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The Glass Protégé, Park Theatre
Hollywood has never met a cliché it didn’t love; unfortunately, neither has Dylan Costello. His peek behind the curtain of Tinseltown’s Golden Age employs every stock type imaginable, from the boorish, chain-smoking manager to a pill-popping Marilyn-lite. It’s a play … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, actor, actress, all about eve, city of angels, contract, drama, east germany, edward r murrow, film, forties, gay, golden age, hollywood, hollywoodland, homophobia, homosexual, journalist, la, london, los angeles, love, mamet, marilyn monroe, marriage, matinee idol, movie, movie star, noel coward, north london, park theatre, play, review, rita skeeter, romance, silver screen, studio, the glass protege, theatre
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Not quite a train wreck but Lohan’s inexperience shows
The onstage action in Lindsay Posner’s much-hyped revival of Speed-the-Plow can’t begin to compete with its offstage drama. Ever since tabloid target Lindsay Lohan’s casting was announced, people have been taking bets on her actually making it to the theatre, … Continue reading
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Tagged america, american, drama, film, hollywood, islington gazette, Kevin Spacey, la, lilo, lindsay lohan, lindsay posner, london, los angeles, mamet, matthew warchus, movie, nigel lindsay, old vic, playhouse theatre, review, richard schiff, speed the plow, tabloid, the west wing, theatre, west end
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Speed-the-Plow
To do Mamet’s work justice, you must be able to deliver dialogue with the speed, skill and breathtaking bravura confidence of Usain Bolt. In Lindsay Posner’s much-hyped but frustratingly sluggish revival at the Playhouse Theatre, only one of three cast … Continue reading
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Tagged actress, america, american, drama, hollywood, la, lilo, lindsay lohan, lindsay posner, london, los angeles, mamet, nigel lindsay, oprah, play, playhouse theatre, rehab, review, richard schiff, speed the plow, tabloid, the arts desk, the west wing, theatre, west end
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Like Banksy himself, offering is ‘frustratingly out of reach’
In 2011, reclusive artist Banksy spotted an old water tank in LA and tagged it ‘THIS LOOKS A BIT LIKE AN ELEPHANT’. When news spread, and the tank’s value skyrocketed, a consortium of art dealers repossessed it, in the process … Continue reading
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Tagged arcola, art, artist, banksy, disney, documentary, film, graffiti, Hal Samples, homeless, islington gazette, la, london, los angeles, money, play, review, tachowa covington, theatre, this looks a bit like an elephant, value, water tank, youtube
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Shooting the past
To paraphrase Julie Andrews, let’s start at the very end, a very good place to start. Composer Franklin Shepard is the toast of Hollywood, but the collateral damage of his meteoric rise is strewn around his gleaming Modernist apartment, in … Continue reading
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Tagged broadway, christopher nolan, harold pinter, hollywood, julie andrews, la, mad men, maria friedman, memento, menier chocolate factory, merrily we roll along, musical, new york, play, review, sondheim, sound of music, theatre, west end
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