RAGS post-show video and photos: How do you repair a damaged musical?
RAGS post-show video and photos: How do you repair a damaged musical?

RAGS post-show video and photos: How do you repair a damaged musical?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-26T20:05:12+00:0017 January 2020|Tags: Park Theatre, Post-show Q&As, RAGS The Musical, Terri Paddock events|

After acclaim last year at Manchester's mighty Hope Mill Theatre, RAGS The Musical has transferred to the Park Theatre for a limited season. It's a Broadway musical with a long, chequered history and is premiering here in a newly reworked version with a lot of input from Broadway legend Stephen Schwartz.

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Post-show video and photos: Jason Manford on why Kander & Ebb’s Curtains is made for the West End
Post-show video and photos: Jason Manford on why Kander & Ebb’s Curtains is made for the West End

Post-show video and photos: Jason Manford on why Kander & Ebb’s Curtains is made for the West End

By Terri Paddock|2021-01-05T07:07:00+00:0016 December 2019|Tags: Alan Burkitt, Andy Coxon, Carley Stenson, Jason Manford, Post-show Q&As, Rebecca Lock, Samuel Holmes, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events|

Curtains, the murder mystery musical comedy by Chicago and Cabaret creators Kander & Ebb, had its Broadway premiere in 2007 in a production starring Frasier's David Hyde Pierce. Why has it taken so long for it to at last receive its West End premiere? And why is it so very perfect for the West End?

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David Walliams on getting the RSC’s ‘stamp of approval’ with The Boy in the Dress musical
David Walliams on getting the RSC’s ‘stamp of approval’ with The Boy in the Dress musical

David Walliams on getting the RSC’s ‘stamp of approval’ with The Boy in the Dress musical

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-08T10:14:50+00:0024 October 2019|Tags: David Walliams, Featured Show, Guy Chambers, Mark Ravenhill, Robbie Williams, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC, StageFaves, The Boy in the Dress|

During rehearsals for The Boy in the Dress, I spoke to David Walliams about his inspiration for the original story, his burgeoning career as a children’s writer and how he feels having his work adapted by the RSC.

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Sinatra: Raw post-show video and photos: What makes Frank Sinatra such an enduring icon?
Sinatra: Raw post-show video and photos: What makes Frank Sinatra such an enduring icon?

Sinatra: Raw post-show video and photos: What makes Frank Sinatra such an enduring icon?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T15:13:13+00:0023 October 2019|Tags: Frank Sinatra, James Seabright, Michael Roulston, Post-show Q&As, Post-show talks, Richard Shelton, Sinatra: Raw, Terri Paddock events|

Despite singing the songs of Sinatra since he was a teenager, Richard Shelton was turned down multiple times for a part in concert show The Rat Pack. When he was invited to audition for Rat Pack Confidential, he went in angry and impatient... and finally got his man.

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Q&A video and photos: How does the musical of Cabaret differ from the film?
Q&A video and photos: How does the musical of Cabaret differ from the film?

Q&A video and photos: How does the musical of Cabaret differ from the film?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T21:38:16+00:0030 August 2019|Tags: Anita Harris, Bill Kenwright Productions, Cabaret, John Partridge, Kara Lily Hayworth, Musicals, Post-show Q&As, Rufus Norris, Terri Paddock events, Tim Welton|

I've seen Rufus Norris' multi-award-winning revival of Kander & Ebb's Broadway musical classic Cabaret twice before in the West End, when it first opened in 2006 and when it returned in 2010. It now kicks off a brand-new tour and it's more powerful than ever.

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Queen of the Mist Q&A video and photos: Why should we have more Michael John LaChiusa in the UK?
Queen of the Mist Q&A video and photos: Why should we have more Michael John LaChiusa in the UK?

Queen of the Mist Q&A video and photos: Why should we have more Michael John LaChiusa in the UK?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T21:05:50+00:0021 August 2019|Tags: Brockley Jack Theatre, Charing Cross Theatre, Dom O'Hanlon, Featured Show, Michael John LaChiusa, Post-show Q&As, Queen of the Mist, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events, Trudi Camilleri|

Michael John LaChiusa was on his way back to the States by the time I chaired my post-show Q&A at the West End (and UK) premiere of his musical Queen Of The Mist - but I wonder if his ears were burning badly en route?

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The View Upstairs video and photos: What happened in New Orleans on 24 June 1973? Why should we remember?
The View Upstairs video and photos: What happened in New Orleans on 24 June 1973? Why should we remember?

The View Upstairs video and photos: What happened in New Orleans on 24 June 1973? Why should we remember?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T21:29:10+00:004 August 2019|Tags: Andy Mientus, Brian Zeilinger, Carly Mercedes Dyer, Cedric Neal, Declan Bennett, Derek Hagen, Garry Lee, Jack Maple, John Partridge, Jonathan O'Boyle, Joseph Prouse, Max Vernon, Post-show Q&As, Post-show talks, Soho Theatre, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events, The View Upstairs, Tyrone Huntley, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt|

I had just enough time to wipe away my tears - I was sobbing - at the end of The View Upstairs before jumping up after the curtain call to announce this post-show Q&A at Soho Theatre.

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Q&A photos and video: What would the late Michel Legrand think of this chamber version of his musical Amour?
Q&A photos and video: What would the late Michel Legrand think of this chamber version of his musical Amour?

Q&A photos and video: What would the late Michel Legrand think of this chamber version of his musical Amour?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T22:54:03+00:0015 May 2019|Tags: Alasdair Harvey, Amour, Anna O'Byrne, Charing Cross Theatre, Claire Machin, Danielle Tarento, Elissa Churchill, Gary Tushaw, Hannah Chissick, Jack Reitman, Jeremy Sams, Keith Ramsay, Laura Barnard, Michel Legrand, Terri Paddock events|

I'm in love with love... or more precisely with Amour, as in the lushly romantic Michel Legrand musical fantasy now receiving its UK professional premiere at Charing Cross Theatre.

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The Ministry of Biscuits Q&A video and photos: Sharing biscuits and a love of G&S with Philip Reeve and co
The Ministry of Biscuits Q&A video and photos: Sharing biscuits and a love of G&S with Philip Reeve and co

The Ministry of Biscuits Q&A video and photos: Sharing biscuits and a love of G&S with Philip Reeve and co

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-26T00:50:48+00:001 February 2019|Tags: Amy Sutton, Barons Court Theatre, Brian Mitchell, David Mounfield, Murray Simon, Philip Reeve, Post-show Q&As, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events, The Foundry Group, The Ministry of Biscuits|

Charming, delectable, delicious. And those are just the custard creams... It's not often I get offered biscuits at the post-show Q&As I chair, but at a show called The Ministry of Biscuits, it would have seemed remiss not to.

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The Showstoppers Q&A video and photos: ‘Just give us something with heart’ say the musical improv masters
The Showstoppers Q&A video and photos: ‘Just give us something with heart’ say the musical improv masters

The Showstoppers Q&A video and photos: ‘Just give us something with heart’ say the musical improv masters

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-26T00:53:50+00:001 February 2019|Tags: Adam Meggido, Andrew Pugsley, Chloe Potter, Chris Ash, Dylan Emery, Featured Show, Justin Brett, Lucy Trodd, Post-show Q&As, Ruth Bratt, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, StageFaves, Susan Harrison, Terri Paddock events, The Showstoppers|

I've been following the insanely talented improv geniuses of The Showstoppers for most of their eleven years. How do they do it? I still can't really fathom it, but I was pleased to gain a few more insights - and a new well of admiration - after chairing a post-show Q&A with them this week.

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