London Musicals 2005-2009.pub - Over The Footlights
London Musicals 2005-2009.pub - Over The Footlights
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SCROOGE THE MUSICAL (1 st Revival)<br />
<strong>London</strong> run: <strong>London</strong> Palladium,<br />
November 8th – January 14 th 2006 (Limited season)<br />
Music, Lyrics & Book: Leslie Bricusse<br />
Director: Bob Tomson<br />
Choreographer: Lisa Kent<br />
Musical Director: Stuart Pedlar<br />
Producer: Bill Kenwright<br />
Cast: Tommy Steele (Scrooge), Tom Solomon (Young Scrooge),<br />
Glyn Kerslake (Bob Cratchit), Barry Howard (Jacob Marley),<br />
Gemma Page (Christmas Past), James Head (Christmas Present),<br />
Ian Sanders (Christmas Yet to Come)<br />
Notes: According to a plaque in the Dress Circle Bar, Tommy<br />
Steele has headlined more performances at the <strong>London</strong> Palladium<br />
than any other artist (his last show being “Singing in the Rain” in Tommy Steele & Barry Howard<br />
1989). Although this cheery cockney persona doesn’t immediately<br />
suggest Scrooge, he was welcomed back like a conquering hero. It was very enjoyable Christmas fayre.<br />
Original <strong>London</strong> Production: Dominion, November 1996<br />
<strong>2005</strong><br />
16<br />
Photo by Keith Pattison<br />
Photo by Union <strong>The</strong>atre<br />
SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM (3 rd Revival)<br />
<strong>London</strong> run: Union, November 8 th - 26 th<br />
Music: Stephen Sondheim & others<br />
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim<br />
Director: Andrew Lynford<br />
Musical Director: Michael Cryne<br />
Cast: Alison Egan, Natalie Searles, Denise Silvey,<br />
Gavin James, Morgan James, Chris Gee (Narrator)<br />
Notes: This was the second production of this show in <strong>2005</strong>,<br />
and returned to the standard “evening-dress” concert-type<br />
approach<br />
Original <strong>London</strong> run: Mermaid <strong>The</strong>atre, May 1976<br />
First revival: Greenwich <strong>The</strong>atre, July 1997<br />
Second revival: Upstairs at the Gatehouse, May <strong>2005</strong><br />
DANNY AND SYLVIA<br />
<strong>London</strong> run: Jermyn Street, November 10 th – 26 th<br />
Original Music: Bob Bain<br />
Book and Lyrics: Robert McElwaine<br />
Director-Choreographer: Kenn Oldfield<br />
Musical Director: Karl Pendlebury<br />
Cast: Richard Brightiff (Danny Kaye), Jessica Martin (Sylvia Fine)<br />
Songs: (Original songs): If I Knew <strong>The</strong>n, I’m a Star (and songs by various<br />
composers from Danny Kaye’s films and shows. )<br />
Story: Robert McElwaine was a long-time friend and colleague of Danny<br />
Kaye, and has created a story of how Danny and Sylvia met, how they worked<br />
together, got married, separated, and then got together again, and how the savvy<br />
Sylvia provided the discipline that made the mercurial Danny Kaye an<br />
international star. Because Richard Brightiff had an uncanny resemblance to the<br />
young Danny Kaye, and captured his personality and act so well, and because<br />
Jessica Martin gave a very powerful performance, this show was much praised.<br />
Richard Brightiff<br />
Photo by Marilyn Kingwill
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