Musical
Once - review
Musicals these days tend to batter you into submission. This one, winner of eight Tony awards and based on a 2006 low-budget movie by John Carney that I have deliberately avoided seeing, wins you over with its simplicity, charm and air of sweet melancholy
Musical about Brian Haw, Parliament Square protester, praised by his family
The son of protester Brian Haw, who died in 2011, has given his blessing to According to Brian Haw, a musical about his life.
The Book Of Mormon @ Prince Of Wales Theatre: Trust The Hype
A musical written by the creators of South Park, you say? AND the guy who did Avenue Q, you say? Hell freakin’ YES (we say).
Ghost: The Musical - UK Tour
GHOST is a timeless fantasy about the power of love. Walking back to their apartment one night, Sam and Molly are mugged, leaving Sam murdered on a dark street. Sam is trapped as a ghost between this world and the next and unable to leave Molly who he lea
Merrily We Roll Along - Harold Pinter Theatre
Triple Olivier award-winner Maria Friedman makes an extraordinary directorial debut, with outstanding performances from a flawless cast, including Mark Umbers - ‘Impeccably played’ (Guardian), Damian Humbley - ‘Terrific’ (Independent) and OlivierThe Bloody Ballad - review
A magic dismemberment act in which a head appears to be removed from a body was once billed in a theatre programme as being "exceedingly amusing and in no way repulsive". Such a description would only half match this bluesy-rockabilly music-play , featur
The Book of Mormon is toothless, jokeless, plotless and pointless
Impossible, surely. The Book of Mormon could never live up to the accolades lavished on it by America’s critics. ‘Blissfully original, outspoken, irreverent and hilarious,’ was a typical review.The Book of Mormon is toothless, jokeless, plotless and pointless
Impossible, surely. The Book of Mormon could never live up to the accolades lavished on it by America’s critics. ‘Blissfully original, outspoken, irreverent and hilarious,’ was a typical review.
Stephen Sondheim: An audience witha theatre legend
Stephen Sondheim is two weeks away from his 83rd birthday on the windy, rain-tossed March day when I visit Broadway's reigning king of music and lyrics at his Manhattan home. He hasn't stepped out yet, cautious about slipping and thereby slowing the recov