There’s Sweet Charity at the Cadogan Hall
22/08/2015
Sweet Charity at Cadogan Hall
L-R Denise Van Outen, Kerry Ellis, Kimberley Walsh
c Alex MacNaughton
Sweet Charity (Book by Neil Simon, Lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Music by Cy Coleman): Soloists, ArtsEd Ensemble, Richard Balcombe (musical director) with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Cadogan Hall, London 20.8.2015. (JPr) Read more
Elementary, My Dear Prommers! Sherlock Holmes Celebrated at the BBC Proms
17/08/2015
Prom 41_CR_BBC_Chris Christodoulou
Prom 41: Sherlock Holmes a Musical Mind: Mark Sweet and Mark Gatiss (presenters), Jack Liebeck (violin), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Stile Antico, BBC Concert Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.8.2015. (JPr)
Skilfully Improvised Musical Hilarity on Edinburgh’s Fringe
14/08/2015
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 (1) – Showstopper! The Improvised Musical: Pleasance Courtyard, 11.08.2015 (SRT)
Pic Steve Ullathorne
Entertaining and Colourful Account of Phineas Taylor Barnum’s Life
07/08/2015
Cy Coleman & Michael Stewart: Barnum: The Lowry, Salford Quays, Salford, 4,8.2015. (MC)
Brian Conley as Barnum
Terfel Heads the Cast of Grange Park Opera’s Fiddler on the Roof
07/06/2015
Bock, Harnick, Stein, Fiddler on the Roof: Soloists and Chorus of Grange Park Opera, BBC Concert Orchestra / David Charles Abell. (conductor), The Grange, Bishop’s Sutton. Alresford, Hampshire, 5.6.2015. (JPr)
Grange Park Opera’s Fiddler on The Roof
Just Jim Dale
03/06/2015
Just Jim Dale: Jim Dale accompanied by Mark York (piano). Vaudeville Theatre, London, 28.5.2015. (JPr)
Just Jim Dale
Rob Ashford Offers a New Spin on Carousel
29/04/2015
Rodgers & Hammerstein, Carousel: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, David Chase (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL, 24.4.2015 (DP)
Charlotte d’Amboise as Mrs. Mullin in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Carousel. (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)
Colourful Oklahoma Production Evokes the Outdoors
27/04/2015
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Oklahoma!: Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 25.4.2015 (SRT)
Charlotte Wakefield as Laurey andAshley Day as Curly in the National tour of OKLAHOMA! credit Pamela Raith
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