Wicked, the ‘untold story of the witches of Oz’, celebrates its eighth birthday in the West End today.
Happy 8th Birthday Wicked!
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Tag Archives: Broadway
How do you solve a problem like an injured Elphaba?
When a show is hit by bad news, how do you react? Crises sort the wheat from the chaff and the inexperienced or timid can be overwhelmed. But the truly successful not only cope with it, but make a virtue of it.
West End economics better than Broadway? Not always, says Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s next project may launch on Broadway rather than London, despite the generally-accepted view that economics are kinder in London. Why?
Economically elitist? Opera vs Book of Mormon
Most people assume that opera is expensive: an artform inaccessible to most people.
Compare Rigoletto and The Book of Mormon and you may be surprised.
The extraordinary cost of Elphaba’s costume
Theatrical costumes can be eye-wateringly expensive. But is the cost justified? And why does Elphaba’s black dress cost so much? And why does it matter?
Oh, what a circus! Oh, what a show!
Circus thrived in the Hippodromes of Edwardian London… but why has it disappeared from the West End and Broadway when it is going from strength to strength in Las Vegas? And might it return?
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