A new wave of productions forgoes the feelgood factor and focuses instead on issues such as poverty and homelessness"Musicals can tackle anything," says Rufus Norris. As the director who set to music the events surrounding the murder of five prostitutes in Ipswich in 2006, Norris should know.His production, London Road, which is poised to transfer to the cinema screen, is part of a new wave of stage productions that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:47AM on April 13, 2013