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Favourite Olivier Awards Memories and Our 2020 Winners
Sadly, the 2020 Olivier Awards won’t be going ahead as planned due to the coronavirus shutdown, although ITV will broadcast a highlights show. So, BroadwayWorld reviewers have been thinking back to some of our favourite Oliviers winners, nominees and performances … Continue reading
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Death of a Salesman, Young Vic
Seventy years on from its Broadway opening, Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell present Arthur Miller’s masterpiece afresh in an inspired, shattering revival. One key change – making the 1940s Loman family African-American – gives the play a whole new texture, while retaining its searing condemnation … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, african-american, american dream, arinze kene, arthur miller, broadwayworld, death of a salesman, london, marianne elliott, new york, play, race, review, sharon d clarke, theatre, wendell pierce, young vic
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All My Sons, Old Vic
London’s latest foray into Arthur Miller has serious transatlantic star power, with its leading quartet of Bill Pullman, two-time Oscar-winner Sally Field, Colin Morgan and Jenna Coleman. However, Jeremy Herrin’s Old Vic/Headlong co-production is surprisingly understated, with the play’s politics, … Continue reading
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Tagged all my sons, american dream, arthur miller, Bill Pullman, book tickets, broadwayworld, capitalism, cheap tickets, colin morgan, Jenna Coleman, london, old vic, play, review, sale, sally field, save, second world war, theatre, ticket deal, trump, visit london
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All My Sons leads April’s Top 10 new London shows
From Arthur Miller and Caryl Churchill to Don Quixote and zombie gore. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
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The American Clock, Old Vic
This year’s unofficial Arthur Miller season – following The Price and ahead of All My Sons at the Old Vic and Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic – now turns to his 1980 work, The American Clock, inspired in part by Miller’s own memories of … Continue reading
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Tagged america, arthur miller, capitalism, clarke peters, communism, golda rosheuvel, great depression, london, music, old vic, play, rachel chavkin, review, the american clock, theartsdesk, theatre, wall street crash
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Come From Away leads February’s Top 10 new London shows
From a hit Canadian musical to showbiz satire and a classic sitcom reborn. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Book review: Dramatic Exchanges, ed. Daniel Rosenthal
This fascinating tome offers an insider’s history of the National Theatre, via some 800 letters exchanged between Artistic Directors, actors, directors, playwrights, politicians, agents, critics and more. From arcane trivia through to vigorous words on the very nature and purpose … Continue reading
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Tagged actor, amadeus, arthur miller, artistic director, book, broadwayworld, daniel rosenthal, director, dramatic exchanges, eileen atkins, harold pinter, harry potter, history, ian mckellen, john osborne, judi dench, laurence olivier, letter, maggie smith, national theatre, paul mccartney, peter hall, play, review, the crucible, the curious incident, the history boys, theatre, tom stoppard
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Take Five! Spend your tea break with Zoe Wanamaker
As Elegy opens at Donmar Warehouse, here are five of Zoe Wanamaker’s indelible performances. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged agatha christie, all my sons, ariadne oliver, arthur miller, beatrice, benedick, broadwayworld, chekhov, doctor who, donmar warehouse, drama, elegy, film, harry potter, josie rourke, much ado about nothing, national theatre, nick payne, poirot, prime suspect, rsc, simon russell beale, stage, the cherry orchard, theatre, tv, zoe wanamaker
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Ten great plays set in summer
To coincide with the opening of Three Days in The Country, Patrick Marber’s new adaption of Turgenev, I’ve rounded up 10 other great plays set in the summer, from bucolic romance and adolescent yearning to fiery conflict and family combustion. Read my … Continue reading
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