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Images have been released offering a first look at the cast of Stephen Oliver and Tim Rice's Blondel, which opens at the Union Theatre this week. Blondel premiered in the West End in 1983, and was the ...
Tim Rice has written 15 shows including Tycoon (Lyricist), Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyricist), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Bookwriter), Evita (Bookwriter), Blondel (Bookwriter ...
"More than thirty years after its creation, I still enjoy listening to Stephen Oliver's marvellous score for 'Blondel', which was this great classical composer's one foray into commercial musical ...
We’ve got a new team in who helped to restructure the storyline (as per Blondel) and it seemed to work really well as a tabletop production, but the plan is to bring it to Broadway late next year.
Tim Rice said: "I'm delighted Blondel is returning to the stage. It was one of the most enjoyable projects of my career, and I've always felt Stephen Oliver's wonderful music deserved a larger ...
Blondel’s humour is too lame for laughs ... with stumblebum innocence though his voice is woefully underpowered. Rice has a witty way with a rhyme and Stephen Oliver’s music is largely ...
TIM RICE: Yes, I think it is ... RICE: I did a show called Blondel in England, which ran in the West End for something like a year, and has had one or two productions since.
Rice, in his first work after his rupture with ... but some serious under-casting weakens the romantic subplot. BLONDEL Union, London SE1 (Tickets 020 7261 9876; uniontheatre.biz; £25) ...
Rice collaborated with composer Stephen Oliver on the medieval story “Blondel” (1983) and later wrote “Chess” (1985) with pop artists Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Anderson (of ABBA).
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