Bring Back That Show: Made in Dagenham
Arnold and Thomas’s score doesn’t take itself too seriously and the libretto by Bean has some witty turns, but what stands out is its feel-good heart
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Standing at the Sky’s Edge: Standing at the Edge of Universal Success
It may have received ‘Made in Sheffield’ trademark status, but Standing at the Sky’s Edge – with its themes of home, belonging and acceptance – is a musical for the ages. As it makes its West End...
Backstage with... Jon Robyns
Jon Robyns, currently playing the iconic title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera in the West End, and also writing two new musicals
Keeping Score: Anything Goes
Orchestrator Jason Carr explores how in the ocean liner-set musical comedy Anything Goes, Cole Porter refined his unique voice to lift theatregoers’ spirits during the Great Depression
Elaine Paige on Follies
Elaine Paige on the brittle emotional pain of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies and delving into a catalogue of obscure historical references to master the famously tricky ‘I’m Still Here’
Rising Star: Grace Hodgett Young
Fresh out of college and already living the dream, this performer has gone straight from Sunset to Hadestown
Unlocking Sondheim's Musical Enigma
Stephen Sondheim never liked talking about his process and always considered the play to be the thing but Edward Seckerson debunks the notion that the late composer didn’t write ‘tunes’
Behind The Song: Meredith Willson’s ‘Ya Got Trouble’ from The Music Man
Musician Joe Stilgoe delves into the smooth-talking salesman’s iconic number which, somewhat unusually, started life as a rather lengthy dialogue scene
Stephen Sondheim: the man who transformed Musical Theatre
Sondheim biographer David Benedict reappraises his legacy through the lens of three pivotal works: Company, Sweeney Todd and Assassins
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends | Live Show Review
Matthew Bourne, an avowed newcomer to directing Sondheim, has provided a gloss and sheen that allow the show to connect with those ordinary mortals who may not be able to quote every lyric