Tag Archives: fiddler on the roof

Rags: The Musical, Park Theatre

Posted on January 20, 2020 by mkmswain

“Take our country back!” is the rallying cry of the self-identified “real” Americans gathered to protest the arrival of immigrants. It could be a contemporary Trump rally – or, indeed, the nastier side of current British political discourse – but in fact this scene … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged america, brexit, fiddler on the roof, immigrant, jewish, london, musical, new york, park theatre, rags, review, stephen schwartz, theartsdesk, theatre, trump | Leave a comment

8 shows to see in London for the Easter holidays

Posted on April 20, 2019 by mkmswain

Check out these family-friendly outings for the Easter break. Read my full TodayTix article here

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged bank holiday, best, break, children, comedy, easter, family, fiddler on the roof, holiday, kids, london, mamma mia, matilda, musical, play, rip it up, school of rock, show, six, theatre, todaytix, waitress, weekend, west end, wicked | Leave a comment

Betrayal leads March’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on February 28, 2019 by mkmswain

From a starry Pinter and tasty musical treat to a portrait of grief. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adelphi theatre, admissions, alex kingston, alexandra palace, ambassadors theatre, andy nyman, barbican, best, betrayal, book tickets, broadwayworld, bruce norris, cheap tickets, cillian murphy, comedy, David Hare, downstate, fiddler on the roof, globe, grief is the thing with feathers, harold pinter theatre, jack mcbrayer, katharine mcphee, london, march, menier chocolate factory, musical, national theatre, ophelia lovibond, penelope wilton, picks, play, playhouse theatre, richard eyre, richard ii, richard iii, sarah hadland, shakespeare, the bay at nice, the twilight zone, theatre, ticket deal, ticket sale, tom hiddleston, top 10, trafalgar studios, trevor nunn, visit london, waitress, west end | Leave a comment

Fiddler on the Roof, Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on December 6, 2018 by mkmswain

There’s a welcome alternative to panto hijinks in this gem of a Trevor Nunn musical revival – more attuned to the biting hardships of winter, and to the elegiac aspect of change, than to festive jollies. Which is not to say that there … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged andy nyman, dancing, daughter, faith, family, father, fiddler on the roof, if i were a rich man, immigrant, jew, jewish, judaism, judy kuhn, london, love, marriage, menier chocolate factory, musical, religion, review, revolution, russia, singing, theartsdesk, theatre, tradition, trevor nunn, tsar | Leave a comment

True West leads December’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on December 2, 2018 by mkmswain

From a starry revival to new plays and the return of a modern classic. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged almeida, barbican, best, black panther, book tickets, broadwayworld, caroline or change, cheap tickets, christmas, comedy, december, doctor faustus, donmar warehouse, drama, fiddler on the roof, Games of Thrones, globe, johnny flynn, Kit Harrington, letitia wright, london, lynn nottage, marianne elliott, mark haddon, marlowe, martha plimpton, menier chocolate factory, musical, natasha gordon, national theatre, nine night, piccadilly theatre, picks, play, playhouse theatre, richard ii, rsc, sale, save, shakespeare, sharon d clarke, simon russell beale, sweat, the convert, the curious incident, the merry wives of windsor, theatre, ticket deal, top 10, trafalgar studios, trevor nunn, true west, trump, vaudeville theatre, wakanda, west end, young vic | Leave a comment

You Won’t Succeed On Broadway If You Don’t Have Any Jews, St James Theatre

Posted on August 28, 2015 by mkmswain

Well, here’s an oddity. You Won’t Succeed… is too fragmented for musical theatre, too bombastic for cabaret, and about as profound as a first-draft Wikipedia page. Channelling the self-referential levity of the Monty Python show from which it takes its … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged beauty and the beast, big spender, cabaret, chicago, composer, disney, dorothy, drama, dreamgirls, fame, fiddler on the roof, gershwin, godspell, guys and dolls, gypsy, hairspray, irving berlin, jew, jewish, les misereables, london, music, musical, my fair lady, Oklahoma, over the rainbow, rent, review, revue, singing, smash, sondheim, song, spamalot, st james theatre, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, wizard of oz, yentel, You Won't Succeed On Broadway If You Don't Have Any Jews | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: fiddler on the roof

Rags: The Musical, Park Theatre

8 shows to see in London for the Easter holidays

Betrayal leads March’s Top 10 new London shows

Fiddler on the Roof, Menier Chocolate Factory

True West leads December’s Top 10 new London shows

You Won’t Succeed On Broadway If You Don’t Have Any Jews, St James Theatre

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