Friday, May 19, 2017
The last few months have seen a slew of UK premieres of previously unseen American musicals, from the massive Dreamgirls, which took
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Lettice and Lovage, a light, slight Peter Shaffer comedy from 1987, was originally a star vehicle for two veteran actors: Maggie Smith
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMIn an active playwrighting career spanning more than 40 years and 40 original plays or adaptations (most notably of Chekhov), Richard Nelson
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West End attendances have continued to show a year-on-year increase in revenues, taking some £644 million last year, with some 14.3 million
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Receiving its British premiere nearly 40 years after its Broadway debut in 1978, Ballroom is a fascinating curiosity of a musical. However
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMLee Hall’s riotous, abrasive theatrical adaptation of Alan Warner’s novel The Sopranos was a big hit when it premiered at the 2015
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Walthamstow’s Ye Olde Rose and Crown continues its tradition of uncovering rarely-seen musical gems with this quietly revelatory production of show that’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMOn May 11, producer Bill Kenwright returned to the London Palladium. More than 50 years ago, he got his first London job
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Drag needn’t be a drag – but it all too often is. It can be a lazy shorthand for highlighting difference, not
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Just eight years ago, John Boyega was a budding young British stage actor, playing a small role in Roy Williams’ Category B
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMI’ve previously written about Theatreland’s determined drive to maximise returns. Customers passing through a theatre’s doors are hit by extra charges from
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Harvey Virdi’s new show takes a provocative look at the refuge that a drag nightclub plays for young Asian gay men in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:53AMIn 42nd Street, when Julian Marsh urges understudy Peggy Sawyer to save the show after the leading lady is injured, he says,
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Jonathan Larson’s Rent is one of the defining musicals of the 1990s. The composer famously died on the eve of its Off-Broadway
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Though the title is the cleverest thing about When Harry Met Barry, there’s something charming and disarming about this affectionate story of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMI recently wrote about the chorus of one-star reviews for The Philanthropist at Trafalgar Studios and The Braille Legacy at Charing Cross
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Set design used to be simply referred to as decor. It was not much more than the framework and dressing that the
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Everything about the National’s most eagerly anticipated show of the year is super-sized. Even the programme is a glossy, A4 special edition.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:02PMIt may be stating the obvious, but we have a lot of great theatre happening at the moment. Yes, the last few
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Stephen Leask will become the alternate Dewey.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMA four-time Olivier winner, Maria Friedman knows how to fill large stages. But the rewards of cabaret are sometimes even greater. Launching
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:19AMLast week’s opening of Obsession at the Barbican was rough for me: I was mightily relieved that I wasn’t reviewing it myself,
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Ivo van Hove opens Obsession with Jude Law, and sets his sights on a new stage adaptation of All About Eve.
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The show features music and lyrics by Bob Dylan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMThe new company will also feature Carley Stenson and Hayden Tee.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:11AMI often say that my theatregoing habit would be unsustainable if I had to pay for every single ticket I got. But
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It’s nearly 50 years on from the premiere of Alan Bennett’s first West End play in 1968. Daniel Evans’ revival of Forty
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The 20th anniversary production will feature Evanna Lynch and Colin Campbell.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMThe Off-Broadway musical was first seen in Manchester in March.
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