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Music : Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein 11 Book: Margaret Landon Director: Paul Kerryson Reviewer: Steph Rowe The Public Reviews Rating: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s partnership for writing musicals together started in 1954 their first being Oklahoma. Many people when hearing of the king and I automatically think of that timeless classical film starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. [...]

Writer: Peter Benedict Music: The Monkees Director: David Taylor Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Just over a year ago, ATG and the Opera House in Manchester launched their first production (The phenomenal Ghost the Musical )as part of an ongoing campaign to support new writing “Manchester Gets It First.” A much welcomed and critically applauded decision, [...]

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice Director: Bill Kenwright Reviewer: Maggie Constable The Public Reviews Rating: I can’t imagine how I have managed to miss seeing Joseph for so long, so it was with much anticipation that I took myself to Milton Keynes this evening for the musical version of the well-known biblical story about Joseph, his [...]

Writers, Music and Lyrics: Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey Choreographer: Arlene Phillips Director: David Gilmore Reviewer: Joanna Papageorgiou The Public Reviews Rating: Opening night for Grease at the Bristol Hippodrome and the curtain goes down not even halfway through the first act. The ‘boys’ were hit by a piece of flown scenery and the rest of the show [...]

Director: Nick George Writers: Paul Larson and Laura Beaumont Reviewer: Jenni Dixon The Public Reviews Rating: Premier Stage productions in association with HIT Entertainment have brought back Fireman Sam Live to the stage in ‘Pontypandy Rocks!’ This time Sam and all his friends are planning a music festival for the town with a surprise star guest. The [...]

Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse Director: Scott Faris Choreographer: Ann Reinking Reviewer: Glen Pearce The Public Reviews Rating: Murder, greed and exploitation – all those things we hold near and dear. So opens Kander and Ebb’s look at the merry murderesses of Chicago. Though set in a jazz-soaked 1920s, the [...]

Writer: Richard Wolfenden Brown & Matt Baker Music: Matt Baker Director: Ruth Alexander Rubin Reviewer: Reece O’Toole The Public Reviews Rating: Performed 15 years after its first production, Richard Wolfenden Brown and Matt Baker’s epic musical finds a fitting home in this 100th Anniversary year since the “Unsinkable” Titanic struck an Iceberg on its maiden voyage. The production [...]

Writer: Roberto Trippini Director: Vik Sivalingam Music: Laurence Mark Wythe Reviewer: Jonathan Cooper The Public Reviews Rating: Despite being a small production, the opening ten minutes of Roll on the Day, manages to display almost everything which will go on to make the musical such an enjoyable show. A tense introduction from the keyboard of Tom Turner sets [...]