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Keith Jack: Movie Nights – Wild Cabaret, Glasgow
Reviewer: Lauren Humphreys Astonishingly, it’s a decade since Dalkeith native Keith Jack was runner up in the BBC’s search for a ‘Joseph’ in Any Dream Will Do. Only 19 years old at the time, much has...
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CD REVIEW: Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp: Acoustically Speaking
Reviewer: Emily Garside Recorded live at New York’s Feinstein’s/54 Below, Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp reunite for an acoustic mix of Broadway and Rock-pop. Ranging across classic 80s pop – as Rapp...
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CD REVIEW: Norbert Leo Butz – Girls, Girls, Girls
Reviewer: Holly Spanner Girls, Girls, Girls is considerably deeper than the title suggests. Perhaps this is the point, but there’s no denying it gets straight to the heart of the material. Originally...
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CD REVIEW: Melissa Errico: What About Today? – Live at 54 Below
Reviewer: Holly Spanner Recorded at the popular New York cabaret and restaurant venue 54 Below, What About Today is a mix of Broadway classics, film tracks and more contemporary songs as well as one of...
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CD REVIEW: Annaleigh Ashford: Lost In The Stars – Live at 54 Below
Reviewer: Charley Robson Annaleigh Ashford – actress, singer and Tony award nominee – makes her arrival at Studio 54 amid a roaring guitar solo and a piano in full dramatic sing, promising an evening...
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CD REVIEW: Isabela Moner – Stopping Time
Reviewer: Helen Jones Isabela Moner started acting at the age of seven, made her Broadway debut at the age of ten in Evita and by thirteen was well known for her role in a show on the Nickelodean...
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CD REVIEW: Side Show – Live at 54 Below
Reviewer: Holly Spanner When Side Show opened in 1997 on Broadway, it was billed as being commercially disastrous. It did however generate a substantial a cult following and has since been recently...
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CD REVIEW: Tokio Confidential
Reviewer: Holly Spanner Tokio Confidential premièred Off Broadway in 2012, with music and lyrics by Eric Schorr. It was made possible through support from the Asian Cultural Council, Japan Foundation...
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CD REVIEW: Ben Stock – And There Was Music
Reviewer: Charlotte Broadbent Ben Stock’s debut album And there was music is a warm invitation to enjoy his musical inspirations, personal favourites and classic crowd pleaser’s. Stock covers a broad...
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CD REVIEW: Made in Dagenham – Original Cast Recording.
Book:Richard Bean Lyrics: Richard Thomas Music: David Arnold Reviewer: Charlotte Broadbent The film Made in Dagenham released in 2010, enjoyed a glowing reception and numerous award nominations. Based...
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CD REVIEW: Memphis the Musical – Original London Cast Recording
Book and Lyrics: Joe DiPietro Music and Lyrics: David Bryan Reviewer: Sharon MacDonald-Armitage “Coming at you from right smack in the centre of your radio dial” is the CD release of the Original...
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CD REVIEW: Heathers the Musical – Original Cast Recording
Music/Lyrics: Kevin Murphy andLaurence O’Keefe Producers: Michael Croiter, Kevin Murphy, Laurence O’Keefe Reviewer: Craig Hepworth Watching this year’s Tony awards it was strange to see the lack of...
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CD REVIEW: West End…Switched Off – Volume 1
Reviewer: Katy Roberts West End…Switched Off is the debut project from Parallel Productions, and is billed as an “exciting new series of concerts and recordings that arrange musical theatres into...
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NEWS: Broadway show If/Then announces release of Original Cast Recording
Masterworks Broadway has today announced the date for the much anticipated cast recording of If/Then starring Idina Menzel and Anthony Rapp. The recording will be recorded on April the 7th with a...
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CD Review: Jarrod Spector – A Little Help From My Friends – Live at 54 BELOW
Reviewer: Holly Spanner A Little Help From My Friends marks the 25th release from Broadway Records Live at 54 BELOW Series. Described as “musical dorkdom”, the set list was born out of a desire to...
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NEWS: Billy Porter to release first solo album in a decade
It’s been almost a decade since the Pittsburgh-born Billy Porter released a solo album, and since then much has changed for the award-winning artist, who grew up singing in the Pentecostal church....
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Songs of Solidarity, Suffrage & Strength – City Varieties, Leeds
Writer: Boff Whalley Reviewer: Holly Spanner Established in 1968, Red Ladder is one of the nation’s leading touring companies dedicated to producing theatre which has the power for social change. With...
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CD REVIEW: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 – Original Cast Recording
Music , Lyrics and Orchestration: Dave Malloy Reviewer : Rosie Revell [Rating:4] “There’s a war going on out there” Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812’s original cast recording invites its...
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NEWS: West End stars record charity EP for Great Ormond Street
Cynthia Erivo, Simon Bowman, Sophie Louise Dann, Shona White, Scott Garnham, Jodie Jacobs & Michael Xavier join a host of musical theatre stars to record festive charity EP; ‘A Very West End...
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CD REVIEW: Hey Producer!
Music: Danny Davies Lyrics: Danny Davies, Peter Gallagher and Judy Wolfson Reviewer: Iain Sykes [rating:4] Hey Producer!, the collection of unique musical theatre and cabaret songs from composer Danny...
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