Tag: Taron Egerton
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ShentonSTAGE Daily for WEDNESDAY MAY 11
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE, coming to you this week from New York. THE TONY NOMINATIONS On Monday morning the nominees for this year’s 75th Tony Awards were announced — the full list is here. They saw A STRANGE LOOP leading the pack with 11 nominations, while MJ THE MUSICAL and PARADISE SQUARE got […]
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ShentonSTAGE Daily for WEDNESDAY APRIL 6
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE. They shoot critics, don’t they? In these fractious, polarized times, it’s becoming more and more dangerous to be a critic. It is a critic’s JOB, after all, to be CRITICAL, where necessary, and not just to offer slavish praise. Of course it has been said that if you’ve not […]
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ShentonSTAGE DAILY FOR MONDAY APRIL 4
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE, which finds me back in London after a week in New York. Diary and Digest of the theatrical week This new weekly feature began last Monday, presenting a digest of the theatrical week just past, both personal and more wide-reaching, including theatrical announcements of the week and openings of […]
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ShentonSTAGE Daily for WEDNESDAY MARCH 16
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE. Sondheim for the 1,074 lucky one-percenters On Monday, I wrote here about the high prices for the West End run of COCK in the under-endowed Ambassadors Theatre (at least from the point of view of number of seats available to sell, thus pushing up its exclusivity already) that opened […]
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ShentonSTAGE Daily for MONDAY MARCH 14
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE. The week(s) ahead My regularly updated list of openings in London, selected regional theatres and on Broadway is here: https://shentonstage.com/theatre-openings-from-w-c-march-14-onwards/ Tomorrow sees the opening of a new production of Mike Bartlett’s 2009 Royal Court play COCK (where it originally starred Ben Whishaw and Andrew Scott, as well as Katherine […]
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Theatre Openings: from w/c March 14 onwards
LAST UPDATED: March 17 2022 Upcoming openings in London, the regions, and on Broadway from March 14 2022 onwards Tuesday March 15: LONDON: Cock (Ambassadors Theatre) March 5-June 4, 2022, press night March 15) Taron Egerton (who played Elton John in the film Rocketman), Jonathan Bailey, Jade Anouka and Phil Daniels star in the first […]
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ShentonSTAGE Daily for FRIDAY MARCH 11
Welcome to today’s edition of ShentonSTAGE. A SCHEUER THING On Wednesday evening I visited the Phoenix Arts Club, adjoining the Phoenix Theatre, to see extraordinary New York singer-songwriter Benjamin Scheuer, now resident in London, performing songs from his new solo show ELODIE’S MOUNTAIN, in development — one of the songs was written just the day […]
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Theatre Openings: from w/c March 7 onwards
LAST UPDATED: March 11 2022 Upcoming openings in London, the regions, and on Broadway from March 7 2022 onwards Tuesday March 8 LONDON: Maria Friedman and Friends — Legacy (Menier Chocolate Factory) March 3-20, press night March 8. Friedman — who has previously appeared at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Maria Friedman Re-Arranged which subsequently […]
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Theatre Openings: from w/c Feb 28 onwards
LAST UPDATED: March 4 2022 Upcoming openings in London, the regions, and on Broadway from February 28 2022 onwards Tuesday March 1: LONDON: Bloody Difficult Women (Riverside Studios) February 24-March 26, press night March 1. Drama critic (and former parliamentary candidate) Tim Walker turns playwright with the world premiere of a play that charts the […]
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Theatre Openings: from w/c Feb 21 onwards
LAST UPDATED: February 22 2022 Upcoming openings in London, the regions, and on Broadway from February 21 2022 onwards Wednesday February 23: REGIONAL: 71 Coltman Street (Hull Truck Theatre) February 17-March 12, press night February 23. Hull Truck celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new play by Richard Bean that tells the story of Hull […]