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Whistle Down The Wind (1996 Musical)
''Whistle Down the Wind'' is a musical with music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who also co-wrote its book with Patricia Knop and Gale Edwards, and its lyrics were written by Jim Steinman. It is based on the 1961 film '' Whistle Down the Wind'', whose source novel of the same name was written by Mary Hayley Bell in 1959. The musical premièred in 1996 at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., and a concept album was released in 1998. It was produced in the West End in 1998 and has been revived several times since then and toured extensively. History US premiere The show premièred at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. on 12 December 1996, starring Davis Gaines as the Man and Irene Molloy as Swallow. It drew mostly negative reviews, and the Broadway opening that had been scheduled for 17 April 1997, was subsequently cancelled. Lloyd Rose, the ''Washington Post'' reviewer wrote that the musical "...is just dull...Steinman and Lloyd Webber's differing styles o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948), is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. Several of his songs have been widely recorded and were successful outside of their parent musicals, such as "Memory" from '' Cats,'' "The Music of the Night" and " All I Ask of You" from ''The Phantom of the Opera'', "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from ''Evita'', and " Any Dream Will Do" from '' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.'' In 2001, ''The New York Times'' referred to him as "the most commercially successful composer in history". ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked him the "fifth most powerful person in British culture" in 2008, lyricist Don Black writing "Andrew more or less single-ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldwych Theatre
The Aldwych Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Aldwych in the City of Westminster, central London. It was listed Grade II on 20 July 1971. Its seating capacity is 1,200 on three levels. History Origins The theatre was constructed in the newly built Aldwych as a pair with the Waldorf Theatre, now known as the Novello Theatre. Both buildings were designed in the Edwardian Baroque style by W. G. R. Sprague. The Aldwych Theatre was funded by Seymour Hicks in association with the American impresario Charles Frohman, and built by Walter Wallis of Balham. The theatre opened on 23 December 1905 with a production of ''Blue Bell'', a new version of Hicks's popular pantomime ''Bluebell in Fairyland''. In 1906, Hicks's ''The Beauty of Bath'', followed in 1907 by '' The Gay Gordons'', played at the theatre. In February 1913, the theatre was used by Serge Diaghilev and Vaslav Nijinsky for the first rehearsals of ''Le Sacre du Printemps'' before its première in Paris during May. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew James Thomas
Matthew James Elwyn Thomas (born 3 March 1988), also occasionally credited as Matthew Thomas, is a British actor who has made appearances in television, film, and theater. He is known for his television roles including the BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning, ''The Lost Prince'', and the ITV drama-musical show, ''Britannia High''. In the U.S., Thomas is best known for having played the title role in the 2013 Broadway revival of ''Pippin'', which received a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. He was also a late addition to the U.S. national tour of ''Pippin'' in 2014. He had his Broadway debut in 2010 playing Peter Parker in '' Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' directed by Julie Taymor, with music by U2's Bono and Edge. In 2013, Thomas was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for his performance in the title role in ''Pippin'', and, in 2015, he was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical for his performance a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Cooper,
Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname), a family name of Irish origin Places United States * Hannah, Georgia * Hanna City, Illinois * Hanna, Indiana * Hanna, Louisiana * Hannah, Michigan * Hanna, Missouri * Hannah, North Dakota * Hanna, Oklahoma * Hannah, South Carolina * Hanna, South Dakota * Hanna, Utah * Hanna, West Virginia * Hanna, Wyoming * Hannah Run, a stream in Ohio Elsewhere * Hanna, Alberta, Canada, a town * Hannah, a small village in Hannah cum Hagnaby, a civil parish in Lincolnshire, England * Hana, Iran, a city in Isfahan Province * Hanna, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, a village * Haná (German spelling: Hanna), an ethnic region in Moravia, Czech Republic * Hannah Island (Greenland) * Hanna Lake, a lake near Quetta, Pakistan Ships * , a destroyer escort acquired by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Buckley (actor)
James Patrick Buckley (born 14 August 1987) is an English actor, musician, YouTuber and streamer. He is best known for playing Jay Cartwright in the E4 sitcom ''The Inbetweeners.'' Early life and education James Patrick Buckley was born in Croydon, England. His father was a postman and his mother worked for the Home Office. It was while taking part in school plays that Buckley found out how much he enjoyed performing and, from the age of seven, started going to a stage school at weekends. The family later moved to Dagenham and by the age of eleven, Buckley began his first professional jobs in the West End shows '' Whistle Down the Wind'' and ''Les Misérables''. The same year, he also began attending The Chafford School. Buckley stated that school interested him so little, that he did not collect his GCSE results. Career Buckley's first role was in 2001 as Johnny Vaughan's twelve-year-old godson in the BBC sitcom '' 'Orrible''. He then appeared in a Hellmann's advertisement i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Tointon
Hannah Tointon (born 28 December 1987) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Katy Fox in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' and Tara Brown in sitcom ''The Inbetweeners''. Early life Tointon was born to parents Ken and Carol. She and her actress sister Kara (born 1983) were brought up in Leigh-on-Sea and attended St Michael's School, Leigh, and St Hilda's School in Westcliff-on-Sea. Career Tointon's first appearance on television was in the CBBC hit sitcom ''Kerching!'', where she played Tamsin, the love interest of the main character Taj Lewis. Her next role was in the series ''Star 2003'' where she played the character Billie. Following this, she played Celina Johnson in the British police drama series ''The Bill''. She also portrayed Casey in the horror film '' The Children''. In 2006, she appeared in the television series ''Murder City'', where she played Bethany Williams in the episode "Just Seventeen". She also appeared in ''Dream Team'' as Savannah Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie
Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1991) is an English singer. She has attained charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, including Clean Bandit's "Rockabye (song), Rockabye", which peaked at number one, as well as "Alarm (Anne-Marie song), Alarm", "Ciao Adios", "Friends (Marshmello and Anne-Marie song), Friends", "2002 (song), 2002", "Don't Play" and "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)". Her debut studio album, ''Speak Your Mind'', was released in 2018 and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Anne-Marie was nominated for four awards at the 2019 Brit Awards, including Best British Female Solo Artist. To date she has been nominated for ten Brit Awards and has also received a nomination for a Billboard Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Music Award. In 2015, she signed a record deal with Asylum Records, Asylum (a sub-label of Atlantic Records) and began releasing her work through the label. In 2021, she released her second studio album, Therapy (Anne-Marie album), ''Therapy'', and began ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie J
Jessica Ellen Cornish (born 27 March 1988), known professionally as Jessie J, is an English singer. Born and raised in London, she began her career on stage, aged 11, with a role in the West End musical '' Whistle Down the Wind''. She studied at the BRIT School before signing with Gut Records and striking a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. After signing with Republic Records, Jessie J came to prominence following the release of her debut single, "Do It Like a Dude". Her following single, "Price Tag", topped the charts in nineteen countries including the UK and was followed by the release of her debut album, ''Who You Are (Jessie J album), Who You Are'' (2011), which peaked at number two in the UK. Other singles from the album included "Nobody's Perfect (Jessie J song), Nobody's Perfect", "Who You Are (Jessie J song), Who You Are", "Domino (Jessie J song), Domino" and "Laserlight (song), Laserlight", all of which peaked within the top ten on the UK Singles Chart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Michelle Kelly
Laura Michelle Kelly (born 4 March 1981) is an English actress and singer, best known for originating the roles of Mary Poppins in ''Mary Poppins'' in the West End, for which she received the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies in '' Finding Neverland'' on Broadway. Early life Kelly was born in Totton near Southampton, Hampshire, and moved to a farm on the Isle of Wight with her family, her mother's birthplace and where her father and mother first met. She attended Newchurch Primary, Solent Middle and Sandown High. Her first musical appearance was in ''Bugsy Malone'' in middle school. She studied with a local singing teacher, Barbara Walter, who cast Kelly in amateur productions at local theatres, including Shanklin Stagecoach of Performing Arts School. Career Musical theatre Kelly's West End musical credits include ''Beauty and the Beast'', '' Whistle Down The Wind'' as Swallow (2000) (with a 10-year-old Jessie J), ''Les Misérables'' as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Carter
Glenn Carter (born 27 March 1964) is an English stage actor and singer-songwriter performing leading roles in musicals staged in London's West End. Early life Carter was born in Staffordshire, England. He trained at the Arts Educational School in London. Performing career West End productions Carter has appeared on London's West End stages in musical productions such as ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', '' Grease'', ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', ''Chess'', '' Whistle Down the Wind'', and ''Les Misérables''.Internet Movie DatabaseGlenn Carter page/ref> In 2008, Carter took up the role of "Tommy DeVito" in the London premiere of the musical, ''Jersey Boys'', a part which he continued to play until March 2010. Carter has been cast as Jesus in several productions of ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. In 1996, 23 years after the closure of the original production of ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', the Really Useful Theatre Company revived the show in the West End, in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérôme Pradon
Jérôme Pradon (born 3 June 1964) is a French actor and singer who has performed in the West End, in Paris and in various other places around the world. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Theatre In 1991, Pradon made his musical debut in Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's ''Les Misérables'', as Marius at the Theatre Mogador in Paris. This show led to his first West End appearance: playing the role of Chris in ''Miss Saigon'' (1992–93). He followed this with a debut in Toronto, Canada, where he originated the title role of ''Napoleon'' (1994). In 1995, travelling back and forth between France and England, Pradon performed in several productions including La Java des Mémoires, directed by Roger Louret and ''Assassins'' by Stephen Sondheim. Later that year he played the role of student revolutionary Courfeyrac in the 10th anniversary run of ''Les Misérables''. Remaining in London, Pradon created the role of Guillaume in the Olivie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Turner (actor)
John Turner (born 7 July 1932) is a British television actor. Career One of Turner's most recognisable roles was that of Roderick Spode (6 episodes, 1991–1993) in the ITV television series ''Jeeves and Wooster'', based on the P. G. Wodehouse novels. He had performed the same role earlier in his career at Her Majesty's Theatre, London in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical flop ''Jeeves''. Turner made his television debut in 1957, playing a hillbilly in ''Operation Fracture''. In 1963 he appeared in 5/13 episodes of ''The Sentimental Agent'' as Bill Randall and in four episodes replaced the lead character played by Carlos Thompson. In a career that lasted more than 40 years, he also appeared in 36 episodes of ''Knight Errant Limited'' as Adam Knight (1959–1960), as well as in episodes of ''Z-Cars'' (1967), ''The Saint'' (1968), ''The Champions'' (1968), ''Fall of Eagles'' (1974), the TV mini series ''Lorna Doone'' (1976), '' Heartbeat'' (1992), ''The Adventures of Young India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
