Category Archives: Sunderland Empire

42nd Street @ Sunderland Empire

  The ultimate toe-tapping show in town Based on a film of the same name which has become synonymous with lavish musical numbers choreographed by Busby Berkeley, it was always going to be interesting to see how a cast of hundreds … Continue reading

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South Pacific at Sunderland Empire

  The South Pacific – A vast expanse of emptiness dotted with little island gems The world was a very different place when Rodgers and Hammerstein created South Pacific.  It was larger, less travelled and as such, more mysterious.  Peoples’ … Continue reading

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Chicago at Sunderland Empire

  Most people have heard of, or seen, Chicago – for many it was the 2002 movie starring Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta Jones that brought them to the delights of Matron Mama Morton and her death row divas but … Continue reading

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Sister Act – Superior or just habit forming ?

We all know the Whoopi Goldberg film about a Reno lounge singer trying to make it big by singing at the local gangsters club only to witness him ‘offing’ a snitch and having to go into protective custody as a … Continue reading

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January, February ?.. any month is great for The Calendar Girls

What do you get if you blend the cream of British actresses, icons from the stage & screen, comedic genius and a heart warming story made all the more amazing because it was true ?? No, give in ? Then … Continue reading

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