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Tag Archives: jewish
See West End shows with religious themes
Heavenly London shows, from The Southbury Child to The Book of Mormon. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged bad jews, bob marley, book tickets, christian, church, come from away, faith, get up stand up, god, jewish, les miserables, london, london theatre, mormon, musical, play, religion, religious, sister, sister act, the book of mormon, the southbury child, theatre, west end
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Bel Powley on Everything I Know About Love
The actress discusses the BBC’s adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s hit memoir. Read my full Telegraph interview here
Posted in Film, Journalism, TV
Tagged A Small Light, adaptation, anne frank, apple tv, band of brothers, bbc, bbc one, bel powley, casual sex, comedy, dolly alderton, drama, everything i know about love, film, interview, jewish, jubilee, louise perry, made in chelsea, Masters of the Air, miep gies, movie, spielberg, telegraph, the morning show, tom hanks, tv
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Pilgrimage, BBC Two
This batch of faith-finding celebs were nice – but where was the interrogation? Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Journalism, TV
Tagged bbc, christian, documentary, faith, jewish, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Monty Panesar, muslim, pilgrim, pilgrimage, religion, review, scarlet moffatt, telegraph, tv
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The Last Five Years, Southwark Playhouse
There’s concept on top of concept in this revival of Jason Robert Brown’s beloved 2001 musical, which charts the ebb and flow of a relationship by juggling timelines: aspiring actress Cathy’s story is told in reverse chronological order, while aspiring writer Jamie’s moves … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged acting, actor musician, actress, broadway, jason robert brown, jewish, jonathan o'boyle, london, love, marriage, musical, new york, novel, review, romance, southwark playhouse, the last five years, theartsdesk, theatre, writer
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Leopoldstadt, Wyndham’s Theatre
Tom Stoppard’s latest – and possibly final – play has few of the dramatic hallmarks you might expect from him: the dazzling linguistic flourishes, the formal trickery, the knotty metaphors and giddy metatheatricality. Instead, we have a relatively straightforward, linear … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged antisemitism, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, ed stoppard, family, holocaust, jew, jewish, leopoldstadt, nazi, patrick marber, play, review, ticket deal, tom stoppard, vienna, west end, wyndhams theatre
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Rags: The Musical, Park Theatre
“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
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The Doctor, Almeida Theatre
Robert Icke, an associate director at the Almeida for the past six years, bids farewell in typically bold and epic fashion with his latest contemporary update. Arthur Schnitzler’s Professor Bernhardi, which premiered in 1912, has been skilfully reconfigured as an interrogation of … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged abortion, almeida theatre, alzheimers, antisemitism, book tickets, broadwayworld, christian, class, dementia, faith, gender, identity, identity politics, jewish, juliet stevenson, london, medicine, paul higgins, play, race, religion, review, robert icke, social media, surgeon, the doctor, theatre
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Fiddler on the Roof, Menier Chocolate Factory
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
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