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#Throwback Thursday: 2012 Interview with Imelda Staunton about Sweeney Todd & Gypsy

Mark ShentonThursday December 24Features, Include in homepage slide?Leave a Comment

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Feature interview extracts of the week: Nicola Walker, Noma Dumezweni, Cynthia Erivo, Jim Broadbent

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Extracts from recent interviews with British actors Nicola Walker and Cynthia Erivo, both now on Broadway, plus Noma Dumezweni and Jim Broadbent on London stages.

News and reviews from New York: Broadway’s latest Fiddler on the Roof opens

Mark ShentonTuesday December 22Features, Include in homepage slide?Leave a Comment

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Round-up of reviews and news from Broadway, including Fiddler on the Roof and Xmas productions of Elf and Annie, plus a Spring Awakening cast video and remembering those who’s died in 2015.

My top ten choices for Christmas week (with not a panto in sight)

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Critical Digest: Four 5* shows in London & Sheffield and a 1* Peter Pan

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Review extracts from four shows that got 5-star reviews: The Lorax at the Old Vic, Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar, Show Boat at Sheffield’s Crucible & The Dazzle at Found111.

Throwback Thursday: 2013 interview with Derren Brown

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Feature extracts of the week: Jamie Parker, David Morrissey, Johnny Flynn, Derren Brown, Christopher Hampton

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Talking up a storm: Jamie Parker, David Morrissey, Johnny Flynn, Derren Brown, and playwright Christopher Hampton.

News from New York: Color Purple & Fun Home Are Hits, Pacino Flops & Groban Heads to Broadway

Mark ShentonTuesday December 15Features, Include in homepage slide?Leave a Comment

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Theatre Openings and My Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c Dec 14)

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The week in theatre: Billy Elliot to go, School of Rock to come & Bugsy Malone to return

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Big musicals news of the week: Billy Elliot is closing at the Victoria Palace, School of Rock is coming to the London Palladium, Bugsy Malone is returning to the Lyric Hammersmith, and Gypsy will on be BBC4.

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