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Liza Pulman Sings Streisand, Lyric Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue – Review

Any show suffixed with the words ‘Sings Streisand’ is always likely to fall between two stools. Is it going to be a singer performing her songs, or a tribute act trying to sound like her? Either way I sensed the performer in question might be on a loser. Liza Pulman (pronounced ‘Lyza’) manages to pull it off, but still lands somewhere between the two. A trained opera singer and member of Fascinating Aida, Liza has an impressive vocal range more ...

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Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough…

….Thriller Live certainly hasn’t! The show opened at London’s Lyric Theatre in January 2009, just a few months before Michael Jackson’s death, and has stayed put ever since. It had already broken the Lyric Theatre’s record for longest running production when, earlier this month it played its 3358th performance and so broke the record of Jesus Christ Superstar to become the 15th longest-running musical in the West End. That doesn’t sound so very remarkable until you consider some of the shows in ...

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