Saturday, May 27, 2017
Jam, Matt Parvin's first play, shows promise but cannot overcome its structural and narrative problems to deliver its full potential.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:46AMThursday, May 25, 2017
The Mikado is as much as ever in this all male version that showcases the great songs with some fine voices.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMMonday, May 22, 2017
Continuing our series of favourite musical theatre songs is Carol Channing's version of 'Hello, Dolly'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42AMSaturday, May 20, 2017
Othello's extraordinary tapestry of human vulnerabilities, brilliantly woven in Richard Twyman's brutal production, remains as relevant today as ever.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36AMThursday, May 18, 2017
Teeth 'n' Smiles is an early work by Sir David Hare, tracking a punk band's disastrous night playing Jesus College Cambridge's 1978 May Ball.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMTuesday, May 16, 2017
Greg Hicks' Richard III twists and turns his evil until he's left with nobody to hate, screaming for a horse and escape.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:33AMSaturday, May 13, 2017
110 In The Shade is both old-fashioned and bang up to date, full of pleasing songs, fine performances and a heartwarming message of love and hope.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54AMWednesday, May 10, 2017
Occupational Hazards portrays the chaos of post-Saddam Iraq through the eyes of Rory Stewart, who was there and who tried.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMSaturday, May 6, 2017
Cosmic Trigger The Play is an exhilarating event that entertains and educates, full of fun but never losing the serious dimension to Robert Anton Wilson's work.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:34AMThursday, May 4, 2017
Voices From Chernobyl reminds us of a largely forgotten disaster and the terrible human cost, a price still being paid today.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06PMSunday, April 30, 2017
Home Truths nine plays paint a picture of chaotic and cruel housing policies that have shafted the poor for decades with little sign of any change coming - and it's also funny, warm and clev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12AMSaturday, April 29, 2017
Divine Chaos Of Starry Things is so concerned about the politics of revolution, colonialism and feminism that the stuff of drama is lost.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42AMTuesday, April 25, 2017
The Braille Legacy tells the story of Louis Braille's fight for his system that allowed blind people to read by touch - music good, but book and lyrics lack excitement.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMMonday, April 24, 2017
Nuclear War comprises elements of drama, dance, mime and song to create a dystopian vision of an alienating present that seemed both overly familiar and hazily unfocused.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMSunday, April 23, 2017
Nuclear War comprises elements of drama, dance, mime and song to create a dystopian vision of an alienating present that seemed both overly familiar and hazily unfocused.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54AMWednesday, April 19, 2017
Whisper House comprises some lovely songs beautifully sung, but lacks the narrative drive one expects in musical theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:22PMThursday, April 13, 2017
It's back to the 90s at the King's Head for a show brimming with that decade's biggest hits sung wonderfully well.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMSunday, April 9, 2017
Macbeth's grim pursuit of power, with his Lady prompting and then agonising in the background, is brought to life in this low budget, committed production.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:31AMSunday, April 2, 2017
Honk is a musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling with an important message about bullying gently sugar-coated with musical numbers and light comedy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02AMSaturday, April 1, 2017
The Mutant Man is a fractured, multi-layered telling of a true story of a man who was born as a woman and how his treatment at the hands of an exploitative, unenlightened society led to trag…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMThursday, March 30, 2017
The Life is the story of two women living in New York in the 70s, one keen to get out of the sex workers' life, the other keen to get on, told through wonderful songs, beautifully sung.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMWednesday, March 29, 2017
Adam amp Eve... and Steve has a bit of panto, a bit of the Edinburgh FRinge and a whole lot of great songs, but not quite the musical chops to reach its full potential.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMTuesday, March 28, 2017
The Wipers Times tells the story of an underground magazine, written on the Western Front by soldiers for soldiers, the articles packed with good humour and a touch of irreverence.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMThursday, March 23, 2017
Philip Ridley's dystopian nightmare has moments of poetry and humour but is ultimately just too relentlessly grim and must be endured rather than enjoyed.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMMonday, March 20, 2017
Naples is brought to London, as we track the extraordinary lives of Lila and Lenu in an adaptation of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels that overreaches itself.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMSunday, March 19, 2017
Threesome is often crude, sometimes boldly empowering and occasionally shows a glimpse of something more sophisticated emerging, but ultimately falls a little short on laughs.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMSaturday, March 18, 2017
Extraordinary, astonishing, unmissable five star production that brings three of Shakespeare's plays up to date in an electrifying production that should not be missed.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32AMThursday, March 16, 2017
After Party sees tensions, long since buried, bubble to the surface, as one of the old gang returns from prison to settle old scores and reclaim what he believes to be his.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45PMWednesday, March 15, 2017
Seventeen captures a cathartic moment in young people's lives - the last day at school - but does not reach its potential due to a largely lacklustre script.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMTuesday, March 14, 2017
Limehouse focuses on the events concerning the founding of the Social Democratic Party the SDP and the drafting of the Limehouse Declaration that led to it. Many, many parallels with today's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMMonday, March 13, 2017
Daniel and Laura Curtis showcase their current album, Overture, and give us a glimpse or two of emerging work, the songs belted out by A list West End performers.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48AM 
