20 June 2014

Simon Morris on Everything You Need to Know About this Year’s TONY Awards

The TONY Awards have once again come and gone, and if you missed out on the best night in musical theatre, you’re in luck, as this week Simon Morris is here to give you the low down. The 68th Annual TONY Awards The TONY Awards are to the musical theatre world what the Grammy’s are to music and the OSCARS are to film; the one night of the year where players in this world get the recognition they deserve for their stellar work over the past 12 months. This year’s TONY Awards (68th) once again took place at the Radio City Music Hall, one of...

12 June 2014

Why Are We All Reading the Book of Mormon?

Broadway musical The Book of Mormon is a runaway success, and this week I wanted to get to the bottom of its momentous popularity, and ask, just why are we all reading the Book of Mormon? Tomorrow is a Latter Day It tells the story two young Mormon missionaries who are sent to a remote village in Northern Uganda to spread the good word. When they get there however, they find the locals less than receptive, as they have far too many problems of their own to deal with and subsequently, the young men see their own worldview challenged. With...

5 June 2014

The Versatility of the Musical Theatre Heroine

What fascinates me about the role of the heroine in musical theatre is that it comes in so many shapes and sizes, speaking to the audience on an array of differing levels, which is why on the Simon Morris blog this week, I want to explore the versatility of the musical theatre heroine. The Societal View of the View of Women To play a heroine on the musical theatre stage is no easy task. Women often get the hardest, most vocally challenging of numbers, the most elaborate of costumes, the most strenuous of dance routines. Technically, it’s...