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The Prom on Netflix Disappoints

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By Moira Armstrong This review includes spoilers and is best read after viewing The Prom on Netflix. On December 11, The Prom dropped on Netflix: the story of Emma Nolan, a lesbian in Indiana who wants to bring her girlfriend to her high school prom. However, the homophobic head of her school’s PTA, Mrs. Greene, cancels the event entirely in retaliation, and a group of Broadway actors come to help her in an attempt to challenge their narcissistic image in the press. These include the stars of a failed Eleanor Roosevelt bio-musical Dee Dee Allen and Barry Glickman, down-on-his-luck Juilliard … Continue reading The Prom on Netflix Disappoints

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[Column] Shona Louise talks Accessibility in Theatres

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Covid-19 has been in our lives for almost a year now, changing our social interactions and shutting down our theatres. We’re finding ourselves in such a unique position of being off stage for an extended period and we’re all itching to get back. Well, I am for the most part. As a disabled theatre fan I am eager to have my first show back in a theatre, but I am dreading going back to the inaccessibility I faced both as an audience member and as a theatre photographer in this industry. I’d hope we’d use this time off stage to … Continue reading [Column] Shona Louise talks Accessibility in Theatres

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Let’s Take A Look at The 2020 Tony Nominations

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With the coronavirus pandemic causing New York’s Broadway theatre district to shutdown, the 2019-2020 award season has had to make dramatic changes to its eligibility criteria. This implies that traditionally, each category would have between four to five nominees, but this year, they were indeed, limited to only three.  Aaron Tveit, Tony nominee and… Tony Winner ?  No yet! As the only nominee is in category – BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL – Aaron is supposedly a soon-to-be Tony Winner. But according to the Tony rules, if a category only has one nominee … Continue reading Let’s Take A Look at The 2020 Tony Nominations

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Elaine Paige returns to The London Palladium pantomime this Christmas

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Elaine Paige will reprise her role of the Queen Rat for the upcoming and socially distanced pantomine at the London Palladium. The news was confirmed by Elaine Paige herself on her twitter. She will join Julian Clary, Paul Zerdin, Nigel Havers, Gary Wilmot, Ashley Banjo and Diversity and Charlie Stemp. Also joining the cast are Beverley Knight and Jack Yarrow who will star in the Birminghan Hippodrome pantomine. The creative team includes director Michael Harrison, choreographer Karen Bruce, set designer Ian Westbrook, costume designer Hugh Durrant, lighting designer Ben Cracknell, sound designer Gareth Owen and composer and orchestrator Gary Hind. … Continue reading Elaine Paige returns to The London Palladium pantomime this Christmas

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“Jagged Little Pill”, “Moulin Rouge” and “Slave Play” lead the 2020 Tony Awards nominations

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Although it’s definitely been a strange and rough year for the industry due to the coronavirus outbreal, the show must go on! Back in August, The Broadway League and American Theatre Wing announced that the annual Tony Awards ceremony would still take place virtually this fall. An exciting way to keep the industry alive during this hard time, reward those who worked on-stage and backstage and celebrate a season was sadly cut short.  Continue reading “Jagged Little Pill”, “Moulin Rouge” and “Slave Play” lead the 2020 Tony Awards nominations

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Grease Spinoff series “Rise Of The Pink Ladies” moves from HBO Max to Paramount Plus

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Tell us more, tell us more! Based on the 1978 hit-movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, the new spinoff series “Grease : The Rise of the Pink Ladies” is now heading to Paramount Plus after HBO Max decided to not go ahead with the project.  “Rise Of The Pink Ladies”, an hour-long musical comedy, will tell the story of Rizzo, Jan, Marty and Frenchy and how thet came together to form the Pink Ladies before heading to Rydell High for their senior year. It will feature a handful of new songs as well as iconic numbers from the musical.  … Continue reading Grease Spinoff series “Rise Of The Pink Ladies” moves from HBO Max to Paramount Plus

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Original cast of “Hamilton” to reunite for Joe Biden fundraiser

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They’re looking for a mind that vote! This friday, the original cast of Broadway’s Hamilton will reunite to perform as part of a virtual fundraiser for presidential candidate, Joe Biden.  The reunion will feature original cast members including Leslie Odom Jr, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Phillipa Soo, Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson, Okieriete Onadowan, Javier Munoz and, of course, Lin-Manuel Miranda. Watch out, more cast members are said to be a part of this reunion as well.  A Q&A session will also take place with director Thomas Kail as a moderator. The event will go ahead on October 16, 2020 … Continue reading Original cast of “Hamilton” to reunite for Joe Biden fundraiser