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Cyrano de Bergerac leads December’s Top 10 new London shows
From a starry revival to musical comedies and an incendiary Pulitzer winner. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a kind of people, a taste of honey, almeida theatre, amelie, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, carley stenson, cheap tickets, cold war, comedy, curtains, cyrano, cyrano de bergerac, drama, fairview, hampstead theatre, james mcavoy, janie dee, jason manford, jodie prenger, london, lydia wilson, menier chocolate factory, musical, new, play, playhouse theatre, ravens, royal court, sam wanamaker playhouse, shakespeares globe, shelagh delaney, show, swive elizabeth, the boy friend, the duchess of malfi, the other palace, theatre, ticket deal, todaytix, top 10, trafalgar studios, west end, wyndhams theatre, young vic
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Interview: Sharon D Clarke
The actress discusses her role in musical Caroline, or Change. Read my full TodayTix interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1960s, african-american, america, black, book tickets, caroline or change, chichester festival theatre, civil rights, daniel evans, family, interview, jeanine tesori, maid, motown, musical, playhouse theatre, race, racism, sharon d clarke, singing, todaytix, tony kushner, west end
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Glengarry Glen Ross, Playhouse Theatre
David Mamet’s Pulitzer-winning play, which premiered at the National in 1983, in back in London in a star-studded, pugilistic revival from Sam Yates. Though kept firmly in period, it’s not hard to find skin-crawling contemporary parallels in Mamet’s exposure of … Continue reading
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Tagged always be closing, broadwayworld, buy tickets, capitalism, cheap tickets, christian slater, david mamet, glengarry glen ross, kris marshall, london, playhouse theatre, review, robert glenister, sale, salesman, sam yates, save, stanley townsend, the art of the deal, ticket deal, trump, visit london, west end
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie leads November’s Top 10 new London shows
From a new British musical to starry Mamet and cheeky burlesque. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged aldywych theatre, andrew lloyd webber, apollo theatre, ballet, best, big fish, broadwayworld, bryan cranston, burlesque, buy tickets, charing cross theatre, cheap tickets, christian slater, circus, comedy, dance, deal, discount, drama, everybodys talking about jamie, frederick ashton, glengarry glen ross, kelsey grammer, la soiree, london, london coliseum, marnie, musical, national theatre, network, november, opera, patrick marber, picks, play, playhouse theatre, royal ballet, royal opera house, sale, save, sylvia, the other palace, the red lion, the suppliant women, the woman in white, theatre, top 10, trafalgar studios, visit london, west end, young vic
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David Bowie’s LAZARUS leads November’s Top 10 new London shows
From the late great Bowie’s musical to Glenda Jackson’s Lear and Mark Rylance’s return. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Tagged amy madigan, an inspector calls, andrew lloyd webber, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, buried child, david bowie, ed harris, first world war, garrick theatre, glenda jackson, half a sixpence, harriet walter, it is easy to be dead, jb priestley, king lear, lazarus, london, mark rylance, michael c hall, musical, neil mcpherson, nice fish, november, old vic, phyllida lloyd, playhouse theatre, poet, school of rock, shakespeare, stephen daldry, the tempest, theatre, this house, top 10, west end
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The End of Longing, Playhouse Theatre
Jack is an alcoholic. Stephanie is a whore. Joseph is stupid. Stevie is a broody neurotic. These identifiers are proudly proclaimed in the first minute of Matthew Perry’s debut play, but if you weren’t paying attention, fear not: they will … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, comedy, debut, drama, friends, london, love, matthew perry, play, playhouse theatre, review, romance, romcom, sex, sitcom, the arts desk, the end of longing, theartsdesk, theatre, west end
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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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