West Side Story is Sarah Frankcom’s first major musical production at the Royal Exchange, Manchester and it is nothing short of a complete triumph.
Album Review: Bernstein’s Wonderful Town – London Symphony Orchestra
It’s the earnestness that doesn’t ring true in Simon Rattle and LSO’s recording of Bernstein’s Wonderful Town, the way in which that which should come naturally simply sounds overworked.
‘In his music, as in life, he was always on stage’: Why Leonard Bernstein the composer was a game changer
There wasn’t much that Leonard Bernstein didn’t try his hand at at least once – and wanting, needing, to experience it all applied as surely to the music he wrote as to the music he conducted.
MISSED THE BOAT: Candide
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.
What to see in in 2018
Well, we’re all still here… The big red button hasn’t been pushed yet and theatre is better than ever! But what’s coming up this year?
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.
NEWS: Hershey Felder swap Bernstein & Berlin for Our Great Tchaikovsky’s UK premiere
In a programme change at The Other Palace, award-winning actor and pianist Hershey Felder presents the UK premiere of Our Great Tchaikovsky, replacing the previously announced double bill of his musical plays about two other composers: Irving Berlin and Maestro Leonard Bernstein.
NEWS: Danny Mac leads cast on Drew McOnie’s On the Town at Open Air
Danny Mac will play Gabey in On the Town, the role played by Gene Kelly in the classic film. Full cast is announced for the new production, directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie at London’s Open Air Theatre this summer.
NEWS: Open Air announces 2017 summer; On the Town, Jesus & Dickens update
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have today announced details of Timothy Sheader’s 10th season as Artistic Director, which includes a Drew McOnie’s major new production of Broadway classic On the Town, a new modern version of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities and, as previously announced, the return of the Evening Standard Award-winning revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar.
WONDERFUL TOWN – Ye Olde Rose & Crown
We’re in New York, in 1935. In Greenwich Village, there lives an eclectic mix of Italian, Greek, Irish, you name it – and everyone is hanging on to their own little dream. Enter Ruth and Eileen, two sisters from Ohio who have come to this Wonderful Town to make their mark on the big city.
NEWS: All Star ends 2016 season with Bernstein’s Wonderful Town revival
All Star Productions are delighted to present a new chamber production of Leonard Bernstein’s 1953 musical WONDERFUL TOWN, which will run at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre in Walthamstow, east London, from 12 to 30 October 2016, with a press night on 14 October.
BERNSTEIN REVEALED by Seckerson in new stage show
As we approach the centenary of his birth, Leonard Bernstein enthusiasts Edward Seckerson and composer, arranger and musical director Jason Carr are joined by Olivier Award nominee Sophie-Louise Dann to celebrate the musical superman who bestrode the Broadway stage as whole-heartedly and adeptly as he did the world’s great concert halls.
Can you succeed on Broadway if you don’t have any Jews? Maybe not…
We owe the phrase “you won’t succeed on Broadway if you don’t have any Jews” to Spamalot – so it only officially entered the theatrical lexicon circa 2005 when the Monty Python musical opened on Broadway (and I first heard it live a year later, when it had its West End premiere at the Palace […]