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Blues in the Night, Kiln Theatre
It’s too darn hot, BoJo is in Downing Street, and we’re all going to Brexit hell – so we might as well sing the blues. Or at least take a night off from the apocalypse to enjoy a virtuoso company … Continue reading
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Tagged bessie smith, blues, blues in the night, camden, clive rowe, dancing, debbie kurup, gemma sutton, jazz, kilburn, kiln theatre, music, musical, north london, review, revue, sharon d clarke, singing, summer, susie mckenna, theartsdesk, theatre
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The Doctor leads August’s Top 10 new London shows
London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From Robert Icke’s latest to Fleabag, Evita and witchy adventures, here are some of this month’s most eye-catching openings. Don’t forget to check back for BroadwayWorld’s reviews, … Continue reading
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The Night of the Iguana, Noel Coward Theatre
In Tahiti in 1940, a penniless Tennessee Williams lay in a hammock beside another writer also despairing of ever finding success, both binge-drinking rum-cocos and welcoming the dramatic storms that temporarily eclipsed their melancholy. To make matters worse, a party of … Continue reading
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, London Palladium
Oh Lord! The second Biblical Andrew Lloyd Webber opening of the week (taking his current London production total up to a whopping five from next month) is his early collaboration with Tim Rice, celebrating 50 years since its original concept album, and back … Continue reading
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BWW Interview: JoAnn M Hunter
The choreographer discusses her work on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Noises Off, Lyric Hammersmith
Do not anger the theatre gods, for their vengeance is swift and mighty. On press night of Michael Frayn’s peerless portrait of backstage disasters, the Lyric suffered its own “technical difficulties”, adding a distinctly meta frisson to this already gloriously … Continue reading
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Tagged actors, backstage, bedroom farce, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap tickets, comedy, director, farce, jeremy herrin, london, lyric hammersmith, meera syal, michael frayn, noises off, review, sex, slapstick, summer, theatre, ticket deal
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On Your Feet!, London Coliseum
This well-meaning biographical jukebox musical about icons Gloria and Emilio Estefan, which did two years on Broadway and a US tour, is good summer scheduling, what with its Latin-pop bangers, infectious dance routines and “Dreams come true” messaging. Yet its … Continue reading
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