At the 70th Annual Tony Awards a few weeks ago, the four (arguably) biggest acting wins of the night went to people of colour – Leslie Odom Jnr, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Cynthia Erivo, and Daveed Diggs. It was a historic moment in the ceremony’s history and a wonderful antithesis to this year’s #OscarsSoWhite backlash. Now …
Tag: musicals
Playlist | Best of the Broadway Musicals 15/16 Season
Happy Tony Awards Eve! Tonight is the biggest night in every theater geek’s calendar as the 70th Annual Tony Awards ceremony will once again be held live at Radio City Music Hall in New York City tomorrow evening. To get you in the mood I thought I’d send you off with a little playlist of …
Thoughts On ‘Waitress’ & Women In The Narrative
So just over a week ago, on our last night in New York, my sister and I headed off to the Brooks Atkinson Theater to watch one of the preview performances of the new musical Waitress. The musical is based on the 2006 movie penned by Adrienne Shelly, starring Keri Russell as a down and …
Spotlight On | Hamilton: The Musical
Ok this post has been a long time coming, but I need to wax poetic about the musical phenomenon you’ve probably never heard of. To sum up the story very briefly, Hamilton is a dramatised version of the life of Alexander Hamilton. Who’s that I hear you cry? Well, he’s one of the lesser known …
Lifestyle | Musicals For Musical Haters
One of the gripes I get from people who aren’t fans of musical theatre is that ‘It’s all jazz hands and sparkly lights and URGHH WHY ARE THEY ALL SO HAPPY’. Yes, some of the biggest musicals in the world fall into the jazz-hand-y all smiles and no sadness category or the Les Mis/Webber penned …