Archive for the 'Theatre Royal Drury Lane' Category

Guess who we saw today?

Sunday 18 November 2007

So, anyway, there we were having a quiet drink with Mel Brooks and Roger Bart when who should drop into the bar but Baz Bamigboye, the Daily Mail’s chief show-business reporter. Imagine the Whingers’ excitement. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Baz Bamigboye, Bob Saget, broadway, Broadway.com, Drowsy Chaperone, gossip, Hairspray, Hilton Theatre, Lisa Lambert, Mel Brooks, Michael Ball, musicals, New York, Patricia Daily, RFBV Group, Roger Bart, strike, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Tom Viertel, Xanadu, Young Frankenstein | 2 Comments »

Review – The Lord of the Rings – The Musical!

Wednesday 6 June 2007

Lord of the Whinge“Unleash your imagination” scream the ubiquitous posters for The Lord of the Rings – The Musical! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Well, with so much money thrown at the production the Whingers were rather hoping they could just relax into their seats and not have to imagine anything. They’d coughed up their hard-earned (or possibly in Andrew’s case the result of a little fingersmithery) money, why should they have to do the work?

Unleashing their vitriol was the only thing they were expecting to do. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in art, Damien Hirst, London, Lord of the Rings, musicals, review, theatre, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Tolkein, west end | 53 Comments »

An exclusive interview with The Lord of the Rings’ director Matthew Warchus

Tuesday 5 June 2007

Things really do happen after a Badedas bath. Andrew had had his ritual annual bath only that morning and sure enough a drama ensued. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in gossip, Lord of the Rings, Matthew Warchus, musicals, Nicholas Hytner, theatre, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Tolkein, Trevor Nunn, west end | 2 Comments »