The Year in Brief: 2018 in review(s)
Some of the shows I missed in 2018 — and some of the shows I loved.
The week in brief (w/e September 2)
Latest news, reviews, podcasts and more from London & Broadway, including Prince Harry at HAMILTON & Lin-Manuel Miranda at Southwark Playhouse.
The week in brief (w/e Aug 19)
News, reviews, controversies and interviews of the week from London to Broadway, by way of Edinburgh, including the ‘banning’ of Mazz Murray from singing a song from Dreamgirls, Edinburgh venue pay rates, & a 70-year-old Broadway understudy getting the lead.
Theatre openings and my Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c March 28)
After re-visiting The Book of Mormon, it makes it into this week’s Top Ten; so does People, Places and Things, newly transferred from the National to the West End.
My Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c March 21)
After three one-star shows in a row last week, there’s a guaranteed hit opening this week when People, Places and Things transfers from the National.
Diary of a theatre addict: Peter Pan Goes Right, the National Lacks Wonder and Funny Girl is very funny
Peter Pan Goes Wrong left me reeling with happiness, wonder.land at the National didn’t provide much wonder and Sheridan Smith delivered onstage (but not a planned interview)
Critical Digest: Linda, Funny Girl, The Girls, Oliver!, Barbarians and Macbeth
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.