January 16, 2006
TIME ZONE RULE? WHAT TIME ZONE RULE?
Cultural gap filled at last by Thatcher, the Musical (Jack Malvern, The Times, January 16th, 2006)
Think of a brass-lunged anthemic diva such as Aretha Franklin or Shirley Bassey. Now imagine them belting out a song that begins, “I’m the iron in your bloodstream”, while the backing singers respond with a chorus of, “Haemoglobin, haemoglobin”.No, it’s not a British Medical Association adaptation of Bohemian Rhapsody; it’s the long-overdue Thatcher: The Musical. A production feting and satirising her life receives its world premiere at the 550-seat Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry on February 7 before a national tour.
What chance do you think the Judd children have of seeing Disney World this year?
Posted by Peter Burnet at January 16, 2006 5:03 AMActually they're going there Feb. 1!
Posted by: Dorothy Judd at January 16, 2006 6:36 AMCombine it with Oh, Calcutta and you've got something.....
Posted by: oj at January 16, 2006 9:01 AMWhat does Disney have to do with this abomination of a musical?
Posted by: "Edward" at January 16, 2006 11:01 AMOJ: Maybe the curtains are black velvet. Or leather.
Posted by: David Cohen at January 16, 2006 11:04 AMWho is cast in the lead? Please tell me it's Julia Roberts.
Posted by: joe shropshire at January 16, 2006 11:23 AMIs Roberta Flack available to sing?
Posted by: ratbert at January 16, 2006 11:49 AMEnd of Act I is Dennis singing The Song about his Mags. Lyrics altered slightly tho.
(Can any imaginative minds come up with the new lyrics?)
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at January 16, 2006 12:42 PMOJ won't have to leave his time zone to see it tho.
By this summer he'll be producing Thatcher the Musical at the summer stock theater in New London.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at January 16, 2006 12:47 PM