In a relatively theatre-free summer Phil’s last two and a half theatre outings have been to revivals of popular musicals which were turned into successful films starring the original stage star. Rather scarily Phil saw both these stage productions with the aforementioned stars. Read the rest of this entry »
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Review – The King and I, London Palladium
Tuesday 18 September 2018Posted in West End Whingers | 5 Comments »
Tags: Bartlett Sher, Catherine Zuber, Dean John-Wilson, entertainment, Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe, London, London Palladium, Michael Yeargan, musical, Na-Young Jeon, Oscar Hammerstein II, play, review, Richard Rodgers, Ruthie Ann Miles, The King and I, theatre, west end
Review – Aladdin, Prince Edward Theatre
Thursday 16 June 2016Ok, so we did emerge talking about the Cave of Wonders, the Genie and the how-did-they-do-that flying carpet. Of course we did. How could we not? At least it made a welcome change from banging on about Brexit.
It was almost enough to convince us we’d been entertained in the two and a half hours of razzle-dazzle spectacle that nearly beat us into submission, choking in a cloud of glitter yet wanting to dig out the harem pants and turbans from the backs of our wardrobes and spend the rest of our lives sewing on sequins. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Aladdin, Alan Menken, Bob Crowley, Casey Nicholaw, Chad Beguelin, Dean John-Wilson, Don Gallagher, Gregg Barnes, Howard Ashman, Jade Ewen, Peter Howe, Prince Edward Theatre, Tim Rice, Trevor Dion Nicholas