musical adaptation

Elvis Costello’s musical adaptation is ‘fitfully engaging’ | Theatre | Entertainment

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Elvis Costello’s musical adaptation is ‘fitfully engaging’ | Theatre | Entertainment

Based on Elia Kazan’s 1957 movie, this musical adaptation with songs by Elvis Costello is ostensibly about the power of the media to influence and manipulate the electorate. It charts the rise of a Arkansas drifter ‘Lonesome’ Rhodes (Ramin Karimloo) who is picked up by ambitious local radio producer Marcia (Anoushka Lewis) to appear on … Read more

Your Lie in April review: Endearingly odd musical adaptation of teen m | Theatre | Entertainment

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Your Lie in April review: Endearingly odd musical adaptation of teen m | Theatre | Entertainment

Musicals based on Japanese manga are all the rage, it seems. Following closely on the heels of Death Note comes this musical adaptation of Naoshi Arakawa’s celebrated manga-turned-anime about teenage romance and the healing power of music. The English version with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics from Carly Robyn Green & Tracy Miller is … Read more