BWW Review: BROKEN WINGS, Charing Cross Theatre
by Caroline Cronin
- Feb 17, 2022
I’m not sure I was prepared for what I witnessed as I sat in the round of the Charing Cross Theatre, awaiting the overture for Broken Wings which I’d heard so much buzz about. An adaptation of a poetic novel by Gibran Khalil Gibran, Broken Wings is pitched by Director Bronagh Lagan as being a “tale of first love, loss and identity”.
VIDEO: First Look at LITTLE WOMEN at Park Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Dec 2, 2021
LITTLE WOMEN, the musical based on the 1868 novel of the same name by Lousia May Alcott, opened at Park Theatre on Wednesday 17 November following previews from 11 November.
BWW Review: LITTLE WOMEN, Park Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina
- Nov 18, 2021
The March sisters seem to spike in popularity every decade or so, due to films, series or feminist movements. Most recently Greta Gerwig turned Louisa May Alcott’s novel into a high grossing blockbuster featuring a stellar cast. Now the Park Theatre have resurrected Little Women in the form of a 16-year-old Broadway musical that nobody seems to remember even though it won Sutton Foster a Tony nomination. History repeats itself. With a book by Allan Knee, music by Jason Howland, and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, the piece is sadly unmemorable, but the company give their best nonetheless. A list of forgettable songs populate a traditional musical with pacing issues that’s nothing to write home about.
Full Casting Announced For UK Tour of THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE
by Stephi Wild
- Nov 17, 2021
Full casting has been announced for the brand-new touring production of Jim Cartwright’s The Rise And Fall of Little Voice, produced by Katy Lipson and Glass Half Full Productions, directed by Bronagh Lagan (Cruise, West End; Little Women The Musical, Park Theatre/ Hope Mill) and starring international YouTube sensation Christina Bianco in the title role.
Final Casting Announced For The World Premiere Of RUMI: THE MUSICAL
by Stephi Wild
- Oct 28, 2021
Final casting is today annouced for 'Rumi: The Musical' by Dana Al Fardan, one of the Middle East's leading contemporary composers, and West End star Nadim Naaman, which will get its world premiere at the London Coliseum in November 2021.
BROKEN WINGS Will Be Staged at Charing Cross Theatre in 2022
by Stephi Wild
- Oct 13, 2021
Aria Entertainment today announces they will stage a musical adaptation of Kahlil Gibran's Broken Wings by Nadim Naaman and Dana Al Fardan. After multiple productions of the musical in concert form around the Middle East this will be the first full staging of the musical.
LITTLE WOMEN Will Play a Limited Season at Park Theatre, London
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 1, 2021
Little Women, the musical based on the critically acclaimed 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott, will begin performances at Park Theatre, London on 11 November 2021 for a limited season until 19 December and with an official opening night on 17 November.
Park Theatre Announces Autumn 2021 - Spring 2022 Season
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 1, 2021
The Autumn – Spring season at Park Theatre includes the London premiere of new musical Little Women, a work in progress showing of Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] by Harry Hill and Steve Brown, and a host of Christmas delights for every age and taste.
VIDEO: Jack Holden Talks CRUISE Ahead of Opening Night!
by BroadwayWorld UK TV
- May 20, 2021
Tonight marks the official opening of the world premiere of Cruise at the Duchess Theatre in the West End (where it is running through to 13 June, prior to the return of the long-running hit The Play That Goes Wrong). BroadwayWorld's Tom Hayden Millward interviewed the show's writer/performer Jack Holden, who has starred as Albert in War Horse in the West End and whose other London credits include the RSC's Oppenheimer and Almeida Theatre's Ink (seen on Broadway in 2019).
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