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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Mark Shenton: Anti-harassment policing runs risk of obliteration without trial by Mark Shenton

In what now feels like the far-off days of David Cameron being prime minister, he once channelled Michael Winner during a House

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Monday, March 26, 2018

Lobby Hero starring Michael Cera and Chris Evans – review at Second Stage Theatre, New York by Mark Shenton

Second Stage has just become the latest Off-Broadway company to establish a full-time Broadway home, while still maintaining two other addresses. It

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Sunday, March 25, 2018

Angels in America review at Neil Simon Theatre, New York – ‘a perfect fit for Broadway’ by Mark Shenton

After a sell-out run at the National Theatre in London, where it became the fastest selling show in the venue’s history, Marianne

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Friday, March 23, 2018

Grand Hotel review at City Center, New York – ‘intimate and dazzling’ by Mark Shenton

The Encores! series of concert performances that bring neglected Broadway shows back into the spotlight for just seven shows each is celebrating

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Mark Shenton: Disney’s Frozen, Harry Potter and what else to watch on Broadway this spring by Mark Shenton

Broadway can’t be faulted for its timing. Despite spring officially beginning, it has been in the grip of a snowstorm this week,

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Disney’s Frozen review at St James Theatre, New York – ‘a thrilling stage version’ by Mark Shenton

Premiering in Denver last summer, in a 2,800 seat performing arts centre, Disney’s Frozen – the musical adaptation of the hit film

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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Designer Christopher Oram: ‘Disney’s Frozen is bigger than all my other shows added together’ by Mark Shenton

Christopher Oram landed a huge gig when Disney brought him on to design the theatre adaptation of the highest-grossing animation ever. Mark

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Mark Shenton: Broadway, like the West End, thrives on impresarios by Mark Shenton

Every industry has its power brokers and theatre is no exception. Every year, The Stage 100 lists British theatre’s most influential people.

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Friday, March 16, 2018

Mark Shenton: My 13 favourite musical theatre stars by Mark Shenton

Earlier this week, I listed my 13 favourite theatre stars who work in mainly in plays. Now it’s the turn of my

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Matilda the Musical review at Curve, Leicester – ‘still sublime’ by Mark Shenton

A West End fixture at the Cambridge Theatre, Matilda now embarks on its first UK national tour. It remains every bit as

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Mark Shenton: My 13 favourite theatre stars by Mark Shenton

We hear a lot about star and stunt casting, and how names are needed to help sell a show. But there is

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

The Last Ship star Richard Fleeshman: ‘Being in a soap can stereotype you, but it opens a lot of doors’ by Mark Shenton

After a regular role on Coronation Street, Richard Fleeshman embarked on a stage career. He tells Mark Shenton why, after deciding to

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Monday, March 12, 2018

Fat Friends – The Musical review at Milton Keynes Theatre – ‘homespun charm’ by Mark Shenton

“Bones aren’t sexy! Flesh is fabulous!” declares a character early on in Fat Friends – The Musical, a new stage musical spin-off

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Friday, March 9, 2018

Mark Shenton: There is still hope for genuinely original musical theatre by Mark Shenton

The musical, as a form distinct from operetta, reached its golden age on Broadway between the 1940s and the 1970s. But it

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Mark Shenton: Hamilton aside, 2018 Olivier nominees show a shift back to subsidised sector by Mark Shenton

This year’s nominees for the Olivier Awards reaffirm that the biggest show of the year was, inevitably, Hamilton. The musical could now

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Friday, March 2, 2018

Mark Shenton: Could the West End bubble burst? by Mark Shenton

Earlier this week, the Society of London Theatre announced that attendance at its member theatres has exceeded 15 million for the first

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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Mark Shenton: Why I will no longer review shows that don’t pay actors and crew by Mark Shenton

Theatre is a vocation and people are motivated, first and foremost, by the sheer love of doing it. But you can’t live

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Monday, February 26, 2018

Mark Shenton’s week: Frozen (no, not that one) arrives in the West End by Mark Shenton

Last week, not without some confusion and coincidence, two shows both bearing the title Frozen arrived in the West End and Broadway

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Friday, February 23, 2018

Mark Shenton: How do audiences and critics react when a show is designed to provoke them? by Mark Shenton

At the start of the second act of Jubilee, the stage version of Derek Jarman’s 1978 film that has transferred from Manchester’s

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Mark Shenton: There’s life beyond London transfers by Mark Shenton

Theatre actors like to appear in London (or at least those that live there do). It means being able to stay at

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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Mark Shenton: We need to accentuate the positive while agreeing to disagree by Mark Shenton

The great Broadway lyricist Johnny Mercer once came up with a sentiment that is still a great thing to live by, for

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Monday, February 19, 2018

Mark Shenton’s week: Rays of hope for the new British musical? by Mark Shenton

“You already know you’re going to love it!”, declare the ads for Mamma Mia!. Now I’ve noticed that Eugenius!, a new musical

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Friday, February 16, 2018

Mark Shenton: Is stunt casting like Tanya Burr really the way of the future? by Mark Shenton

In a feature for WhatsOnStage this week, Matt Trueman welcomed the imminent appearance of youtube blogger Tanya Burr in a revival of Judy

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Thursday, February 15, 2018

Mark Shenton: What’s the point of theatre programmes in a digital world? by Mark Shenton

Michael Crick, political correspondent for Channel 4 News, waded into a dangerous political territory the other day when he tweeted a photograph

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Mark Shenton: Now audiences are Facetiming theatre shows – what next? by Mark Shenton

We increasingly live in a sharing, if not necessarily caring, world. We put our lives on public display via Facebook and Twitter,

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Monday, February 12, 2018

Producer Mark Goucher on taking over Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre: ‘I’d heard a lot of this job was about unblocking toilets’ by Mark Shenton

West End producer Mark Goucher brought his best pair of Marigolds with him when he changed scene to take on the role of

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Mark Shenton’s week: It’s Groundhog Day on Broadway as British imports pile up by Mark Shenton

I don’t need an excuse to visit New York, but last weekend I had a special reason for scheduling a four-night stay:

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Friday, February 9, 2018

Mark Shenton: Can expectations change how much you enjoy a theatre show? by Mark Shenton

Theatregoing means making choices: about what to see, of course (and what to see again), but also, by extension, what to miss.

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Thursday, February 8, 2018

Mark Shenton: Cast changes can reinvigorate a long-running theatre show by Mark Shenton

Films – with the exception of Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World – don’t tend to be recast after they’re

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Mark Shenton: Theatres are secular cathedrals that absorb the spirit of their plays by Mark Shenton

A theatre is more than just a building you visit to see a show. Cinemas, on the other hand, especially in the

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