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Spook And Muffin's Relaxed Politics (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
I’m a Stones Girl. Susan Boyle’s CD is coming out soon. She has decided to sing “Wild Horses” on her CD, and it came out on UToob. It is a beautiful cover of a beautiful ballad. But here’s The Song that she will be remembered for – Les Miserables a novel by [...]
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Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Paula Wagner has been quiet since leaving United Artists last year, but she's ready to resurface -- and she wants her next project to be a film adaptation of "Miss Saigon" with "Precious" director Lee Daniels behind the cameras.
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Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
On the heels of the positive word of mouth brewing for his upcoming Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire , producer and director Lee Daniels is in line for a major follow-up. Though nothing is official, former United Artists executive Paula Wagner wants Daniels for a big screen version of Miss Saigon . There is, of course, a high degree of difficulty with that project, but there's also a...
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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Well, breaking news aside , there are a few more things to report today. The Telegraph and Argus reviews Northern Ballet's Wuthering Heights on stage at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford until Saturday. Lust, rage, betrayal, jealousy, revenge – and Heathcliff in tights. A night at the theatre doesn’t get much better than that. Northern Ballet Theatre’s 40th anniversary celebrations...
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Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Director LEE DANIELS is looking to remake hit stage musical MISS SAIGON for the big screen.The filmmaker is considering adapting the Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain...
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ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Having directed Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire , one of the most buzzed about movies on the festival circuit this year, the world is clearly Lee Daniels' oyster even before the movie has received its theatrical release and he's already thinking about what to tackle next with two specific projects in mind. The one that's likely to get the most immediate interest (if it happens)...
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The Written World (Free subscription) | 24/08/2009
Hi! I’m Rachel and I have been reading Kailana’s blog for about three years now. I confess to being an irregular blogger at my book blog site: a fair substitue for heaven but I try to keep my other book site www.thinkinggirlsguide.blogspot.com updated. I wanted to take this Music Monday moment to speak to you about a subject near and dear to mine heart: BROADWAY! I am lucky enough to live...
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Musical Perceptions (Free subscription) | 15/08/2009
First, the answers to the last FriPod : 1. "Song of the Plains" performed by Paul Robeson Jr. 2. "Nagen A Herzen Fuhl Ich" from New Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 65, performed by Catherine Edwards, John Alley, Jane Glover; BBC Singers. 3. "Pretty Woman" performed by Roy Orbison. 4. "Mein Tröster" from St. Mark Passion by J.S. Bach, performed by The Choir Of...
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Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 30/07/2009
The full line-up has been announced for Broadway to West End - by Special Arrangement, a gala concert taking place on 4 October 2009 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in tribute to the work of Tony Award-winning orchestrator William David Brohn (See Ph...
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Evening Standard - News (Free subscription) | 14/07/2009
The writer of West End musicals Les Misérables and Miss Saigon is selling his London home for £15million
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Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
Fresh from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, in which he made his West End debut in February (See News::E8821227694492, 26 Nov 2008), Gareth Gates will star as revolutionary Marius in the new 25th anniversary production of Les Miserabl...
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Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 16/06/2009
Les Miserables will mark its 25th birthday in 2010 by launching a major international tour of a brand-new touring production, which starts at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, where it runs 11 December 2009 to 16 January 2010. Based on Victor Hug...
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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Further news on the Chinese theatre adaptation of Jane Eyre As both China Daily and CCTV report: The theme posters of NCPC's first original drama production "Jane Eyre" are released Wednesday at a press conference in the National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPC) on June 10, 2009. Lead cast members of "Jane Eyre" performed the "wedding scene" during the press conference....
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The Guardian - The blog Theatre (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
Billy Elliot may have danced off with the trophies, but its success isn't likely to be repeated So Billy Elliot the Musical has emerged the runaway winner of this year's Tony awards , taking a hefty 10 out of the 15 prizes for which it was nominated, and granting Britain a night of triumph on Broadway to rival its success at the Oscars . The haul of trophies brought nearly all the show's creators...
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Learning Curve on the Ecliptic (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
Les Miserables, the musical version of Victor Hugo's famous novel of the same name, turned out to be one of the 20th century's most popular shows. It has been in the news again during the past few weeks. Two contestants on TV's Britain's Got Talent have sung songs from the show and wowed audiences, not only in the theater and on TV in Britain, but worldwide via video clips.Susan Boyle, about