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Photo: Tristram Kenton.
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS EXTENDS
INTO 2018
Christopher Wheeldon’s stunning
reinvention of the Oscar® winning film
An American in Paris has been ecstatically
received by audiences and critics since
opening at the beautifully restored
Dominion Theatre in March 2017. The
smash hit production has now extended
booking, with tickets on sale until
27 January 2018.
The sumptuous new musical about
following your heart and living your
dreams is written by Craig Lucas and
features the timeless music and lyrics of
George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin,
including I Got Rhythm, ‘S Wonderful,
I’ll Build a Stairway To Paradise and
They Can't Take That Away from Me,
together with George Gershwin’s sweeping
compositions including ‘Concerto in F’
and ‘An American in Paris’.
Jerry Mulligan is an American GI
pursuing his dream to make it as a painter
in a city suddenly bursting with hope and
possibility. Following a chance encounter
with a beautiful young dancer named Lise,
the streets of Paris become the backdrop
to a sensuous, modern romance of art,
friendship and love in the aftermath of war.
To book tickets, telephone the box
office on 0845 200 7982.
SHAKESPEARE’S HEARTBREAKING
TALE, NUREYEV’S BLAZING BALLET
This summer, English National Ballet is
bringing Romeo & Juliet, the world’s
greatest love story to London. Full of
action, humour and drama, Rudolf
Nureyev’s award-winning production
based on Shakespeare’s heartbreaking tale
comes to the Royal Festival Hall from
1-5 August for its 40th anniversary year.
Sumptuous costumes and sets
transport the audience to Renaissance
Verona. Amidst the grandeur of the
Capulet's ball, the star-crossed lovers
meet, unleashing a fateful sequence of
events, from the romantic bedroom
scene to their tragic final embrace.
For tickets telephone 020 3879 9555.
English National Ballet dancers in Romeo & Juliet
BBC PROMS 2017
122 years since it was founded and
90 years since the BBC took over the
running, financing and broadcasting of
the world’s largest classical music
festival, the BBC Proms 2017 season is
presenting more than 90 concerts as the
festival continues its founder-conductor
Henry Wood’s aim of bringing the best
classical music to the widest audience.
The festival marks major composer
anniversaries in 2017, including
Monteverdi at 450, Handel’s Water Music
at 300 and John Williams at 85. The
birthdays of two pioneers of American
Minimalism are also celebrated – John
Adams’ 70th birthday is marked throughout
the festival including the First and Last
nights, and Philip Glass’ 80th birthday is
celebrated on 15 August with the first
complete live performance of Passages, the
1990 studio album he created with Ravi
Shankar, performed by the Britten Sinfonia,
conducted by Karen Kamensek with sitar
soloist Anoushka Shankar.
There are around 100,000 tickets
available at £12.50 or under this
summer including Promming (standing)
tickets costing just £6, which will be
made available on the day of each
concert.
© Bill Cooper
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