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To Kill a Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre

Posted on March 31, 2022 by mkmswain

Aaron Sorkin’s hit Broadway adaptation of Harper Lee’s seminal 1960 novel has finally reached us, following Covid delays and a few real-life legal dramas. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here

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How Aaron Sorkin adapted To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage

Posted on March 29, 2022 by mkmswain

Harper Lee’s novel comes to the West End in Sorkin’s favourite format: the courtroom drama. Read my full London Theatre article here

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The Visit leads February’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on January 27, 2020 by mkmswain

From a new Tony Kushner adaptation to an epic musical and Shakespeare sitcom. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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Europe leads June’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on May 26, 2019 by mkmswain

From a drama about Europe to immersive Shakespeare and open-air opera. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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Company, Gielgud Theatre

Posted on October 17, 2018 by mkmswain

The most thrilling revivals reinvigorate a classic work, while revealing its fundamental soul anew. Marianne Elliott’s female-led, 21st-century take on George Furth and Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 musical company Company makes a bold, inventive statement, but somehow also suggests this is how the … Continue reading →