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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Willemijn Verkaik in Concert Willemijn Verkaik is a Dutch actress and singer best known for playing Elphaba in 3 different languages, appearing on Broadway, West End and the Dutch and German tour. She also voiced the Dutch Elsa. With credential like this it was hard not to be excited to hear her live. Willemijn took over the Cambridge Theatre, normally
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Interview with the Cast of Half A Sixpence: I was lucky enough to be granted an audience with Charlie Stemp, Emma Williams, Bethany Huckle & Sam O’Rouke. Question: Can you tell us about any onstage mishaps? CS: At the end of the show I am driving off on a motorbike and I clip one of the bar stools and it
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Who Sang It Better – Memory In my last of ‘Who Sang It Better’ posts I looked at Andrew Lloyd Webbers, Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar. I thought I would therefore turn my attention next to a female song by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Memory is the most famous song from Cats. It is sung by Grizabella and the song is
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Who Sang It Better – Gethsemane As some of you may know I perform in amateur dramatics shows….. the song choice is therefore fitting as I am performing in Jesus Christ Superstar this week. The song from Jesus Christ Superstar I’ve chosen is Gethsemane. This comes at the point in the show where Jesus is in the Garden of Gethsemane
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The night of the much talked about Kerry Ellis & Louise Dearman concert at the Prince Edward Theatre was finally upon us- would it live up to the hype………… Oh boy did it! One thing is indisputable – Kerry and Louise can REALLY sing. Not only that but they totally came across as 2 people that can command their audience
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So the night of the big Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman concert is fast approaching! They hit the stage of the Prince Edward on Sunday the 27th September and I’m mega excited about it. I’ve been a massive fan of Kerry’s since I saw her as Meat in We Will Rock you and later as Elphaba in Wicked. I was
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Who Sang It Better – Defying Gravity As my look at Bring Him Home went down so well I have decided it is now time to look at an iconic female song and what better than Defying Gravity from Wicked. For those of you unfamiliar with the show the song comes at the end of Act 1 when Elphaba finds
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Chowsie – The Gypsy Diva Dog So in a little break from reviewing I thought I would share with you this cute promo video I got sent for Gypsy. One thing you may not know about me is that I adore dogs!!! Unfortunately as I’m at the theatre so much (and live in a flat) I don’t have the pleasure
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For those of you that have not heard of Natalie Weiss where have you been?? Natalie is an American singer who has performed in the American tour of Wicked and Les Miserables as well as a sell out show in London. She is perhaps best known for her YouTube series ‘Breaking Down the Riffs,’ which has had 3 million hits.
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