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Hair The Musical at Gielgud Theatre Press Reviews!

15. April 2010

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Hair The Musical at Gielgud Theatre Press Reviews!

HAIR is about a group of young people in New York City’s East Village who band together as a TRIBE. They are a New York contingent of flower children, (a freeform phenomenon that had begun a little earlier in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco and would subsequently spread to Europe & elsewhere). Taking on the feel of [...]

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Mrs Warren’s Profession at Comedy Theatre Reviews!

8. April 2010

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Mrs Warren’s Profession at Comedy Theatre Reviews!

What is Mrs Warren’s profession? Her daughter Vivie has never really known much about her mother. A prim young woman, she has enjoyed a comfortable upbringing, a Cambridge education and a generous monthly allowance. Now she has ambitions to go into Law. Is it conceivablethat all this privilege and respectability has been financed from the [...]

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Review: Avenue Q has a new home at Wyndham’s Theatre

24. March 2010

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Review: Avenue Q has a new home at Wyndham’s Theatre

The music and lyrics of Avenue Q were created by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx.  It originally opened off-Broadway then transferred to Broadway in 2003, crossing the Atlantic in 2006 to entertain UK audiences where it thankfully continues now into its 5th year.  It resided at the Noël Coward Theatre, the Gielgud Theatre, and recently [...]

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Opening Night: Love Never Dies Press Reviews!

10. March 2010

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Opening Night: Love Never Dies Press Reviews!

With the official opening night of Love Never Dies having taken place last night, 9 March 2010, it is what everyone is talking about.  There are mixed reviews of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s newest show some finding it weak in plot and perhaps a bit gloomy but one certainly can’t fault the music, the effort of the actors, [...]

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Review: You Will Believe ‘Love Never Dies’ After Seeing This…

22. February 2010

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Review: You Will Believe ‘Love Never Dies’ After Seeing This…

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies opened on Monday, 22 February 2010 at London’s Adelphi Theatre to a packed house full of excited theatregoers and Andrew Lloyd Webber himself.  The audience was all a buzz with anticipation.  It seems that a lot of time had passed since this new show was announced formally at the [...]

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OMIGOD – You have to see Legally Blonde!

31. January 2010

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OMIGOD – You have to see Legally Blonde!

Legally Blonde The Musical playing at London’s Savoy Theatre is full of fun from start to finish!  Just from sitting in the spacious Stalls before the show looking at the screen on stage with silk look material as a backdrop for the silver bracelet laid in the shape of a heart with a heart shape [...]

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An Inspector Calls… or does he? Go find out!

31. January 2010

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An Inspector Calls… or does he?  Go find out!

An Inspector Calls was written by J B Priestley in 1945 with it’s first debut in 1946.  It has had a long, successful history over the years and is currently playing at Wyndham’s Theatre.  It is a very popular, well-known thriller that has won numerous awards and it is easy to see why.  It grabs [...]

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Wicked The Musical Press Reviews

1. January 2010

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Wicked The Musical Press Reviews

“…This is a truly eccentric affair but it comes to us laden with Broadway awards. To judge from the way the first-night audience was cheering as at a rock concert from the outset, I suspect it may, like The Lion King, prove triumphant over here for its sheer spectacle… The book by Winnie Holzman, and [...]

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Emma Edgeley: The Phantom of The Opera Review!

1. January 2010

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Emma Edgeley: The Phantom of The Opera Review!

To most of us The Phantom of the Opera is synonymous with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s phenomenally successful operetta. It may then come as a bit of a surprise to learn that Ken Hill’s original 1976 version of Gaston Leroux’s chilling roman à clef, actually spearheaded the way for the Lloyd Webber hit. However, Hill’s Phantom [...]

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Hop like a CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF to get your ticket!

3. December 2009

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Hop like a CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF to get your ticket!

Excitement and anticipation was in the air as people arrived for Press Night on 1st December 2009 at the Novello Theatre, London for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. One word sums it up – BRAVO!  This Tennessee Williams play directed by the talented Debbie Allen and played by an all black cast is full [...]

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