Category: Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Lockdown treat: Hamilton reunion

One of the best things to happen since this whole shitshow started. In fact, the whole show…

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber Cabaret Lin-Manuel Miranda Musicals Pasek + Paul Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review VAULT Festival William Finn

Review: (Wo)men Rule Broadway [West End Edition], VAULT Festival

(Wo)men Rule Broadway [West End Edition] sees women take on the male musical theatre songbook at the…

Posted in Cheek By Jowl Chris Bush David Mamet Duncan Macmillan Finborough Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Lin-Manuel Miranda Mike Leigh Musicals National Theatre Nick Payne Propeller Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Royal Court Shakespeare Theatre Tom Wells West End Wilton's Music Hall Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

10 of my top moments of the decade

Ever behind the curve, I present 10 of my top moments in a theatre over the last…

Posted in Jack Thorne Lin-Manuel Miranda Philip Pullman TV

TV Review: His Dark Materials Series 1

Or to give it its true title, Ruth Wilson in His Dark Materials, the BBC scores big…

Posted in Albums Cast Recordings Jason Robert Brown Lin-Manuel Miranda Music Musicals

Album Reviews: Singing You Home / Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again / Vanara the Musical

This trio of album reviews covers Singing You Home: Children’s Songs for Family Reunification, Mamma Mia! Here…

Posted in Alanis Morissette Albums Dolly Parton Jason Robert Brown John Cameron Mitchell Jonathan Larson Kristen Anderson-Lopez Lin-Manuel Miranda Music Musicals Pasek + Paul Robert Lopez

Album Reviews: Ramin Karimloo – From Now On / Josh Piterman – Josh Piterman

A pair of album reviews from Phantoms past and present – Ramin Karimloo’s latest From Now On…

Posted in Film Lin-Manuel Miranda

Film Review: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

54 years is quite the wait for a sequel but Mary Poppins Returns is full of nostalgic…

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2019 What’s On Stage Award nominations

As we move towards the year end, so award season gets into full swing and What’s On…

Posted in Dolly Parton Film Film & TV awards Golden Globe Awards Lin-Manuel Miranda TV

The 76th Golden Globe Awards – nominations

Best Motion Picture Drama Bohemian Rhapsody Black Panther BlacKkKlansman If Beale Street Could Talk A Star Is…