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The Visit, National Theatre
Three years after the National’s enthralling revival of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, the playwright returns with his new adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s tragicomic 1956 parable – which has also been turned into an Ingrid Bergman-starring film and a Kander and Ebb musical. … Continue reading
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Interview: Sharon D Clarke
The actress discusses her role in musical Caroline, or Change. Read my full TodayTix interview here
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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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Angels in America, National Theatre
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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Tagged aids, andrew garfield, angels in america, broadwayworld, denise gough, donald trump, eighties, gay, homosexual, london, marianne elliott, nathan lane, national theatre, reagan, review, russell tovey, theatre, tony kushner
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The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide…, Hampstead Theatre
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
A Bright Room Called Day, Southwark Playhouse
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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