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
Gypsy Revival Has Depth and Resonance
16/04/2015
Styne & Sondheim, Gypsy: Gypsy Company, Nicholas Skilbeck (musical director), Savoy Theatre, London, 15.4.2015. (JPr)
GYPSY, Credit: Johan Persson – www.perssonphotography.com
R&H Production Captures Spirit of Vintage Small Town America
19/03/2015
Rodgers & Hammerstein, Oklahoma!: A production by ‘Music & Lyrics Limited and Royal & Derngate Northampton’, Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, Salford,. 18.3.2015 (MC)
Ashley Day as Curly and Nic Greenshields as Jud Fry in the National tour of Oklahoma! © Pamela Raith
Good Singing and Choreography In G&S Patience Production
21/02/2015
Gilbert & Sullivan, Patience: Manchester Universities & RNCM Gilbert & Sullivan Society, / Lucy Armstrong (conductor), Manchester Grammar School, Manchester, 18.2.2015 (RJW)
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Frankie Valli Musical Takes to the Road
20/02/2015
Gaudio & Crewe, Jersey Boys: Jersey Boys Company, Gareth Weedon (music director). Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex, 18.2.2015. (JPr)
Photo (c) Jerrsey Boys Company
The Divine Lunacy of Baryshnikov and Dafoe in Robert Wilson’s Staging of The Old Woman
16/11/2014
Robert Wilson, Daniil Kharms, Darryl Pinckney, The Old Woman, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 14.11.14-15.11.14 (JRo)
Photo (c) Lucie Jansch
White Christmas: Far From ‘Perfect’ but Nonetheless Polished, Kind-hearted Family Entertainment.
13/11/2014
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas – a musical version based on the 1954 film (Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin and Book by David Ives and Paul Blake): White Christmas Company, Andrew Corcoran (music director). Dominion Theatre, London, 12.11.2014. (JPr)
Louise Bowden ( Judy Haynes), Tom Chambers (Phil Davis), Rachel Stanley (Betty Haynes),
Aled Jones (Bob Wallace), Graham Cole (General Waverly) & Wendi Peters (Martha)
in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (c) Tristram Kenton
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