A Christmas Carol by LMTO The story of A Christmas Carol needs no introduction, a festive favourite with music by Alan Menken and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Performed by London Musical Theatre Orchestra and some big Musical Theatre singers in concert format, this was a night I had been looking forward to for a while. LMTO really excelled themselves with
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A Trip Across The Universe at the Bob Hope Theatre A Trip Across The Universe is the brainchild of Stuart James, inspired by movie-musical Across The Universe. James has created a Beatles concert with a cast of 19. They perform a huge range of songs from to the universally know Beatles numbers such as ‘All You Need Is Love,’ and
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Jason Robert Brown at the London Palladium Jason Robert Brown is an American musical theatre composer who has written shows such as Parade,13, The Last Five Years and Songs For A New World. I adore all of these musicals I’ve just named so when I heard about his concert I literally jumped at the chance to review it. Appearing on stage
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Thriller Live at The Orchard Theatre Thriller Live is one of those musicals that I really ought to have seen, especially as it is now in its 9th year on the West End, but had never made it. I was partly put off by some who were less than complimentary about the West End show but as I was soon to find
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All Together Now – Meet Georg Tormann – 1 of the 100 Judges: All Together Now is the latest singing competition to hit Saturday Night Prime time. This is BBC1’s latest offering and the premise is that the contestant sings to 100 judges. If the judges like what they hear they press their button, stand up and join in! The
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New Jersey Nights New Jersey Nights is a ‘celebration of the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons,’ with a live band, 4 singers and 6 dancers. Consequently there is no pretence of a plot, simply the music peppered with a few facts about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. In order for a tribute act to be successful
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The Simon and Garfunkel Story at the Lyric Theatre I need to start this review with a disclaimer….I am not a Simon & Garfunkel fanatic, prior to the show ask me to name more than 2 of their songs I would have struggled however ‘Daddy Musical Theatre Musings’ who accompanied me is a fan. It was therefore an interesting experience
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