The onstage drama can't compete with the goings-on behind the scenes. A week before the London premiere of the Peter Schaufuss Ballet's Midnight Express, its star Sergei Polunin left the production. Last year, Polunin's shock resignation from The Royal Ballet was front page news; he's getting a reputation for disappearing acts. Given the quality of Midnight Express, he's well out of it.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:26AM on April 11, 2013