they now, those women who stared from the mirror?” I saw Kim Criswell for…

Posted in Albums Andrew Lloyd Webber Kander + Ebb Maury Yeston Music Musicals

Album Review: Madalena Alberto – Don’t Cry For Me

  “The answer was here all the time” Capitalising on her long-running stint in the UK tour…

Posted in Albums Andrew Lloyd Webber Music Scott Alan Stephen Schwartz

Album Review: John Owen-Jones – Rise

  “Raise your hopeful voice” There should be a study into the tragic condition that afflicts so…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Film Musicals

Easter DVD Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

“How we miss his entertaining dreams” An impromptu Easter treat came courtesy of a charity shop in…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Arthur Miller David Hare Ivo van Hove Kevin Elyot Lee Hall Mike Bartlett Moira Buffini Olivier Awards Tennessee Williams Theatre Theatre awards Tom Stoppard

2015 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  King Charles III by Mike Bartlett – Almeida / Wyndham’s Taken at Midnight by…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Music Stephen Sondheim YouTube

Saturday afternoon Glenn Close treats

It is Glenn Close day and I couldn’t be more excited. (Well I could, if she were…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Cats, London Palladium

“These modern productions are all very well…” Taking your seat in the Palladium to see the musical…

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2015 What’s On Stage Award nominations

Best Actor In A Play Sponsored By Radisson Blu Edwardian David Tennant – Richard II  Mark Strong – A…