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Seeing red on The Color Purple

Mark ShentonWednesday March 20Include in homepage slide?, Thought of the dayLeave a Comment

How religious freedoms and freedom of speech are clashing over the casting of the lead in a new regional production of The Color Purple.

Critical Digest: Linda, Funny Girl, The Girls, Oliver!, Barbarians and Macbeth

Mark ShentonSunday December 6Features, Include in homepage slide?Leave a Comment

Reviews digest of openings in London, Leicester and Leeds from national critics for new productions of Linda, Funny Girl, The Girls, Oliver!, Barbarians and Macbeth.

Diary of a theatre addict: Robert Lindsay and I make up, but I fall out with Harvey Fierstein in another busy week

Mark ShentonSunday September 20Include in homepage slide?, Thought of the dayLeave a Comment

I make up with Robert Lindsay and meet with the wonderful Mark Rylance, but I have more mixed emotions about Harvey Fierstein, even as I’ve seen three shows connected to him in the space of six days.

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