Liverpool PlayhouseThe Playhouse's sparkling Edwardian past is brought back to life in Michael Wynne's fine new playThe star of The Star is the theatre itself. Gertrude Lawrence and Noël Coward appeared here; so too did Richard Burton, Patricia Routledge and Anthony Hopkins, playing in the celebrated Liverpool Repertory Company, set up in 1911. Before it became the Playhouse, though, this was the Star music hall. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM on December 18, 2016