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Robert Tanitch reviews Cinderella at Gillian Lynne Theatre, London

Andrew Lloyd Webber has done much better than this; but everybody will want his Cinderella to succeed. It was meant to open in 2020. It has had a terribly bumpy and much delayed opening, all due to Co ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Carousel at The Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, London.

Carousel, based on a serious Hungarian play, Liliom, written by Ferenc Molnar in 1909, was a big success at its premiere in New York in 1945. It is amazing Molnar had agreed to a musical adaptation; a ...

andrew 426 views 0 likes Aug 10, 2021

Robert Tanitch reviews Carousel on line

I know in advance that I am going to cry if I am seeing Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. But I can say in all honesty that I have never been as moved as I was when I was watching on line this fully ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews the Royal Opera House’s Cinderella on line

Cinderella has been a popular pantomime ever since its very first spectacular production in 1830 at Drury Lane starring Joseph Grimaldi, the great clown of the Regency era. There have been many versio ...

andrew 705 views 0 likes May 27, 2020