Category: Stephen Sondheim

Posted in Adam Guettel Adam Gwon Albums Kander + Ebb Michael John LaChiusa Music Stephen Sondheim

Album Review: Audra McDonald – Go Back Home (2013)

“Maybe someday I’ll get lucky” It took seven years for Audra McDonald to get around to her…

Posted in Adam Guettel Albums Jeanine Tesori Music Stephen Sondheim

Album Review: Audra McDonald – How Glory Goes (2000)

  “In the starlight, that is what we are” Having firmly established her credentials as a fervent…

Posted in Cabaret Jason Robert Brown Orange Tree Theatre Robert Lopez Stephen Sondheim Theatre William Finn

Review: Simon Lipkin, Jon Robyns and Giles Terera, Orange Tree Theatre

The Orange Tree Theatre continues to ring the changes under Paul Miller’s reign with their Orange Tree…

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Review: Road Show, Union Theatre

“Carelessness and being free of care, Aren’t they the same?” Since its inception in 1999, Stephen Sondheim’s…

Posted in Musicals Not-London Royal Exchange Stephen Sondheim Theatre UK

Review: Into The Woods, Royal Exchange

“Let the moment go, don’t forget it for a moment though” As with Shakespeare, plenty of people…

Posted in Arcola Theatre Film Jason Robert Brown LGBTQ+ Lyric Hammersmith Musicals Not-London Old Red Lion Royal Court Southwark Playhouse Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre Royal Bath Top moments West End

10 of my top moments in a theatre in 2015

The inevitable end-of-year lists of favourite plays and performances will be soon be coming (I just have…

Posted in Evening Standard Theatre Awards Musicals Stephen Adly Guirgis Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre awards

Winners of the 2015 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Best Actor WINNER James McAvoy, The Ruling Class, Trafalgar Studios Simon Russell Beale, Temple, Donmar Warehouse Kenneth…

Posted in Live Music Musicals Stephen Sondheim Theatre West End

Review: Hey, Old Friends, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

“Stop worrying where you’re going—move on” Theatreland does like to make sure every anniversary gets marked somehow…

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Album Review: Candide (1999 Royal National Theatre Recording)

   “I’ll show my noble stuff by being bright and cheerful!” They don’t make ‘em like they…