Tuesday, December 20, 2016
An all-Caucasian cast is to star in a play set in ancient China.
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Around this time of year, critics typically like to compile their lists of the top shows they’ve seen in the year –
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The Almeida’s big hit, King Charles III, vividly imagined a constitutional crisis that could follow the death of our current monarch. The
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A review roundup as London theatre celebrates an abundance of openings, including Dreamgirls, Rent, Mary Stuart, and more.
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This time last week I celebrated the top 10 new musicals of 2016 (or at least new to Britain). This week I
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Casey Nicholaw is probably the most prolific, but also one of the most personable, director/choreographers working in musical theatre right now. He
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:10AMAn extraordinary event happened in the West End last week – Dreamgirls (which opened officially in the West End on December 14)
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There’s No Business Like Show Business. It’s one of the most famous songs in Annie Get Your Gun, and sums up the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29PMLondon has had to wait 35 years for the arrival of the Broadway hit Dreamgirls – but it has been worth the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00PMAmber Riley makes stage debut as Effie White.
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The 20th anniversary of Rent offers a potent reminder is that it was the Hamilton of its day; a show that became
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I’ve seen two versions of Sweet Charity in the past couple of weeks, about which more later. But while that show is
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When an early draft version of Muted was presented under the title After the Turn at Hoxton’s Courtyard Theatre in 2012, after
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Season will begin with four Oscar Wilde plays beginning in October 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07PMThe 12-part series will include interviews with David Hare, Dennis Kelly, and more.
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SOURCE: Playbill at 09:19AM“I’m a brass band,/ I’m a harpsichord; / I’m a clarinet!/ I’m the Philadelphia Orchestra, /I’m the Modern Jazz Quartet!”, sings the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:02AMIts the time of year when critics have already started filing their end-of-year reports, though there are a couple of weeks (and
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The commercial showcases of the West End and Broadway are a shop window to the world of theatre. But, as we know
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A scintillating and delightful revival of the 1963 Broadway musical She Loves Me ends a triumphant year for the Menier Chocolate Factory.
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SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AMSometimes talking is not enough; we need positive action. On the one hand, great strides have been made in terms of theatrical
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In A Chorus Line, arguably the greatest of all musicals about the business of being a professional stage dancer, one of those
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Henry Krieger gives a philosophical but grateful shrug. “As life sometimes reveals, the unseen hand is always at work.” He’s referring to
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