Thursday, August 9, 2018
It is 1626 and a young d'Artagnan heads for Paris, determined to join the King's Musketeers. After befriending legendary Musketeers Athos, Aramis and Porthos, the four friends quickly become…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:33AMWednesday, August 8, 2018
As the first play to be funded by Bitcoin, the origins of Alex Oates' play Silk Road are as intriguing as the contents. For those who are unfamiliar with the name, Silk Road was the now defu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24AMSunday, August 5, 2018
What would you do to achieve your dream of becoming an actor How long would you wait for the call that will change everything What would you suffer to be able to watch and wait for the dream…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18AMSunday, July 29, 2018
There are live performers who bring a charisma and immediate sense of warmth and charm to the stage, along with an astounding talent. Joe Stilgoe is one such performer sliding onto the tiny …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12AMThursday, July 26, 2018
Based on the hugely popular Dreamworks animation, Madagascar The Musical brings the much-loved film to life in an energetic whirl of funky dance routines and quirky characters.After becoming…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48AMWednesday, July 18, 2018
BWW Reviewers Reflect On Why We Return To Long-running Shows
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06AMSunday, July 15, 2018
Fringe festivals can be places where performances are to be endured, rather than enjoyed. Fortunately, they can also showcase absorbing and innovative work. As part of Playmill, the King's H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32AMFriday, July 13, 2018
To present the world premiere of a re-discovered play written by Great War veteran and poet Robert Graves in the centenary year of the First World War is something of a coup for the tiny Fin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12AMTuesday, June 19, 2018
In this time of endless Brexit questions, the NHS in crisis and the world generally seeming to be going to hell in a handcart, a lighthearted and exuberant show like Legally Blonde is someti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36AMTuesday, June 12, 2018
In an age of Instant Messenger, Snapchat and Twitter, many of us may have never experienced the quiet thrill of receiving a handwritten, personal letter.84 Charing Cross Roadis James Roose-E…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18AMWednesday, June 6, 2018
In many ways, the timing of the European premiere of American playwright Emily Schwend's award-winning play Utility could not be more prescient. The portrayal of a quotidian Texan family try…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42AMWednesday, May 23, 2018
For those not around in 1971, it's easy to be ignorant of the huge impact that Carole King's seminal album, Tapestry, had at the time. Beautiful The Carole King Musical opens with King's con…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48AMThursday, May 17, 2018
Iolanthe is arguably one of Gilbert and Sullivan's finest works. This frivolous and frothy opera was successfully revived by the ENO earlier this year, but now returns as something a little …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42AMWednesday, May 9, 2018
On the face of it, a play based upon a 13-year-old boy being expelled from his naval college for allegedly stealing a five-shilling postal order does not sound like the stuff of captivating …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36AMWednesday, May 2, 2018
Director Lucy Bailey has solid form with adaptations of Agatha Christie stories her Olivier-award nominated version of Witness For The Prosecution is currently a hit at County Hall. She has …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06AMWednesday, April 25, 2018
At a time when anti-Semitism appears dangerously current and desperate refugees flee their homelands, a revival of Diane Samuels' engrossing play Kindertransport could not be more timely. An…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18AMTuesday, April 24, 2018
Historically, Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre was a well-known champion of new talent. However, until now, Artistic Director Paul Miller and Executive Director Sarah Nicholson were yet to sta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04AMMonday, April 23, 2018
In our new series, BroadwayWorld UK writers nominate the shows they'd love to see revived
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30AMThursday, April 19, 2018
o kick off it's 10th anniversary season, the Rose Theatre turns to Shakepeare to give it a needed boost. This new production of Much Ado About Nothing is not quite a hit, but still an entert…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:33AMWednesday, March 14, 2018
Following a chance encounter with an escaped convict, orphan Pip is given an unexpected opportunity to visit the reclusive Miss Havisham. In the decay and faded grandeur of her house, Pip fa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02AMTuesday, March 13, 2018
The first major revival of Charlotte Jones' play Humble Boy is another interesting choice by the Orange Tree's Artistic Director Paul Miller. It is surely a challenge to pull off a play that…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AMThursday, March 1, 2018
It is Ida's 86th birthday, but it's a milestone she would rather have not reached. Her family wants to gather and celebrate, but she would rather be removed from her small world of pain and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:35AMWednesday, February 28, 2018
In essence, there is not much to Conor McPherson's intimate play four men drink in a remote Irish pub, entertain a female newcomer with ghost stories and then leave. However, The Weir is a t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:17AMWednesday, February 21, 2018
Strangers On A Train was a highly successful, taut thriller written by Patricia Highsmith in 1950. Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock adapted it into a highly charged and provocative film n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45AMSunday, February 18, 2018
Originally intended as a stinging satire on Victorian politics and the House of Lords in particular, Gilbert and Sullivan's supremely silly comic opera Iolanthe is in fine form as it returns…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:33AMThursday, February 15, 2018
Robert Louis Stevenson's gothic thriller has had such an impact on the public psyche that a reference to 'Jekyll and Hyde' is universally known as referring to a person with a dual personali…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08AMThursday, February 8, 2018
For many people, theirfirst introduction to The Jungle Book is the Disney film of the same name. This new adaptation from Olivier award winner Jessica Swale deserves the effort of disassocia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19AMWednesday, January 24, 2018
Sex, equality, morality and fidelity are all issues currently in the forefront of many people's minds. As part of a year-long celebration of Oscar Wilde, Dominic Droomgoole's Classic Spring …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54AMSaturday, January 20, 2018
Swan Lake was Tchaikovsky's first ballet, but it is arguably his best known and well loved. The bewitching and ultimately tragic story follows Prince Siegfried as meets the beautiful but cur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31AMFriday, January 19, 2018
Greeted by rapturous reviews in 2016, Peter Shaffer's acclaimed production of Amadeus makes a triumphant return to the National Theatre this week. The enthralling story of a fictional confes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13AMThursday, January 18, 2018
There's no doubt it feels quite strange to be seeing a ballet set at Christmas time in the middle of January. It's a similar feeling to passing a house with a tree still up in the living roo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19AM 
