| In the Evening Standard... | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 3:04:49 AM by Blog57 Team | | Don't forget to pick up your Evening Standard all this week for your free Odeon cinema ticket. Each ticket is redeemable on the corresponding day next week. So if you get Monday's paper you can get free entry to any London Odeon cinema* on Monday 30th October and so on. MONDAY 25th October Win tickets to see the 39 StepsThis brand new version will be performed by four actors playing a minimum of 150 roles and contains every single legendary scene from the award-winning movie including the chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the death-defying finale. We have 25 pairs of tickets to give away to our lucky readers. Click here to enter TUESDAY 24 October Win tickets to see Guys and Dolls Guys and Dolls tells the story of a group of small-time gamblers and the ladies in their lives and is now starring Patrick Swayze, Samantha Janus and Amy Nuttall.... | |
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| | | Swayze Extends London Guys and Dolls Run through Oct. 7 | | Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 9:17:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | Patrick Swayze has extended his run as marriage-phobic gambler Nathan Detroit in the hit London revival of Guys and Dolls, according to Whatsonstage.com. He will now stay with the show through October 7th.Swayze, who was originally slated to play a limited 8-week engagement through September 23rd, joined the cast of Guys and Dolls on July 27th (he had been scheduled for earlier, but postponed opening in the show due to illness).In addition, Adam Cooper and Kelly Price--who play lovebirds Sky Masterson and Sarah Brown--have also extended their contracts through October 7th. Claire Sweeney, who plays Miss Adelaide, will leave the show on September 9th. A replacement has not been announced for the actress, who will reprise her role in the UK tour, which will also feature Ben Richards and Joe McGann.Swayze, who made his Broadway debut as Danny in Grease, has also appeared on Broadway in Goodtime Charley and Chicago (as well as in that show's tour).... | |
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| | | Guys And Dolls | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 3:07:10 AM by Blog57 Team | | Patrick Swayze is out of the corner. After a chest infection did its worst, he who was once voted nothing less than "sexiest man in the world" has made his belated West End debut. The legions of fans he has had since the career-making Dirty Dancing in 1987 will no doubt have the time of their lives seeing their man in the flesh and in a rather fetching trilby to boot. Yet lovers of show-stopping musical theatre performances will more likely nod politely in his direction and move on. For no gambler's sleight of hand can disguise the fact that Swayze, as Nathan Detroit, has what is markedly the smaller of the two male lead roles in Frank Loesser's tune-stuffed "musical fable of Broadway". Until a rousing late rally, Swayze sings little and dances even less. Admittedly he hits the right notes of nervous braggadocio as the high-talking, lowliving, marriage-dodging organiser of the "Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York", but it is not until the duet Sue Me, at the latter end of Act Two, that he truly commands the gaping Piccadilly stage.... | |
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| | | Swayze Makes London Debut in Guys and Dolls July 27 | | Posted Saturday, July 29, 2006 9:05:13 AM by Blog57 Team | | After recovering from a chest infection, Patrick Swayze makes his delayed London stage debut in Guys and Dolls at the West Ends Piccadilly Theatre July 27. The Hollywood actor will face the critics on Aug 7. Swayze was due to star opposite Claire Sweeneys Miss Adelaide beginning July 10, joining Adam Cooper and Kelly Price as Sky and Sarah Brown, respectively. Swayze is best known for his movies Ghost and Dirty Dancing. Onstage he played Billy Flynn in Chicago and Danny Zuko in Grease, both on Broadway. Michael Grandages acclaimed revival of Frank Loessers classic musical opened on June 1, 2005, with Ewan McGregor and Jane Krakowski as Sky Masterson and Miss Adelaide. The original Broadway production of Guys and Dolls opened at the 46th Street Theatre in November 1950, running 1,200 performances before closing Nov.... | |
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| | | ERCT rolls dice and hits big with Guys & Dolls | | Posted Monday, July 24, 2006 7:25:07 AM by Blog57 Team | | With a lineup of distinguished veteran actors and one notable rookie heading the cast, Elk River Community Theatre might have its best production yet with Guys & Dolls, which opens Thursday at the high schools Zabee Theater. ERCT, marking its 30th year, picked one of the most popular musicals, but one that requires enormous effort and the talents of about 75 people between cast, orchestra and crew. We want to do a really good job to put our face out in the community and show what we can do, said Sue DeGreeff, a board member and one of the lead actors. We wanted a cast from age 16 to 60. This is one of the best musicals. Theres a lot of comedy, good rhythms, and great music. The Star News had a sneak preview of Guys & Dolls over Saturday at dress rehearsals and it is indeed a treat for all the senses, including sight, sound and funnybone.... | |
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