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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Kelly Ripa The Late Show

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Kelly Ripa The Late Show

Kelly Ripa arrivals on The Late Show with David Letterman on the Ed Sullivan Theatre dated 17 April 2008.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Miley Cyrus American Music Awards 2007

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Miley Cyrus American Music Awards 2007

Miley Cyrus standing on the Red Carpet of the American Music Awards 2007 at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles dated 18 November 2007.

Miley Cyrus Varietys Power of Youth

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Miley Cyrus Varietys Power of Youth

Miley Cyrus participating on the Varietys Power of Youth event which is for the St. Jude Children’s Hospital at The Globe Theater, Universal Studios Hollywood dated 6 October 2007.

Disney's Hannah Montana meet Miley Cyrus

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Disney's Hannah Montana Meet Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus arrivals on the "Disney's Hannah Montana meet Miley Cyrus" CD release party at the Kodak Theater Courtyard dated 27 June 2007.

Miley Cyrus Harry Potter

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Miley Cyrus Harry Potter

Miley Cyrus on the U.S. Premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at the Graumans Chinese Theatre dated 8 July 2007.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

"Zorro" is a new musical which has been touring the UK prior to opening in London's West End later in the year. I was recently fortunate enough to catch the show and all I can say is ... it's a must-see. You may remember the Antonio Banderas movie, well this stage production brings the swashbuckling antics of the masked hero to life.

There were some technical problems during this tour, which resulted in a couple of shows being cancelled. I wasn't really surprised by this as it's a very ambitious production, with the deceptively simple set design constantly changing, and the performers leaping around and flying through the air - and don't even start me on the swordfighting: hopefully those swords weren't too sharp, or there could have been some serious damage done!!

The well-known story of good versus evil is played out by a very talented and energetic cast, who hold your attention throughout. leading man Matt Rawle has a great singing voice and displayed good acting diversity from the slightly camp Diego to his brave and macho alter ego Zorro. (Although I found his posh-theatre-accent when playing Diego, maybe just a little strange!) Another major selling point is the score written by the Gipsy Kings, which includes some of their most popular and infectious songs - "Bamboleo", "Djobi Djoba" and "Baila Me" together with some new original songs sung in English and Spanish.

The first half of the musical is dramatic and often intense, but there is a lot more humour and action in the second half and it's certainly a very lively show which held my attention throughout. There has been some criticism elsewhere on the internet that the show is too long at almost three hours, but to be honest I didn't find this a problem and thought it zipped along at a very good pace. I Whilst I was there I wondered how well this musical will go in London, as it's a bit more unconventional than the usual popular shows - will musical theatre traditionalists accept a musical with much of the material sung in Spanish, for example? (That's not a criticism from me as I love almost anything in a foreign language, but I could imagine a lot of people hating the idea).

"Zorro" is certainly very different from the norm when it comes to musical theatre, and I thought it was a great show.

Sunday, March 18, 2007

They've come a long way...

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There is no end to the craze of musicals build around artists and here is yet another one, "Never Forget" based on the music of Take That. Only thing is, Take That don't want anything to do with it. Whether they will be saying that when the royalties from the show come in is another matter. Don't get me wrong, I love TT and won't hear a word against them, but they should be cashing in at every opportunity rather than turning their back on a nice little earner.

Also, am I the only one to notice the similarity of "Shine" to Andreas Johnson's MF runner up "Sing For Me"?

Lopez Blogs

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Kelly Ripa The Late Show

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Miley Cyrus American Music Awards 2007

Miley Cyrus Varietys Power of Youth

Disney's Hannah Montana meet Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus Harry Potter

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Zorro The Musical

Sunday, March 18, 2007

They've come a long way...

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