With Mother’s Day approaching here is my Top 10 Musical Theatre songs sung by Mothers. Let me know if you agree! 10. Stay With Me From Into The Woods Stay with me is sung by The Witch to her daughter Rapunzel when she learns that the Prince has been visiting her. In this song she tries to convince Rapunzel to
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I’ve put together my top 10 list of DVD’s you can buy of musicals filmed on stage. These don’t include musicals you can watch through paid for streaming services like Hamilton on Disney +! Watch this space for a new post on that! 1) Rent: The Final Performance Filmed Live On Broadway. This DVD shows the last night of Rent
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2022 has been a great year for theatre with things finally returning to normal after the pandemic. I love looking back at all of the shows I have seen over the year and reflecting on how lucky I am to see such a huge variety of shows, many of which I wouldn’t see if it weren’t for this blog. This
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There is no denying that 2021 continued to be a tough year for the theatre industry, with many theatres forced to close until June due to social distancing rules and then the end of the year saw numerous show closures due to Covid cases within cast and crew. However 2021 also brought us some wonderful theatrical moments and I wanted
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With today being Fathers Day I thought it was the perfect time to celebrate my top 10 Fathers of Musical Theatre , not only those who are wonderful fathers in the traditional sense but those that may have arrived at the father role in an untraditional way or those that go on a journey throughout the show. 1. Wilbur –
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As it is International Women’s Day I thought it would be the perfect time to put together a list of kick ass female empowerment musical theatre songs. Songs that look at the strength of a woman. 1. So Much Better – Legally Blonde So Much Better comes in Legally Blonde when Elle finds out she is one of the students
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With Valentines Day just around the corner some of you may be planning a romantic night in! If so here are some ideas for a romantic musical theatre playlist for it! I normally do top 10 but with this category there are so many beautiful songs that I have decided to do Top 20! 1. You Matter to Me –
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With Valentines Day nearly upon us I thought it would be fun to find out what some of our most loved performers favourite romantic musical theatre song is: Jodie Steele – Maria (West Side Story) “Tony’s pure fascination just with the sound of her name is dreamy.” Rebecca Locke – One Hand One Heart (West Side Story) “So simple, so
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Each year I traditionally post a roundup of the year when I look back over the 100+ shows I’ve seen and declare my favourite West End Musical, Fringe Play, Family show of the year as well as everything in between. Of course 2020 is different so I wanted to recognise it with a slightly different stagey review post. Breakout Venue
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Theatre Land can be a contentious place sometimes and the current discussion about how Covid safe theatre is a prime example of this. It all came to a head following Songs For A New World at The London Palladium, produced by Lambert Jackson. I attended the evening performance and the safety measures visible to audience members in place were –
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