Follies review: Northern Ireland Opera’s Sondheim show delivers dazzling spectacle and musical virtuosity
At the Grand Opera House in Belfast, Lesley Garrett and Jacqueline Dankworth star in Cameron Menzies’ adept production
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We know charm is routinely weaponised in politics, business and personal relationships. Still, we’re not always immune to charming people, and maybe we don’t want to be
Musicals for grown ups: Stephen Sondheim presents ‘life deconstructed and laid bare, in all its confusion and disarray’
Queen’s University Belfast academic Richard Schoch says the American composer’s works are high art that explore the human condition with precision, and remain fresh for each new generation
West Side Story: An eye-opening production of a modern classic
Theatre: If you know the musical only from the 1961 and 2021 film versions, you’ll find Lonny Price’s staging a surprise
Grammy awards 2022: Olivia Rodrigo and Silk Sonic triumph
Ukraine’s president Zelenskiy makes cameo at scandal free ceremony after Oscars chaos
West Side Story's Ariana DeBose: ‘I was enamoured with Rita Moreno’
The performer and actor on playing the classic role of Anita in Steven Spielberg's remake
West Side Story: Sondheim’s lyrics still crackle in Spielberg’s movie
Review: Steven Spielberg revives Bernstein and Sondheim’s classic musical for the screen
Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91
Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, and composed Sweeney Todd
Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘I do know what it is like to be a struggling songwriter’
The Hamilton creator reflects on his career and his debut film, Tick, Tick… Boom!
Tuning out: The strange case of the apparent death of the film musical
Dear Evan Hansen screen adaptation comes during a fraught period for the always imperilled genre
Ian McKellen as Hamlet: Is ageism the last great barrier in the arts industry?
Will the critics let them be sexagenarian murderers in peace? I wouldn’t count on it
Zoom singalongs helping older people overcome pandemic isolation
The NCH’s Tea Dance Tunes on Zoom are bringing music into homes and care facilities
Adam Driver: ‘Acting is not glamorous in its making’
The Oscar-nominated Marriage Story actor on why he will not watch himself on screen
Marriage Story: A bitter divorce war with a surprisingly soft heart
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