Saturday, January 14, 2017
Gary Naylor sees a play with a tricksy structure and a vagueness in its script that leaves the actors with few places to go.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMGary Naylor sees a funny, contemporary comedy blessed with an Ayckbournesque script and some very fine acting.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25AMFriday, January 13, 2017
Gary Naylor sees La La Land, a film that hits you as hard in the heart as it does in the head. He doubts if he'll see a better movie in 2017.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMThursday, January 12, 2017
Gary Naylor sees a show that generates laughs and shows potential, but doesn't make the most of the setup before the punchline arrives too soon.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43AMWednesday, January 11, 2017
Gary Naylor sees an adaptation of the celebrated novel, The Kite Runner, that loses some of its epic quality in transition to stage and ends up just a bit too generic for his tastes.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMSaturday, January 7, 2017
Gary Naylor sees a play that rewards repeated viewing, as relevant today as ever and, in this version, performed with subtlety and grace by an excellent cast.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45AMMonday, December 19, 2016
Gary Naylor looks back on 148 shows reviewed in 2016 and picks his Christmas turkeys and Christmas crackers.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03AMWednesday, December 14, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a show sure to enchant all the family, a theatrical production every bit as good as its celebrated animated predecessor.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMFriday, December 9, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a loyal, committed adaptation of CS Lewis's once celebrated novel that fails to ignite fully as drama, but works well as polemic.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:40PMThursday, December 8, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a show that delivers traditional Christmas laughs and spectacle from the modern master of the form, writer Eric Potts.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PMTuesday, December 6, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a new play about an old problem turning up in new forms - loneliness. This time in the 21st century.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMGary Naylor sees an innovative and thought-provoking play from South America that has plenty to say about fathers, and about theatre too.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18AMSunday, December 4, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a show soar, like Peter, beyond expectations - a delight for all the family.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10AMFriday, December 2, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a long-running West End haunted house mystery and revels in its unabashed theatricality
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46AMThursday, December 1, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a magical Christmas show that sets up the festive season even for an old Bah Humbug man like him.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:35AMWednesday, November 30, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a show that he should like more than he does, possibly because it's owes more to performance art than it does to theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:47AMTuesday, November 29, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a diverting, if not wholly convincing, revival of a dark comedy-thriller set in a 1920 GP practice in Glasgow.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:52AMBWW catches up with one of Britain's pantomime favourites, currently appearing as Prince Charming in Cinderella at the London Palladium.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:29AMSunday, November 27, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a pantomime that pushes all the traditional panto buttons without distracting gimmicks.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:22AMSaturday, November 26, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a serious but rewarding take on one of Shakespeare's late plays that raises questions about power and control.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMTuesday, November 22, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a piece of new theatre that has its roots in farce but gives it a contemporary twist with a young cast and first time creatives.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:41AMMonday, November 21, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a brilliantly executed musical spoof of the 70s disaster movie genre that needs to find a home in the West End soon.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AMThursday, November 17, 2016
Gary Naylor sees an ambitious and challenging show that overstretches its resources and that of its audience.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29AMSaturday, November 12, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a wonderful tribute to a unique man amongst The Fallen of the First World War, whose story stands for him and for millions more.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMFriday, November 11, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a young cast attack a classic play to update for today's world, a venture that succeeds partially, and is never less than interesting.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMWednesday, November 9, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a show about, and I can hardly believe what I'm writing here, the 45th President of the United States of America.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:07AMTuesday, November 8, 2016
Gary Naylor sees an adaptation of William Leith's book that, for all the skilled work in the production, fails to engage its audience.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46AMMonday, November 7, 2016
Gary Naylor sees an impassioned production of Bach's St John Passion, by and for, the people under the guidance of English Touring Opera
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMSunday, November 6, 2016
Gary Naylor sees an accomplished, eerie play about a remote Scottish community that doesn't quite have the courage of its convictions.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28AMWednesday, November 2, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a slick romcom musical about 90s New Yorkers that impresses but leaves him just a little cold.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:36PMTuesday, November 1, 2016
Gary Naylor sees a play that builds atmosphere rather than narrative and now feels of its time - 33 years ago
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AM 
