Anyone who knows me, even remotely, is well aware I’m quite excited for this Tuesday, 1 March, as it is the official opening night performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production of The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium, and I will be in attendance! The show has been, publicly, in development since the announcement of [...]
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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’: Expectations
Posted in Review, Theatre, United Kingdom, tagged Andrew Lloyd Webber, Danielle Hope, Judy Garland, Lauren Samuels, London Palladium, Over the Rainbow, The Wizard of Oz, Wicked, Wizard of Oz on 26 February 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Judy Garland and The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium
Posted in Movies, Theatre, United Kingdom, tagged Andrew Lloyd Webber, Carnegie Hall, Danielle Hope, I Could Go On Singing, Judy Garland, London Palladium, Michael Crawford, Phantom of the Opera, The Wizard of Oz, Tim Rice, Wizard of Oz on 9 February 2011 | 1 Comment »
There are few venues as identified with Judy Garland during her post-MGM concert career as the London Palladium. Certainly the RKO Palace and Carnegie Hall as well, but Judy Garland’s second career began, in earnest, on 9 April 1951, at the London Palladium. So, it seems quite appropriate that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production [...]
