United States Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York, 2.6.2023. (RP)
Sweeney Todd is back on Broadway in all its gory glory with a wonderful cast and full orchestra
Broadcasts, Musicals, & Others
Reviews and articles of some events that are not Concerts, Opera, or Dance, and others that have been streamed, shown in the cinema or on TV
Darkness and light confront each other in Simon McBurney’s brilliantly inventive Met Die Zauberflöte
United States The Met: Live in HD – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Broadcast Live in HD (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera House to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 3.6.2023. (JPr)
The Met’s innovative and engaging new production of Don Giovanni features an outstanding cast
United States Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Broadcast Live in HD to Dundonald Omniplex Cinema, Belfast, 20.5.2023. (RB)
At the Cliffs Pavilion and on tour The Bodyguard The Musical will grip you and not let you go.
United Kingdom The Bodyguard The Musical: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 23.5.2023. (JPr)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel shows you are never too old to enjoy life and have new foreign adventures
United Kingdom Deborah Moggach’s The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 3.5.2023. (JPr)
The Met’s fine production of Champion conveys important social messages
United Kingdom Terence Blanchard, Champion: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast Live in HD (directed by Gary Halvorson) from New York’s Metropolitan Opera to Dundonald Omniplex Cinema, Belfast, 29.4.2023. (RB)
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I currently touring the UK and Ireland is ‘A Puzzlement’ in 2023
United Kingdom Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s The King and I: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 19.4.2023. (JPr)
The Met’s revival of Robert Carsen’s Rosenkavalier was the most enjoyable performance of it I’ve ever seen
United States The Met: Live in HD – Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Simone Young (conductor). Broadcast live to the Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 15.4.2023. (JPr)
