Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Since it's first publication as a comic strip in 1938, The Addams Family has seen many incarnations, but did not become a musical until it launched on Broadway in 2010. Now the quirky comedy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24AMTuesday, May 16, 2017
There seem to be something consistently appealing about the music of the 1980s acts such as Rick Astley and Bananarama seem to attract more concert-goers today than they did in their heyday.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24AMWednesday, May 10, 2017
Alistair Beaton has solid form as a political satirist as writer on Spitting Image and author of The Trial of Tony Blair. In Fracked he turns his hand to the political hot potato of drilling…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07AMThursday, May 4, 2017
Billed as a new musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's beloved books, Wonderland sees Alice as a deflated and disappointed 40 year old, living in a grimy tower block with her teenage daughter…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06AMTuesday, May 2, 2017
In a captivating UK premiere, Sandra is preparing to take her seat on the first day of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission for Northern Ireland at Stormont, when her estranged sister Te…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMSaturday, April 29, 2017
If City of Glass was a modern art installation, it would undoubtably be worth five stars. It is one of the most visually impressive productions I have ever seen on a London stage.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42AMWednesday, April 26, 2017
Following the sell-out run in 2015 at The Vaults deep under Waterloo Station, Les Enfants Terribles' and ebp bring their Olivier award nominated Alice's Adventures Underground back to celebr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24AMTuesday, April 25, 2017
Mike Leigh wrote his most famous play, Abigail's Party, 40 years ago, as a reaction to the boom in consumerism after the war and as a general commentary at the absurdism of class aspiration.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54AMMonday, April 24, 2017
After You is the first musical to be performed at The Crazy Coqs venue, deep under Piccadilly Circus at Brasserie Zedel in London's West End. Childhood friends and musical collaborators Kati…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMThursday, April 13, 2017
Arthur Miller's The Crucible was written in response to the McCarthy-era in America, as an allegory for the witch hunts against supposed communists. The presidential order resulted in an obs…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:31AMSaturday, April 1, 2017
In a plot more than a little reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier, Gabriel seesJeanne Becquet is trying to keep her young daughter and Jewish daughter-in-law safe under the ever-increasing threa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12AMFriday, March 24, 2017
Last seen in 1984 as BBC's Play for Today, Dog Ends establishes a scenario familiar to many George is growing weary of looking after his frail elderly father and his beloved dog. Set in an o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06AMTuesday, March 21, 2017
There are few male playwrights who have captured the female psyche as well as Willy Russell. The character of Shirley is both simple and complex. On one hand all she wants is to escape her l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31AMTuesday, March 14, 2017
Not Dead Enough is the third novel by best-selling crime writer Peter James to be adapted by Shaun McKenna and directed by Ian Talbot. Brighton socialite Katie Bishop is found raped and murd…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42AMTuesday, March 7, 2017
Patrick Hamilton's Gaslight had its premiere in Richmond Theatre in 1938 and so it seems suitable for it to end its UK tour in the same setting. Set firmly in an era of Victorian melodrama B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33AMTuesday, February 28, 2017
Federico Fellini's Oscar-winning film La Strada has earned its place as a cinematic classic. As a film, it is a visual feast and so therefore a huge challenge to put on the stage.In a world …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07AMFriday, February 24, 2017
The wonderful thing about fringe theatre is the variety and quality of what can be produced in a tiny space, with very little budget. Creativity is key to make an audience return to what is …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19AMTuesday, February 21, 2017
It is 30 years since Clare McIntyre's Low Level Panic premiered at the Royal Court. Focusing on a snap shot in the lives of three flatmates Mary has found a pornographic magazine in the bin …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:09AMSunday, February 12, 2017
It is no secret that acclaimed film director Mike Leigh has a passion for Gilbert and Sullivan his 1999 film Topsy-Turvy was an outright celebration of them and theirmusic. In this first rev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31AMThursday, February 9, 2017
It's a common complaint that as you get older, you start to become invisible to others. This is compounded further if you are an actress over a certain age. The recent performances of actres…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:10AMSaturday, February 4, 2017
With an established tradition for producing plays set in memorable venues, Antic Disposition returns with its production of Henry V, performed in eight cathedrals around the country.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:57AMFriday, February 3, 2017
The return of Jonathan Miller's brilliant Mafioso take on Verdi's Rigoletto is incredibly welcome after the awkward and confusing version that last appeared at the ENO in 2014. The original …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37AMThursday, February 2, 2017
John Webster is not what you could ever describe as a subtle writer. His bloody themes of lust, revenge and tragedy are overt and unflinching. The White Devil is based on an extraordinary tr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51AMSaturday, December 17, 2016
The beautiful story of Nutcracker is as festive as Father Christmas and mince pies.Clara and her Christmas Eve battle with the evil Mouse King to rescueher beloved Nutcracker leads to a magi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42AMWednesday, December 14, 2016
For UK audiences, Dreamgirls will be more familiar from the critically acclaimed 2006 film, but incredibly, the iconic musical started life on Broadway all the way back in 1981. The UK debut…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMMonday, December 12, 2016
James Seabright must be a very busy man at the moment. With numerous productions currently playing across London, including the excellent Transpotting and Fking Men at The Vaults, he now bri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24AMSunday, December 11, 2016
After the success of last year's A Christmas Carol, Kingston's Rose Theatre have again turned to talented Ciaran McConville for their festive show. 2016 sees a festive adaptation of Kenneth …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:16AMCharles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is one of the most well-known and best-loved stories of the season. Over the years, a number of radio adaptations of it have been broadcast always faithful…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:11AMThursday, December 8, 2016
The famous story of the Prince of Denmark follows Hamlet on his murderous quest to avenge the death of his father. Theenduring appeal ofShakespeare's tragedy is thewriter'sskill in retaining…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMThursday, November 10, 2016
CATS is a strange phenomenon. Despite the fact that there is no real plot, its infectious songs and legendary choreography has meant that ithas been playing around the world almost constantl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:52PMWednesday, November 9, 2016
Incredibly, it is over two decades since Irvine Welsh's cult classic, Trainspotting, landed on bookshelves and twenty years since Danny Boyle's film impacted on modern culture in a way rarel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PM 
