After the success of Sweeney Todd in concert with the New York Philharmonic in March of this year, Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson return in their roles for thirteen performances at the London Coliseum. It will be the first musical under the new collaboration between English National Opera and the GradeLinnit Company, which will see several semi-staged […]
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Ken Russell dies at 84
Ken Russell, the British director of “Women in Love” and “The Devils”, has died at the age of 84. In a statement his wife said, It was completely unexpected. He had recently agreed to direct the feature film Alice In Wonderland The Musical and he was working on the script and casting of that.” Russell began his directing […]
London’s new Mrs Lovett, Imelda Staunton, on loneliness
Imelda Staunton has returned to the musical stage as Mrs Lovett in Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. She talked to The Telegraph: “I read somewhere that, if you want to be different, you have to be prepared to be lonely. That’s how I feel. At school, I wasn’t particularly different, but I went off on a […]
Big-eyed, big-voiced and bubbly Caroline O’Connor will make an ideal Mrs Lovett in Paris
Best known for her energetic performances in Chicago, Mack and Mabel and the film “Moulin Rouge”, multi-talented Caroline O’Connor will now step into Mrs Lovett’s shoes as part of a starry cast for the Théâtre du Châtelet’s production of Sweeney Todd. It is scheduled for four weeks from April 22 to May 21. Lee Blakeley, who staged […]
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. Lansbury’s first ever Broadway musical was in 1964 with Stephen Sondheim’s short-lived Anyone Can Whistle. In May 1973, the first revival of Gypsy opened in London’s […]
‘It’s alarming how charming I feel.’ – Stephen Sondheim calls his ‘West Side Story’ lyrics ’embarrassing’
Stephen Sondheim appeared on ABC’s ‘Nightline’ on Tuesday night, and during the interview, the theater legend disclosed that he found the words to his 1957 masterpiece ‘West Side Story’, written with Arthur Laurents and Leonard Bernstein — are you ready for this? — “embarrassing.” What? Most of the lyrics were sort of … they were very […]