Tag Archives: tony kushner

Angels in America, National Theatre

Posted on May 5, 2017 by mkmswain

Tony Kushner’s landmark two-part play begins at a funeral, with a rabbi solemnly naming a woman’s surviving relatives; partway through the interminable list of grandchildren, he stops and sighs. It’s a witty opener for a piece that’s epic in every … Continue reading →

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The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide…, Hampstead Theatre

Posted on October 31, 2016 by mkmswain

It’s not just the title (The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures) that’s daunting in Tony Kushner’s exhaustive three-and-a-half-hour epic, which tackles everything from socialist history, belief systems and family dysfunction to maternity … Continue reading →

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Amadeus leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on October 1, 2016 by mkmswain

From Shaffer and Stoppard revivals to new musicals and Tony Kushner’s latest. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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A Bright Room Called Day, Southwark Playhouse

Posted on July 29, 2014 by mkmswain

The pivotal early 1930s period in which Herr Hitler overcame strong if fractured left-wing opposition should make for meaty drama, but the sluggish polemic currently occupying Southwark Playhouse will leave carnivorous viewers unsatiated. American playwright Tony Kusher is rightly celebrated … Continue reading →

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Playing politics

Posted on July 26, 2014 by mkmswain

It seems almost unnecessary to criticise Tony Kushner’s insufferable polemic when he does so regularly within the text of A Bright Room Called Day. Characters rebuke one another for their “bad romantic posturing”, “elegant despair” and “carefully constructed but immobile” … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: tony kushner

Angels in America, National Theatre

The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide…, Hampstead Theatre

Amadeus leads October’s Top 10 new London shows

A Bright Room Called Day, Southwark Playhouse

Playing politics

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