Star ratings attached to reviews have long been a heavily debated issue. Most reviews in British national papers, which are still held in highest regard, never used to add star ratings, relying instead on the text to give the reader a full picture of a show’s merits and limitations. We are constantly being told that […]
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The internet and social media has taken over so many aspects of everyday life in ways that the current ‘Generation Z’ will never quite be able to understand. Breaking news stories from around the world are now updated live and often as they are happening, defying the traditional methods and means of news communication. It’s […]
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This weekend I was lucky enough to see the London premiere of Frank Wildhorn’s 2009 musical Bonnie & Clyde in an inventive production by the musical theatre students at Arts Ed – one of London’s top drama schools. Despite holding amateur rights, the production was as professional as many fringe musicals, thanks in the main to […]
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I have spent a few months working for a licensed ticketing agency located in Midtown Manhattan. Over the course of those three months I spoke to hundreds of tourists on the streets of New York who were looking to purchase tickets for Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, cabarets, concerts, etc… And I learned something very important […]
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The internet has become a temple for musical theatre writers, performers, and audiences alike. Discovering artists and shows and music is easier than ever through things like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, and now websites like NewMusicalTheatre.com. In the golden-age of musical theatre, you could pretty much get a mediocre show up at a young age, […]
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In my last post I discussed the current state of commercial musicals in the West End, and how commercialism by its very nature presents challenges to those writing and producing new material. Without an established benefactor behind a show, or dozens of experienced ‘angels’ willing to open their chequebooks, exactly how are new musicals funded? […]
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London’s West End was once the home of new British musicals, and thanks to business driven individuals such as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh these iconic shows were exported around the world at an alarming rate. The 1980s saw a boom for original musicals in the West End, and as society was enjoying the […]
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I am sitting in my living room while doing a lot of email correspondence for work and in the background my partner is watching the film There’s No Business Like Show Business starring Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor, & Donald O’Connor. (Stereotype, I know.) Every so often I look up to see a truly […]
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