Month: June 2014

Tony Awards 2014 – Nominees and Winners

Broadway, News
Tony Award

Radio City Musical Hall played host to the Tony Awards last night.Hosted by Hugh Jackman, the event was a celebration of theatre. The nominees and winners are listed below:- WINNERS ARE BOLDED, BELOW Best Musical After Midnight Aladdin Beautiful — The Carole King Musical WINNER: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Ramin Karimloo, Les Miserables Andy Karl, Rocky Jefferson Mays, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Bryce Pinkham, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder WINNER: Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Mary Bridget Davies, A Night with Janis Joplin Sutton Foster, Violet Idina Menzel, If/Then Kelly O’Hara, The Bridges of Madison County WINNER: Jesse Mueller, Beautiful — The Carole King Musical Best Play Act One Casa Valentina Mothers and Sons Outside … Read more

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel: From 1945 to 2014 in a single hit

Features, Off West End
Morphic Grafiti's production of Carousel at Arcola Theatre

  Is a kiss with a fist better than none? Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel: From 1945 to 2014 in a single hit I know what you want me to do. You want me to write a review – to churn out something interesting and witty about Morphic Graffiti’s production of Carousel at the Arcola. And yes, I can attempt to satisfy you in that to an extent – lest I fail entirely in my role as reviewer/critic/ writer, or whatever it is you wish to call me. I can tell you about the space – a space that, when entered, inspired involuntary and audible gasps from its unsuspecting audience (somewhat attributable to the humidity, sure, but mostly due to the theatre’s radical transformation), the band perched high overhead preparing to chirp, and more ropes, pulleys and levers than PGL. Stuart Charlesworth’s design is simple and yet sumptuous, suggestive rather than … Read more