My Best Friend’s Wedding UK Tour – Tour rumoured for 2023
Sadly the My Best Friend’s Wedding 2021 tour fell foul of COVID but there is a rumour the tour will be rescheduled for 2023. Watch this space!
Burt Bacharach
Stars announced for Other Palace musical theatre festival
West End stars have been announced for a festival of musical theatre at The Other Palace in London, headlined by the premiere of a new show co-written by Burt Bacharach.
REVIEW: Promises Promises, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭
this is the ‘must-see’ show of the moment, with a glamorous audience hurrying to get in on the fun. And, yes, ultimately it keeps its promises. All of them.
Casting Announced For Promises Promises at Southwark
In January 2017, the first production of the Burt Bacharach / Hal David / Neil Simon Broadway musical Promises, Promises, the Tony-nominated and Grammy award-winning will be presented at Southwark Playhouse. Based on Billy Wilder’s film The Apartment, Promises, Promises tells the story of Chuck Baxter, a junior executive at a New York insurance company, where his mid-town residence makes him popular with the executives bosses – who promise him a promotion in order to “entertain” at his apartment. A morally tricky dilemma gets worse for Chuck when he realises his own secret crush, Fran Kubelik, has been invited over to his place for a rendezvous by Chuck’s Manager, JD Sheldrake. Featuring the hit songs Knowing When To Leave, Promises, Promises, I Say A Little Prayer For You, A House Is Not A Home and I’ll Never Fall In Love Again, Promises, Promises is a triumph of 1960’s sexual work-place … Read more
REVIEW: Close To You, London Cast Recording ✭✭✭✭✭
Close To You is a stunning recording that takes me back to what for me was a very special night in the theatre. I daresay it will be played with frightening regularity here, and I hope that many of you will get a copy and have a listen to Kyle Riabko’s wonderous reimagining of one of the greatest songwriter’s of our time. Bravo!
REVIEW: Close To You, Criterion Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Trying to highlight individual performances or individual songs is pointless, this is a show to be savoured as whole, not just once but many times.
Close To You – New Trailer Released
To celebrate its press night tonight Close To You – The Burt Bacharach Musical have released this great new trailer. Performed by a young, multi-talented cast led by the visionary musician and performer Kyle Riabko, the show features Riabko’s thrillingly new yet beautifully faithful interpretations of Bacharach’s classics. Blending nostalgia and innovation, generations old and new can now revel in all the hits as if for the very first time. The show redefines the songbook musical by fusing this extraordinary reinterpretation of over 30 timeless Bacharach melodies with innovative choreography, taking the audience on an emotional and exhilarating journey. Burt Bacharach has given the show his wholehearted and enthusiastic support, exclaiming, “It’s brilliant. Kyle has done something truly unique with my music. I loved it!” Read our review with Kyle Riabko BritishTheatre.com has tickets available for £35 for performances until the end of October. Book Now!
INTERVIEW: Kyle Riabko on Close To You
Kyle Riabko spent his teen years touring as a support act for artists like BB King, James Brown and Jason Mraz before appearing on Broadway in shows like Hair and Spring Awakening. Kyle is the musical visionary and lead performer behind Close To You – Bacharach Reimagined, a new production that features fresh, yet faithful re-interpretations of classic Bacharach songs. Douglas Mayo spoke to Kyle this week, just as the show began previews at London’s Criterion Theatre. How did Close To You come about as a project? I was lucky enough to meet Burt in a recording studio in Los Angeles. I had been asked to come by to sing on some demos for some new music he was writing. It was a very exciting thing to be asked to do. When I got there, (not to be too cheesy), it was sort of a magical moment and we sort … Read more
