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Musicals, etc.

Entertaining and Colourful Account of Phineas Taylor Barnum’s Life

20/07/201907/08/2015 by Michael Cookson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Cy Coleman & Michael Stewart: Barnum:  The Lowry, Salford Quays,  Salford, 4,8.2015. (MC)

Brian Conley as Barnum
Brian Conley as Barnum

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Categories Musicals, Musicals, etc., Previously Published, Theatre, Musicals, Broadcasts & Films Tags Michael Cookson, Salford Quays Leave a comment

Terfel Heads the Cast of Grange Park Opera’s Fiddler on the Roof

03/10/201607/06/2015 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom 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)

Fiddler on The Roof - Jerry Brock, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein - Grange Park Opera - 4th June 2015Conductor - David Charles Abell Director/Designer - Antony McDonaldChoreographer - Lucy BurgeCostume Designer - Gabrielle Dalton Lighting Designer - Lu
Grange Park Opera’s Fiddler on The Roof

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Just Jim Dale

08/04/201803/06/2015 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Just Jim Dale: Jim Dale accompanied by Mark York (piano). Vaudeville Theatre, London, 28.5.2015. (JPr)

Just Jim Dale

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Richard Eyre’s Traviata Celebrates 21st Birthday

13/04/201820/05/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Marc Minkowski (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 18.5.2015. (JPr)

2709ashm_403 copy FRANCO VASSALO as Giorgio Germont, MARINA REBEKA as Violetta, ISMAEL JORDI as Alfredo GERMONT -® ROH. PHOTOGRAPHER CATHERINE ASHMORE 1
Franco Vassallo (Giorgio Germont), Marina Rebeka (Violetta) & Ismael Jordi (Alfredo)
(c) Catherine Ashmore

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A Peerless Cast for The Music Man

04/05/201502/05/2015 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States Meredith Willson, The Music Man: Soloists, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, John Morris Russell (conductor). Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH. 1.5.2015 (RDA)

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Rob Ashford Offers a New Spin on Carousel

02/05/201529/04/2015 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Rodgers & Hammerstein, Carousel: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, David Chase (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL, 24.4.2015 (DP)

4/8/15 4:16:07 PM -- Chicago, IL, USA Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents Carousel © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2015
Charlotte d’Amboise as Mrs. Mullin in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Carousel. (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)

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Colourful Oklahoma Production Evokes the Outdoors

13/08/202027/04/2015 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  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
Charlotte Wakefield as Laurey and Ashley Day as Curly (c) Pamela Raith

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Gypsy Revival Has Depth and Resonance

18/10/202316/04/2015 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Styne & Sondheim, Gypsy: Gypsy Company, Nicholas Skilbeck (musical director). Savoy Theatre, London, 15.4.2015. (JPr)

GYPSY by Sondheim, ; , Music - Stephen Sondheim, based on book by Arthur Laurents, Director - Jonathan Kent, Choreography - Stephen Mear, Designer - Anthony Ward, Lighting - Mark Henderson, The Savoy Theatre, London, 2015, Credit: Johan Persson - www.perssonphotography.com Gypsy © Johan Persson

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