With a focus on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sumptuously melodious score, the new chamber-sized production of The Woman in White avoids the excesses of the original staging, allowing the gripping Victorian melodrama to be enjoyed purely on its own merits.
‘Quasi-Gothic tropes’: THE WOMAN IN WHITE – Charing Cross Theatre ★★★★
The Charing Cross Theatre has been home to a number of musicals in recent years, but this marks the first time a show by Andrew Lloyd Webber has performed there.
‘Quasi-Gothic tropes’: THE WOMAN IN WHITE – Charing Cross Theatre ★★★★
The Charing Cross Theatre has been home to a number of musicals in recent years, but this marks the first time a show by Andrew Lloyd Webber has performed there.
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… The Woman in White’s Ashley Stillburn & Chris Peluso
“It keeps a show fresh if you’re innovative, but it’s no good setting out to be ‘different’ for the sake of it. It’s essential that you remain true to your character and the situation he’s in.”
THE WOMAN IN WHITE – Charing Cross Theatre
The trouble with The Woman in White is that if you dissect the elements Andrew Lloyd Webber fused into the show, they’re all perfectly fine. You could also add that Thom Southerland’s production flatters the source material with a rich and generous staging and some very lush orchestrations.
THE WOMAN IN WHITE – Charing Cross Theatre ❤❤❤❤
What do you get if you combine a richly textured (revised) score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a strongly convincing cast and a Thom Southerland production? In the case of The Woman in White, the audience is given a strong and emotionally powerful show that captures the audience’s attention and heart.
THE WOMAN IN WHITE – Charing Cross Theatre ★★★
The Woman In White, a play about a vulnerable woman, preyed upon by a powerful man, couldn’t be more timely with strong performances from its cast.
NEWS: Anna O’Byrne, Carolyn Maitland & Chris Peluso star in first revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White
Acclaimed Australian musical theatre star, Anna O’Byrne, will take the role of Laura Fairlie in the first-ever revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony and Olivier Award-nominated musical, The Woman in White. Directed by Thom Southerland, the production runs for 12 weeks at London’s Charing Cross Theatre, from 20 November 2017 to 10 February 2018, with a press night on 4 December. …
FUNNY GIRL – Touring
Revisiting Funny Girl, now on tour after its tumultuous (but always impressive) London run that had started at the Menier Chocolate Factory, it’s almost impossible to believe how Michael Mayer had managed to stage it in that tiny space south of the river.
FUNNY GIRL – Touring
Revisiting Funny Girl, now on tour after its tumultuous (but always impressive) London run that had started at the Menier Chocolate Factory, it’s almost impossible to believe how Michael Mayer had managed to stage it in that tiny space south of the river.
Girl power? What do Death Takes a Holiday & Promises, Promises have in common?
A few thoughts on musical productions I’ve seen recently, with my on-the-night tweet thoughts further below. Promises, Promises Less than a week left to see this rarely seen Broadway musical – the first London production, in fact, since its 1969 West End premiere. I have fond memories of the Oscar-winning 1960 film The Apartment, which […]
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY – Charing Cross Theatre
The ways in which the titles of shows are worked into the script are a source of endless amusement and new musical Death Takes A Holiday is no exception, pointing up as it does the ridiculousness of the show’s conceit.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Death Takes a Holiday at Charing Cross Theatre
Thom Southerland’s latest musical production as part of the Charing Cross Theatre season stars Zoe Doano and Chris Peluso. Death Takes a Holiday continues its limited season until 4 March 2017. What have critics been saying about it?
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY – Charing Cross Theatre
What happens when “Death” actually takes a holiday? Well apparently nothing, no fatalities are reported in Europe over a weekend, whilst “he” spends a weekend at leisure.
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY – Charing Cross Theatre
The latest musical to be directed by Thom Southerland at the Charing Cross Theatre is a eerie and gothic production that brings to mind The Phantom of the Opera. Maury Yeston’s gorgeous score takes centre stage in Thom Southerland’s atmospheric and tender production, perfectly captured by the gorgeous vocals provided by Chris Peluso and Zoe Doano.
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY – Charing Cross Theatre
Would we be more ‘half in love with easeful Death’ if instead of some cadaver in a cowl with a scythe he came at us as a handsome young man? Can you love someone ‘more than life’? Those are the dilemmas which confront Grazia Lamberti in Thom Southerland’s ravishing production of Death Takes A Holiday.
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY – Charing Cross Theatre
It is rare that a musical is presented with such exquisite elegance as Thom Southerland delivers with Death Takes A Holiday, making its European premier at the Charing Cross Theatre.
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY – Charing Cross Theatre
The UK premiere season of 2011 Maury Yeston musical Death Takes A Holiday is as exquisitely sung as it is handsomely staged.
NEWS: Maxwell Caulfield withdraws from Death Takes a Holiday, Mark Inscoe replaces
Producers have announced that there has been a cast change for the upcoming European premiere of the musical Death Takes A Holiday, which runs at London’s Charing Cross Theatre from 16 January to 4 March 2017, with a press night, as planned, on 23 January.
NEWS: Chris Peluso stars opposite Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl tour, Full cast announced
Full casting is announced today for the tour of Funny Girl which enjoyed critically acclaimed and record-breaking sold-out runs at the Menier Chocolate Factory and Savoy Theatre. Playing opposite Sheridan Smith is Chris Peluso as Nick Arnstein.
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