Fiddler on the Loose

Written on May 18th, 2013 | Posted in Now Playing

The Show Created for the Talent Fiddler on the Loose is billed as “Country, Celtic and a Dash of Classical” – and yes, it’s all that and more. They could have added Broadway, jazz, and comedy. With regards to other musical revues, I’ve said in the past “There’s something for everyone” but in Fiddler on [...]

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Guys and Dolls: Shaw 2013

Written on May 16th, 2013 | Posted in Now Playing

Rolling the Dice with Guys and Dolls The action begins in Guys and Dolls with a plethora of characters moving around the stage in all directions. You don’t know where to look first – the bum drinking out of his flask hidden in a paper bag? The bobby-soxers giggling? The lady tossing her fur stole [...]

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Dance Legends – Grand Theatre 2013

Written on April 21st, 2013 | Posted in Now Playing

These Dancers ARE the Stars! If you are sitting at home watching Dancing with the Stars on TV, shame on you! Get off the couch right now, and go to the Grand in London to see Dance Legends. It is so much better! This is a high energy show, with thrilling choreography, guaranteed to impress [...]

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The Wizard of Oz

Written on April 1st, 2013 | Posted in Now Playing

Follow the Yellow Brick Road… Promoted by the TV reality show and with an updated script, The Wizard of Oz has shaken off its 1939 look and moved into the new millennium. Even some of the old dialogue has been modernized with new jokes and puns. Since its opening earlier this year at the Ed [...]

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The Songs of Sinatra

Written on September 10th, 2012 | Posted in Now Playing

Old Blues Eyes Times Seven Note:  This review was written in September 2012; however, you can now see The Songs of Sinatra on stage at the Drayton Festival Theatre, Drayton, running May 9 to June 1, 2013.  Take the Sinatra Seven, add 84 songs, cram it into 2½ hours and you’ll get a very appreciative [...]

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