With a Bernstein classic, I think it’s wrong to say I’ve completely missed the boat on this one – there’s surely hope of a revival at some point (if I have to go to New York for it, then so be it), though in the meantime there are a couple of concerts scheduled at the Barbican for December.
Text of the Day: Poison
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
CANDIDE – Cadogan Hall
Candide opened on Broadway in 1956 and despite numerous revivals has never gained the recognition it deserves due to the underlying confusion – Comic Opera or Musical. The reluctance of Candide to slip gracefully into obscurity is down to the magnificent Leonard Bernstein score.
NEWS: Jason Robert Brown conducts Honeymoon in Vegas for London concert premiere
the London Musical Theatre Orchestra has announced its first shows for 2017: Jason Robert Brown’s Honeymoon in Vegas and Sondheim’s Candide.
Review: How To Hold Your Breath (Royal Court)
Maxine Peake is a great young actress. Maxine Peake, now she’s shed the girth she sported as Twinkle in Dinnerladies, is a lithe and lovely young actress with a gamine haircut and both the features and stage presence to remind you of a young Julie Walters. Maxine Peake has a television profile Olivia Colman might […]
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Review: Candide (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Before I switched from French to Theatre Studies at uni, I had to study the 18th century novel Candide. Although I can’t now completely recall the complex plot and only vaguely recall that its satire is based on sending up the coming-of-age Bildungsroman and picaresque or melodramatic novels of the period, I do remember that […]
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Review: Candide (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Before I switched from French to Theatre Studies at uni, I had to study the 18th century novel Candide. Although I can’t now completely recall the complex plot and only vaguely recall that its satire is based on sending up the coming-of-age Bildungsroman and picaresque or melodramatic novels of the period, I do remember that […]
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