Reviewed for The Reviews Hub: Maria Friedman has come to be regarded as one of Britain’s foremost interpreters of Stephen Sondheim – both as actor and, more recently, a director, with her revival of Merrily We Roll Along. Her directing career – continuing with Stepping Out at the Vaudeville Theatre and a forthcoming musical by…
Category: Cabaret
After You, The Crazy Coqs, London ★★★½
Reviewed for The Reviews Hub: Over recent months, Brasserie Zedél’s live cabaret space, The Crazy Coqs, has been spreading its wings with comedy performers and plays complementing the more traditional cabaret. Now, it has a commissioned musical, written for and set in the venue by Alex Parker and Katie Lam. Apart from raising one of…
Audra McDonald, Leicester Square Theatre, London ★★★★★
Reviewed for The Reviews Hub: If your knowledge of Audra McDonald is limited to her role as the opera singer-cum-wardrobe, Madame de Garderobe, in Disney’s recent live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, you have so much more to learn. McDonald has won six Tony Awards – more than any other actor – and is…
January, Live at Zédel, London ★★★
TS Eliot was three months too late. The cruellest month is not April, but January – when the post-Christmas comedown collides with hard-to-maintain resolutions, topped off by grotty weather. Such is the premise of this nascent new cabaret show, with a variety of comedy songs by Patrick Stockbridge set in the first month of every year.
Broadway star Audra McDonald returns to London
Audra McDonald is to return to London’s West End in April for four concerts at Leicester Square Theatre, where she completely sold out her shows last year.The Broadway legend, who has won a record 6 Tony Awards, will be joined on stage this time by host & pianist Seth Rudetsky, who last month starred in…
The Naked Magicians, Trafalgar Studios, London ★★★★
Have a raucous time with the Aussie duo’s stripped-down magic
Getting Married Today, Phoenix Artist Club London ★★★½
How to make a cabaret selection of songs work? Choose a great theme and give it a character-based plot…
Some Enchanted Evening, Cadogan Hall, London ★★★★
A celebration of the work of Richard Rodgers
That’s Entertainment, Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury ★★★½
A knowingly cheesy evening of musical numbers
Ramin Karimloo, London Palladium ★★★
Can Broadway and bluegrass join forces to become ‘Broadgrass’? Bless Ramin for trying…
The Donkey Show, Proud Camden ★★★★
Lord, what fools these disco dancing mortals be…
Bryan Batt, The Crazy Coqs, London ★★★★
The Mad Men star’s return to London cabaret is a joyful experience
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