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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...