Half a Sixpence Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Conn.; 398 seats; $63 top Production: A Goodspeed Musicals presentation of a musical in two acts with music and lyrics by David Heneker, book by ...

David Heneker, 94, British lyricist who wrote the score for “Half a Sixpence” and other musicals. Heneker’s musical career began after World War II when he was a pianist in London clubs and ...

HALF A SIXPENCE, the summer production at the Goodspeed Opera House, is a bouncy, romantic musical that will leave you laughing and wanting more. Enjoy the antics of young Arthur Kipps - a ...

The current production of the 60s musical Half a Sixpence, running at Chichester Festival Theatre through September 3, has announced a transfer to the West End. It will begin performances October ...

And now, for the first time in 50 years, the West End is alive again to the sound of Half a Sixpence, thanks in part to Fellowes’s clever overhaul of the book that was one unsatisfactory feature ...

The old-fashioned musical that gave Tommy Steele his big theatrical break in 1963 is now a work of vibrant beauty, with new songs and energy. Writer Julian Fellowes and the composer/lyricist team ...

Half a Sixpence, also known as Kipps - The New Half A Sixpence Musical, is a stage musical adaptation of H.G. Wells's 1905 novel Kipps. The original 1963 musical featured British pop star Tommy ...

An hour and a half into Half a Sixpence, a horrifying word flashes on the screen: Intermission. Can it be that the spectator, already stupefied by an aimless plot, nameless characters and fameless ...

s heavily staged concert version of Half a Sixpence single-handedly. He's a bloomin' sensation. Not only does the winsome Peterson impel the show's heartrending dramatic journey, establish its ...

you could no more object to ‘Half A Sixpence’ than you could a cuddle with a puppy. In Edwardian Kent, big-hearted haberdasher’s apprentice Arthur Kipps inherits a small fortune, pursues ...