Oliver! review " tunes, glorious tunes and a thrillingly vivid production
Leeds PlayhouseJames Brining's exemplary staging solves every problem " the antisemitism, the coercive romance " that Oliver Bart's joyous, beloved but difficult musical presents With child hunger and antisemitism each making a comeback in Britain, a revival of Lionel Bart's Oliver! has " amid its tunes, glorious tunes " an unwanted topicality. And though Bart's 1960 musical twist on Dickens is one to which audiences…