Everyone who knows and loves the original cast recording of Jerry Herman's musical Dear World will be delighted to have the opportunity to see it when it comes to the London stage next year. It will receive its British première at the Charing Cross Theatre with Betty Buckley in the title role - which Angela Lansbury created in 1969 - and Paul Nicholas. It will be … [Read more...] about Betty Buckley to star in Jerry Herman’s “Dear World” in the West End
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Taste of Honey playwright, Shelagh Delaney, dies at 71
Shelagh Delaney, best known for A Taste of Honey, has died at the age of 71. Delaney was 19 when A Taste of Honey, about the friendship between a young pregnant woman and a gay artist, premièred in 1958. A success in both London and New York, it was made into a Bafta-winning film in 1961, starring Rita Tushingham. She wrote it in just two weeks, reworking material she had … [Read more...] about Taste of Honey playwright, Shelagh Delaney, dies at 71
Arthur Laurents, playwright and director, dies at 93
Arthur Laurents, the playwright, screenwriter and director who wrote and ultimately transformed two of Broadway’s landmark shows, Gypsy and West Side Story, and created one of Hollywood’s most well-known romances, The Way We Were, died yesterday in his home in Manhattan. He was 93. Laurents once described writers as “the chosen people” and said he was happiest when sitting … [Read more...] about Arthur Laurents, playwright and director, dies at 93
Angela Lansbury’s tribute to Stephen Sondheim at the 2011 Olivier Awards
At the 2011 Olivier Award ceremony this year Stephen Sondheim was presented with a lifetime achievement award. Part of the tribute to the 80 year-old composer was from his 85 year-old star Angela Lansbury. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fa_kn5iVYU Lansbury's first ever Broadway musical was in 1964 with Stephen Sondheim's short-lived Anyone Can Whistle. In May 1973, the … [Read more...] about Angela Lansbury’s tribute to Stephen Sondheim at the 2011 Olivier Awards
Barbra Streisand rumored to be the next Mama Rose in ‘Gypsy’
The role of Mama Rose in "Gypsy" has always attracted great divas, from Ethel Merman to Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly to Patti LuPone. And now comes word that the greatest diva of them all -- Barbra Streisand -- is next in line. Streisand is deep in negotiations to direct, produce and star in a movie version of "Gypsy." Image via Wikipedia She recently cleared a big … [Read more...] about Barbra Streisand rumored to be the next Mama Rose in ‘Gypsy’