Tag: broadway theatre
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Pretty Woman: The Musical @ Nederlander Theatre
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://prettywomanthemusical.com/ Booking until: 9th June 2019 Director/choreographer wizard Jerry Mitchell has waved his magical wand on another musical adaptation that’s arrived on Broadway. Based on the iconic movie, Pretty Woman follows rich businessman Edward Lewis as he meets Vivian Ward who is working as a prostitute on the streets of…
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Mean Girls @ August Wilson Theatre
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tickets and more information: https://meangirlsonbroadway.com/ Booking until: 13th July 2019 In collaboration with her husband composer Jeff Richmond and lyricist Nell Benjamin, national American treasure Tina Fey has brought her 2003 movie Mean Girls to the stage in the form of a musical. Having grown up on the film, I was hesitant to see what…
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My Top 5 Songs from the Mean Girls Original Broadway Cast Recording.
When I first heard of a musical adaptation of Mean Girls was in the works, I was hesitant. The original 2004 movie is a staple in my teenage-hood. It was a film I watched when I was, perhaps, a bit too young to watch it, but you can’t deny how much of an impact the…
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NYC ’17 | Seeing Hamilton on Broadway
An impromptu decision back in September and a very low bank balance later, I was thrilled to see, what is rightfully described as “the best musical of the 21st century” at the show’s Broadway home. Hamilton created an earthquake in the theatre industry when the show opened at the Public Theater in February 2015. Lin-Manuel…
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NYC ’17 | Bandstand on Broadway.
The final two shows of the trip! It’s an Andy Blankenbuehler special! It’s a very late post, but the jet lag has been winning me over. I ended my trip with two wonderful and very American shows. I was worried (particularly with Hamilton) that I wouldn’t feel a connection to the shows but I pleasantly…
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NYC ’17 | Dear Evan Hansen, here’s why you won best musical.
When it rains, it absolutely pours in New York. But that didn’t stop me being stoked to see the award winning Dear Evan Hansen. The show is about a 17 year old called Evan Hansen who suffers with social anxiety. After the suicide of Connor, a fellow student at his school, Evan finds himself tangled…
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NYC ’17 | Hayley, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812.
In which I survive my first solo outing to a Broadway show and a Broadway stage door! Based on a 70 page section of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Dave Malloy has created an immersive and truly fantastical musical theatre experience. I was sat in the last row, right at the back of the theatre…
Hayley Sprout 
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