BWW Review: BLAX THE MUSICAL at Lucernaire
Playing at the arthouse venue Le Lucernaire just off of Luxembourg Gardens until October 31st, you won't want to miss this wild, action packed, musical tribute to blaxploitation, soul, and funk.
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BWW Review: BLOOD BROTHERS at Chateau de Karreveld
After a cancelled season, Bruxellons! Festival briefly decided to go ahead with what for francophones will be a delicious discovery of a show, despite production uncertainties and a lack of support from the Belgian government.
BWW Review: SINGIN IN THE RAIN at Opéra Massy
After several delays due to the pandemic, it was good to be back at the Massy Opéra, one of France's premiere musical theater venues now, after Cabaret and Into the Woods, this time for two performances (June 24th and 25th) of a brand-new Arts Lyrica production of Singin' in the Rain, spoken in Fre
BWW Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA at Châtelet
For only four performances the past two weekends, the Châtelet in Paris was alive again with the sound of musicals we’ve been missing so much here.
BWW Review: VICTOR CUNO'S BROADWAY CABARET at Théâtre des Voyageurs
All through lockdown, many French musical theater performers have been lucky enough to be able to go on developing their craft, tapping their troubles away with master teacher Victor Cuno, who in turn took the opportunity to use their talents to create a new show, simply called Victor Cuno's Broadwa
BWW Review: AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS at Théâtre Mogador
The team that just brought us The Adventures of Tom Sawyers, which had two runs, last season are already back at Théâtre Magador with a new musical: Around the World in 80 Days.
BWW Review: THE PAJAMA GAME at Opéra De Rennes
After the concert version of West Side Story and an extensive tour of the musical Bells Are Ringing, director Jean Lacornerie and musical director Gérard Lecointe have chosen to collaborate again, delivering to the French public a comparatively little known musical of the 50s, The Pajama Game, whic
BWW Review: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS at Châtelet
An American in Paris is back in Paris.
BWW Review: ELECTRO SYPMPHONIC PROJECT: LAURENT COUSON at La Seine Musicale
Teaming up with DJs Tom Fire, Benoit Lugue, and Charles Schillings, Laurent Couson has come up a delightful concoction, Electro Symphonic Project.
BWW Review: GHOST at Mogador
After an exciting season of Chicago, Mogador is introducing Parisian audiences to one of the very best musical adaptations, if not one of the most successful, of a famous movie: the much-loved Ghost from popular 90s American cinema.
BWW Review: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN at Fakkel Theater
From August 30 to September 15, Inteam Production is presenting the Belgian premiere of Kander & Ebb's masterpiece Kiss of the Spider Woman, based on the novel by Manuel Puig and the award-winning movie version in 1985.
BWW Review: HUCKELBERRY FINN at Théâtre De La Huchette
After the Trophy winners La Poupée Sanglante and Comedians!, to mention but a couple, Franck Desmedt has brought another jewel the tiny but cosy Thétre de la Huchette.
BWW Review: MICHEL FOR EVER at Théâtre De Poche
A year after his critically acclaimed Berlin Kabarett in the same Theatre de Poche in the Montparnasse neighborhood, Stephane Druet and his partner in crime Daphne Tesson are paying a well deserved tribute to their idol: The great Michel Legrand.
BWW Review: MARLENE DIETRICH: THE BLUE ANGEL'S SLEEPLESS NIGHTS at Théâtre Du Nord Ouest
During her inaugural speech for a square named in honor of Marlene Dietrich in the posh 16th arrondissement in 2003, Ms.
BWW Review: LA BOULE ROUGE at Théâtre Des Variétés
In 1920s Paris, aristocrats, artists, veterans, businessmen, workers, and peasants all gather for drinks and music at The Baron's Tavern.
BWW Review: LA TOUR DE 300 MÈTRES at Théâtre Des Mathurins
After several showcases, including one in the actual Eiffel Tower, La Tour de 300 metres, an original musical with books and lyrics by Marc Deren, finally has an extended run at the Theatre des Mathurins.
BWW Review: GUYS AND DOLLS at Théâtre Marigny
After Michel Le Grand's Donkeyskin, which gave the genius composer one more chance to see his immortal music on the stage and the intimate Sondheim review Marry Me a Little in the Studio, Theatre Marigny and Jean-Luc Choplin are now getting into the real thing by putting on a full production of clas
BWW Review: THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL at THEATRE DE LA RENAISSANCE
Creating a kids' musical based on a tale of the death of a little girl in appalling circumstances is making a risky bet, but in the case of The LittleMatch Girl at the Theatre de la Renaissance in Paris, a successful one.
BWW Review: MARRY ME A LITTLE at Marigny Theater
After his extensive Stephen Sondheim cycle at Chatelet, which began with A Little Light Music in 2011 and ended with Passion in 2016, Jean-Luc Choplin is now going on with his introduction to the French public of his favorite Broadway composer at the Marigny Theater, presenting a lesser known song c
BWW Review: LE PRENOM at Theatre Edouard VII
This French original packs a punch
BWW Review: CYRANO DE BERGERAC at Le Grenier De Babouchka
Sometimes revisiting a story that you know can be boring; not so with this production by Le Grenier de Babouchka! Cyrano de Bergerac is known the world over and takes lots of care when anyone decides to mount it.
BWW Review: OUPS at The Moulin Des Roches Cabaret
Life is a cabaret in Toulouse thanks to The Moulin des Roches Cabaret in the nearby village of Mauzac.
