It never rains but it pours, and at Chichester Festival Theatre, there’s no shortage of precipitation in their exuberant staging of Singin’ In The Rain. Given that arrival in Chichester was marked by torrential downpours it seems an apt choice. The 1952 original MGM musical has become an iconic piece of cinematic history and the…
Whatever happens to our teenage dreams and is it ever wise to revisit your past? Twenty four years ago Molly was going to be happily married with kids and free of her stammer, Ray was going to be a heart surgeon. A kiss on the boardwalk full of hope and promise. Now, nearly a quarter…
The uniquely American phenomenon of Spelling Bees, where students are one by one eliminated as they attempt to spell such words as Weltanschauung seems an unlikely subject for a musical comedy but, in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the Donmar Warehouse has shown that the comedy works just as well for a UK…
Bigger is not always better. Back in the 1980s Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects Of Love grew into a major, technology packed, mega musical at the Prince of Wales. Perhaps it was a symptom of the time when helicopters, falling chandeliers and trains were the in fashion of musical theatre. Although having a successful run and…