Wednesday, December 13, 2017
The maddeningly memorable, nursery rhyme-like refrain of We’re Off to See the Wizard is built on a lie. The Wizard of Oz
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00PMIt’s difficult to complain if someone is munching on popcorn during the quiet bits of a play like The Glass Menagerie when
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“Don’t be a prick at Christmas” is the jauntily sung take-home message of Thirty Christmases, Jonny Donahoe’s intimate, funny and heartbreaking confessional
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We now gladly embrace colour-blind casting in theatre, which means that anyone can play any role – it’s all acting, after all.
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Yes, this year has brought the West End the stage version of Bat Out of Hell and 2018 already promises us Tina:
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Black British-based actors like Clarke Peters, Clive Rowe and Sharon D Clarke have previously starred in the National Theatre’s 1996 revival of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07PMTheatre exists in its physicality: the actors might be playing roles, but at some level we are also watching them personally, with
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The commodification of Broadway continues apace with the arrival of SpongeBob SquarePants. Here we have another popular TV and film title being
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00PMBroadway has always been a place where the name on the marquee is a prime seller. It’s what is propelling Bette Midler’s
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This utterly delightful burst of Caribbean sunshine could not be more welcome as winter darkness descends on Broadway. A folk tale set
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What the Dickens and Bah Humbug! It’s that time of year that is as synonymous with the stage version of A Christmas
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This new play by Beau Willimon, creator of TV series House of Cards, explores the complex marital arrangements of a Washington DC
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00PMBefore the first preview of Follies at the National Theatre back in August, one of the show’s performers, Philip Quast, texted me
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If nothing else, the world premiere of Steve Martin’s latest Broadway play Meteor Shower is testament to the power of celebrity: not
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00PMIn the swirl of sexual abuse and harassment allegations doing the rounds, the suffering of the victims is paramount – there is
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I recently wrote of returning to see Follies at the National Theatre twice, two nights apart, and last week I saw Everybody’s
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There’s nothing like a panto dame, to paraphrase the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein song from South Pacific. And the best of them
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In an interview in The Observer last week, Denise Gough commented, when she was asked why she preferred to be called an
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The guardian angel of the Hackney Empire shudders at acquiring veteran status as she directs Cinderella, her 19th pantomime for the venue,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMThere’s a deeply uncomfortable moment towards the end of the National Theatre’s production of Follies when Philip Quast, playing Benjamin Stone, sings:
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I’ve often admitted to my passion for revisiting shows again and again, and far from a law of diminishing returns, I find
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I’m always in search of great new musicals. Nothing quite equals the buzz and excitement of discovering a new musical that fires
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Ever since the Royal Shakespeare Company premiered the original (and still running) English-language version of Les Miserables in 1985, theatres have chased
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:26AMWe have reached a crossroads in the ongoing harassment scandal. When discussing abuse allegations, it’s important to reiterate that Harvey Weinstein and
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Some performers are stage actors and others are film or television actors: better suited either for the larger gestures of filling a
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After generating a buzz in Sheffield, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is transferring to London. The show’s star tells Mark Shenton how his
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:03AMActors are, believe it or not, like the rest of us: they have to live in their bodies 24/7, not just when
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James Graham, who already has two plays running side by side on St Martin’s Lane with Ink and Labour of Love, may
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When I previously wrote a top 10 of Britain’s theatrical cities, Manchester was second only to London. It’s still my favourite city
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Few plays capture the devastating nihilism of depression quite as acutely as Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Andrew Upton’s intense new version – originally
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AMIn the course of four days recently I saw two productions of Kander and Ebb’s 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret – first the
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