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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Comus: A Masque in Honour of Chastity, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London, review: Lucy Bailey's witty and beguiling production by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Milton's Comus twists the conventions of the masque, taking the audience on a tempestuos journey

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:18AM
Sunday, October 30, 2016

The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With A Key to the Scriptures, Hampstead Theatre, London, review: Massively stimula by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Michael Boyd's passionately acted production at Hampstead is about a suicidal, retired longshoreman and a most unusual family reunion in a Brooklyn brownstone

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:24AM
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Amadeus, Olivier, National Theatre, London, review: Adam Gillen delivers the most moving portrayal of Mozart seen since Michael Sheen played the role by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The revival of Peter Shaffer's play stars Lucian Msamati as Salieri and Adam Gillen as Mozart, with live orchestral accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:24PM
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Harrogate, Jerwood Upstairs, Royal Court, London, review: It manages to be tricky, elusive, queasily comic and utterly gutting by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Al Smith's Harrogate is about a middle-aged father's creepily close relationship with his fifteen year old daughter

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:40AM
Friday, October 21, 2016

A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer, Dorfman, NT, London, review: 'Inflatable cancer cells sprout through the walls of Lucy Osborne&apos by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Sounds fun? This new musical demystifyes cancer and is set in the oncology department of a hospital

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:21AM
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Blue Heart, Orange Tree, Richmond, review: 'This dazzling diptych makes extraordinary demands of the cast' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Nearly 20 years after its Royal Court premiere, this exhilarating Caryl Churchill double-bill includes two one act plays, Heart's Desire and Blue Kettle

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:15PM
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

The Red Barn, Lyttelton, National Theatre, review: 'The impossibly elegant Elizabeth Debicki (of Night Manager fame) exudes, like an expensive pe by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

David Hare's new play is based on Georges Simenon's thriller, La Main, and stars Debicki, Hope Davis and Mark Strong

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:10AM
Monday, October 17, 2016

Oil, Almeida Theatre, London, review: 'The play will, I suspect, divide audiences but I'm not complaining when I say that I can't get i by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Anne-Marie Duff time-travels across a century and a half, ending up in the dystopian, post-oil future of 2051 in Ella Hickson's play Oil, which connects the dawn of the Oil Age with the…

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:20AM
Friday, October 14, 2016

A Man of Good Hope, Young Vic, London, review: 'In troubled post-Brexit Britain, the show is an inspiration in its open-hearted resonant appeal f by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The true story of a Somalian refugee's epic journey across Africa, brought to life with music from the Isango Ensemble

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:38PM
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Shopping and F**king, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, review: A high-energy, go-for-broke production by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Too often the performances feel like frenetic demonstrations rather than lived experience

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:34AM
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

One Night in Miami..., Donmar Warehouse, London, review: 'Sope Dirisu beautifully captures both the mischievous charm and full-of-beans cockiness by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali) celebrates 1964 heavyweight title in hotel room with activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and American football star Jim Brown

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:54AM
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

No's Knife, Old Vic, London review: Lisa Dwan is back with Beckett in another extraordinary tour de force by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

No's Knife has been selected and arranged by the actress from Texts for Nothing

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:32AM
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Floyd Collins, Wilton's Music Hall, London, review: 'On no account to be missed' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This musical tells the real-life story of a young man who becomes trapped in the cave he has discovered in 1920s Kentucky

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:31AM
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

The Libertine, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, review: Dominic Cooper is curiously colourless and uncompelling as Rochester by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Dominic Cooper plays hedonistic 17th Century rake the Earl of Rochester in this sexually charged play by award-winning playwright Stephen Jeffreys

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:08AM
Friday, September 23, 2016
Monday, September 19, 2016

Dinner at the Twits, The Vaults, London, theatre review: 'For all its culinary novelty, this show leaves a rather bland taste in the mouth' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

To mark the centenary of Roald Dahl's birth, theatre company Les Enfants Terribles joined forces with Bompas and Parr to serve up his 1979 children's book as an immersive theatrica…

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:21AM

Things I Know To Be True, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, review: 'Genuinely haunting and fervently recommended' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

A beautiful and painfully perceptive portrait of a family and the frictions that arise when grown-up children try to push beyond the confines of their loving parents' expectations

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:20AM

The Emperor, Young Vic, London, review: 'Witty and haunting production' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

It's no wonder that Ryszard Kapucsinski's 1978 book appeals to theatre-makers, says Paul Taylor

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:13AM
Monday, September 12, 2016

punkplay, Southwark Playhouse, review: 'The troubled dynamic is beautifully handled' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Gregory S Moss's 2009 play is now receiving its UK premiere

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:04AM
Thursday, September 8, 2016

Labyrinth, Hampstead Theatre, London, review: Dynamic and deeply researched by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Some may feel it is a bit too school-of-Enron for comfort

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:25AM
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Britten in Brooklyn, Wilton's Music Hall, London, review: 'Resoundingly hollow and off-key' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Zoe Lewis's new play, starring Sadie Frost, is based on true events

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:02PM

King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, review: 'An evening that moves and impresses' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Antony Sher played a memorable Fool to Michael Gambon's Lear at the RSC in 1982. Now he returns to the tragedy as the lead

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:57AM

Unfaithful, Found 111, theatre review: 'Recommended' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Owen McCafferty takes what could have been a hackneyed scenario – middle-aged marriage rocked by the imputation of infidelity – and gives it a raw contemporary twist

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:02AM
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

The Entertainer, Garrick Theatre, review: 'Kenneth Branagh rises to the occasion' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Music hall meets domestic drama in this revival of John Osborne's classic play

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:16AM
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

They Drink It In The Congo, Almeida Theatre, review: 'A rich mess and a bold sprawl' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The Almeida addressed the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo a few years back when it staged the European premiere of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined. Adam Brace…

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:40PM
Thursday, August 18, 2016

946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, Shakespeare's Globe, review: 'A winningly rumbustious family show' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Theatre's love-affair with the writings of War Horse author Michael Morpurgo continues with this stage version of his 2006 novella

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:49AM
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Groundhog Day, Old Vic, theatre review: 'Such a tonic that it's a pity you can't get a repeat prescription for it' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The stage-musical adaptation of the 1993 movie reunites the team behind the smash-hit Matilda

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:03AM
Monday, August 15, 2016

The Burnt Part Boys, Park Theatre, review: 'Entertaining enough' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The European premiere of an off-Broadway show and the first musical ever to be staged in Park90 is a bold choice, says Paul Taylor

SOURCE: The Independent at 03:43PM

Allegro, Southwark Playhouse, musical review: 'A heartfelt production that takes you into the soul of a lost gem' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This Rodgers and Hammerstein musical had to wait nearly 70 years for its professional European premiere

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:44PM
Thursday, August 11, 2016

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, National Theatre, London: 'Delightfully potty-­mouthed and sex­-obsessed, it's not to be missed' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Vicky Featherstone's wonderfully fluent and vivid production of Alan Warner's award-­winning 1998 novel The Sopranos is a boozy, raucous rite of passage

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:13AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime