Maria Friedman and Friends: Legacy review – who’s up for a cabaret lock-in?
Looking back at the work of Sondheim, Hamlisch and Legrand, with glorious songs and personal stories, this is a mixed bag of a show
May 2019
Amour review – Michel Legrand's daft musical about Montmartre's Robin Hood
Despite witty couplets and a zippy staging, this whimsical tale struggles to engage
January 2019
Michel Legrand obituary
Michel Legrand, Oscar-winning composer, dies aged 86
September 2018
Soundtrack legend Michel Legrand: 'I've been an adventurer!'
He wrote the soundtracks to some of the greatest films ever, winning Oscars and partying with the stars. As he hits Britain, the 86-year-old Frenchman recalls fights with his mother – and benders with Miles Davis
January 2016
Various: Jazz on Film – The New Wave II review – a rich and enjoyable collection
British jazz comes into its own on this eight-CD compilation of soundtracks from the late 1950s and early 60s
March 2014
Musicals we love
Musicals we love: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
I anticipated disaster when I heard that Kneehigh were staging Jacques Demy's vibrant and bittersweet film but the result genuinely changed my life, writes Maddy Costa
February 2014
Philip French's classic DVD
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The second film in Jacques Demy's seaside trilogy stars Catherine Deneuve as a reluctant newlywed in a hymn to the Hollywood musical, writes Philip French
April 2012
Michel Legrand – review
It's difficult to believe that Michel Legrand – a greying Parisian with a startling resemblance to TV scientist James Burke – is 80, because he still plays with such intensity and accuracy, writes John Lewis
November 2011
Michel Legrand: Noël! Noël!! Noël!!! – review
A big band Christmas for some big-time stars for the great Frenchman's 80th birthday, writes John Fordham
June 2011
Michel Legrand – review
Legrand displayed his jazz/classical virtuosity in this all-originals show, writes John Fordham
March 2011
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - review
Michel Legrand puts his Umbrellas up indoors
October 2010
The 25 best romantic films of all time
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: No 14 best romantic film of all time
Jacques Demy, 1964
August 2009
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
This is a very welcome rerelease of Demy's delightful 1967 musical, a homage to Minnelli, Donen and MGM, says Philip French
February 2009
Michel Legrand and Alison Moyet
Shaw Theatre, London: A great melodic inventor and soundtrack composer comfortable with angst, thrills and romance, says John L Walters
August 2008
Theatre blog
Marguerite and the death of the West End musical
The curtain will fall seven weeks early on Michel Legrand's Marguerite. Was the show flawed or are serious musicals simply doomed in today's Theatreland?
May 2008
Marguerite
Can we feel for a dying heroine when she's a collaborator, asks Michael Billington
