Should we be worried about losing intervals? Theatre critic, Lyn Gardener, at The Stage thinks that we should scrap them entirely. Her comments came after the Globe Theatre announced their 2021 season would resume without intervals. This is mainly for covid safety reasons above anything else. But her argument is that intervals are really just …
Occasionally, I will hear a song from a musical that completely captures my heart, only to discover later that it was cut. Sometimes it’s just not a good song, other times it doesn’t help propel the narrative forward. In recent years, it hasn’t been unheard of for cast albums to include cut songs as bonus …
If someone had told me this time last year we would have a professionally produced digital concert of Ratatouille the Musical, I would have laughed in their face. What started as a viral trend, cooked up by TikTok users, has ended up being the world’s first crowd-sourced musical. Theatres turned their lights off in March …
Usually the Tony Awards are the biggest celebratory event in the theatre calendar. Every year we wait in anticipation for the joy of celebrating live theatre. This year the Tony Award nominations felt empty. They served as a reminder of how badly theatre has been impacted by the events this year. Most shows from this …
Hamilton is a groundbreaking piece of music theatre, but since it’s addition to Disney+ we have been seeing a larger awareness of the valid criticisms of the show’s historical narrative. This isn’t to say we can’t enjoy Hamilton, but we all need to be aware of what the show excludes.
