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Come From Away leads February’s Top 10 new London shows
From a hit Canadian musical to showbiz satire and a classic sitcom reborn. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
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Unsubtle Tartuffe update misses target
Last year, American poet/playwright Marcus Gardley scored a hit at the Tricycle by transporting Lorca to 19th-century New Orleans, and his loose adaptation of Molière’s 1664 Tartuffe seemed equally promising – the hypocritical religious devotee becoming a Deep South charlatan preacher. … Continue reading
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A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes, Tricycle Theatre
Molière’s 1664 comedy Tartuffe transplanted to present-day Atlanta, Georgia: it sounds like an inspired idea. The hypocritical religious devotee becomes a charlatan preacher fleecing his flock, offering salvation in exchange for hard cash and a distinctly unpriestly grope. But Marcus … Continue reading
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