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Diary of a Theatre Addict: 13 shows in London, 5 beyond London, and 11 in New York in April

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

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Diary of a Theatre Addict: A week in New York, Some Magic, and a New Hip

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London hits transfer to New York, and I come back from NYC to a hip replacement.

Diary of a Theatre Addict: Starring with a cast of 500 Supporting Actors, and Two Trips to Yorkshire (with a day in London inbetween)

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You Me Bum Bum Train isn’t exactly a train journey, but it provided the ride of my life; I also made two separate train journeys to Yorkshire that provided musical and comic diversions of their own.

Diary of a Theatre Addict: Finding myself centrestage at my public birthday party

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This week I had another birthday — but it wasn’t any birthday: Scott Alan threw a public birthday bash for me. And it was the best of my life!

Diary of a Theatre Addict: 3 disappointments but 5 pleasures make a good betting average

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Another busy week: I loved 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Songs for a New World, As Is, The Spitfire Grill and revisiting Memphis, but had problems with Sinatra, Mack and Mabel and American Idiot.

Diary of a theatre addict: Is it all work and no play(s) in South Africa?

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Cynthia Erivo heads to Broadway, Jonny Donahoe comes home & Ben Brantley raves about Chenoweth

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Recent Articles

  • January 15: ShenTens: My Top Ten Favourite Musicals
  • January 14: Theatrical friends, rivals and colleagues, from Sheen and Tennant in Staged to a cluster of theatrical dames in Sussex
  • January 13: The show must go on. Or must it?
  • January 12: The threat to London’s City Centre and Britain’s Soft Power Globally
  • January 11: Diary items: Cats vs The Beatles, Brexit Blues and Backstage Covid Testing
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