Friday, November 10, 2017
A pared back but wholly successful production that places the storytelling and poetry at the centre of the storm of hubristic violence.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18AMTuesday, November 7, 2017
Mother Courage and her Children grows with relevance as Josie Lawrence turns in a once in a lifetime performance as a woman whose eye for business blinds her to what really matters.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:21AMWednesday, November 1, 2017
Imagine This is considered and serious in its examination of life in the Warsaw Ghetto, but is ultimately let down by a plodding book and samey songs.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMTuesday, October 31, 2017
The iconic film loses its way on transition from screen to stage in disappointing adaptation low on shocks.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24PMTuesday, October 24, 2017
A timely revival for Terry Johnson's play that delivers on its themes, but falls short on its drama.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37AMFriday, October 13, 2017
Hair The Musical is back for a 50th anniversary show, but only provokes Gary Naylor to turn on, tune in and drop off.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43AMWednesday, October 4, 2017
Flashdance The Musical may lack narrative drive, but it more than makes up for it with iconic songs and energetic performances full of star power.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33PMTuesday, October 3, 2017
Gary Naylor sees a show packed with broad humour and commercial songs - and underpinned by a message that matters.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PMFriday, September 29, 2017
Frankenstein, likes its eponymous anti-hero, is often brilliant but flounders on its ambition.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54AMTuesday, September 19, 2017
Picking out the best of UK theatre over the past 12 months is a curious task - akin to judging avocado pears against conference pears, we're comparing like with like only in the broadest sen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMFriday, September 15, 2017
Gary Naylor sees another opera up close from the award-winning OperaUpClose, this time lacking a little in the clarity that has characterised previous productions.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04AMTuesday, September 12, 2017
A timely revival for one of Jack Rosenthal's celebrated TV plays of the 70s with much to say about the age of the Uber.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMThursday, September 7, 2017
Britney Spears The Cabaret entertains and provokes with the story of the pop princess's life told through Christie Whelan Browne's comic cuts and wonderful singing.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:56PMTuesday, September 5, 2017
Deadline Day has echoes of The Likely Lads in its humour, drawn from the clashing of cultures as a boy wonder footballer and his go-getting agent travel to London to sign for Chelsea.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMFriday, August 18, 2017
Salad Days is easy to dismiss is the lightest of light entertainment, but has plenty of political punch under its joyous exterior.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:42PMWednesday, August 9, 2017
Director, Amy Draper, packs plenty into realising writer Daniel Winder's ambitious take on the Grimm fairytale, but the show needs to be edited back to two hours maximum running time to succ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:09PMWednesday, August 2, 2017
The Cunning Little Vixen is a opera favourite but no less fascinating for that, especially in this innovative and engaging production.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMTuesday, August 1, 2017
Long a star of Wicked, Willemijn Verkaik delivers a splendid one-off concert to her adoring fans.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMWednesday, July 26, 2017
The Marriage of Kim K is an innovative melding of musical genres, as three couples find life together more difficult than expected, their lives revealed in a very 21st century style.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMTuesday, July 25, 2017
I Loved Lucy returns to the West End with a change in tone, but retaining its charm and its pathos with another incandescent star performance from Sandra Dickinson.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMTuesday, July 11, 2017
La Voix Humaine, Poulenc's one act, one soprano opera based on a play by Jean Cocteau, is a visceral, demanding, rewarding evening, ferociously up to date in every sense.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:09AMTuesday, July 4, 2017
King Kong A Comedy tries a little too hard for laughs, but captures some of the pathos of its 1933 movie inspiration in a breathless 80 minutes show..
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:42PMFriday, June 30, 2017
A Macbeth that stays true to the 17th century origin of the play, yet feels bang up to date with plenty for teenage fans of Game of Thrones and Shakespeare veterans to enjoy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:36AMWednesday, June 28, 2017
Blondel The Musical has elements of pantomime and elements of the real punch of musical theatre in a show that works well only intermittently.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMSaturday, June 17, 2017
These Tress Are Made Of Blood tells the story of Argentina's Dirty War using cabaret as a vehicle to describe the horrors and the politics that drove it.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36AMThursday, June 1, 2017
La Strada, adapted from the Fellini movie is a play with music that captures the style and ethics of a classic movie, indeed the Neo-Realism style.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMVixen updates Leos Janacek's opera for the victims of Generation Rent moving the action into the big city of 2017 with hi tech and great singing.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:26AMMonday, May 29, 2017
Annie Get Your Gun delivers wonderful, uncynical entertainment, the romance studded with some of the finest songs ever written for the theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48AMSaturday, May 27, 2017
Jam, Matt Parvin's first play, shows promise but cannot overcome its structural and narrative problems to deliver its full potential.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:46AMThursday, May 25, 2017
The Mikado is as much as ever in this all male version that showcases the great songs with some fine voices.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMMonday, May 22, 2017
Continuing our series of favourite musical theatre songs is Carol Channing's version of 'Hello, Dolly'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42AM 
