No treat for audiences at the Halloween opening night of More Sex Please…We’re Seniors, just a show that is over-long, under-rehearsed and generally free from the charm and wit that make musical theatre […]
More Sex Please…We’re Seniors mini-review
Elaine Paige in Concert mini-review
Show biz survivor Elaine Paige impresses with a highly theatrical showcase of her stellar career. The voice may not be what it once was, with arrangements and keys altered to avoid the […]
All Shook Up mini-review
Not an official review per se but more the happy ramblings of a grateful audience member finally given the chance to see a show they have adored (on cd) for seven years.
2012 Broadway Play reviews
We used to call them “those shows without songs,” but this year’s plays have plenty of songs and music. In fact, two plays took Tony nominations for Best Score, a category that […]
Mozart Marathon
Royal Opera have advertised their Mozart-da Ponte cycle as having some connection to the Olympics year. That connection is not in any way apparent when seeing the operas, but why let that […]
Shall We Dance?
Two current West End musicals hark back to Man in Chair’s heyday as a ‘dancer’. Such happy memories of performing these shows in wonderful productions at CLOC Musical Theatre. Both shows owe […]
There’s a Gorilla in my Opera
Back from Europe, Man in Chair has time for a few more operas before heading back to Australia. ENO has opened a new production of Offenbach’s melodious creation The Tales of Hoffmann. […]
Scaling La Scala
Milan’s La Scala – the jewel in the crown of European opera houses. But does it live up to the legend? The answer is a resounding yes, if for no other reason […]
Moneyed Music in Munich
Grand and austere on the outside, the auditorium of Munich Opera House glitters like a musk and gold jewelry box. Dress standards are uniformly high but the friendly warmth seen in the […]
The People’s Opera
Volksoper provides opera for the people. And operetta. And musicals. And ballet. How wonderful for the people of Vienna to have such a charming, prolific and affordable opera house in their midst. […]
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