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Maria Friedman & Friends – Legacy, Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on March 10, 2022 by mkmswain

Among the many reflections on the legacy of the late, great Stephen Sondheim, here comes a touchingly personal one from his frequent collaborator Maria Friedman. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here

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City of Angels leads March’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on February 26, 2020 by mkmswain

From a musical with old Hollywood glamour to starry Chekhov and Coward. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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The Boy Friend, Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on December 4, 2019 by mkmswain

How ripping! A saucy French maid doing the Charleston with a handsome chap in tennis whites sets the scene for the most delightful escapism in town: Matthew White’s gossamer-light revival of Sandy Wilson’s 1953 love letter to the Roaring Twenties. It was … Continue reading →

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Cyrano de Bergerac leads December’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on November 25, 2019 by mkmswain

From a starry revival to musical comedies and an incendiary Pulitzer winner. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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The Watsons, Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on October 1, 2019 by mkmswain

Laura Wade isn’t the first to tackle Jane Austen’s unfinished novel, abandoned in 1805, but she is the only one so far to write herself, the struggling adaptor, into the text. This witty, ingenious and surprisingly philosophical play, which premiered … Continue reading →

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Falsettos leads September’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on August 28, 2019 by mkmswain

From a landmark musical and Caryl Churchill to Wall Street and ABBA immersion. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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The Bridges of Madison County, Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on July 24, 2019 by mkmswain

Robert James Waller’s bestselling, though critically panned, 1992 romance novel was reincarnated in the Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep-starring film, and then again in Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman’s Tony-winning 2013 musical – both adaptations wisely sloughing off some of the … Continue reading →