Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Gary Naylor looks back on 101 shows reviewed in 2017 and picks the best of the best.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMOperaUpClose condense and update Tchaikovsky's classic tragedy for a new space and a new culture, but never lose sight of its deep set Russian roots.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31AMTuesday, December 19, 2017
A new musical with plenty of echoes of a very famous one indeed, with strong singing and jaw-dropping puppetry but undermined by a tone that is nether one thing not the other.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:09AMWednesday, December 13, 2017
The Twilight Zone takes us into the world of early 60s cult science fiction TV in a bold and innovative adaptation that never quite transcends its structural weaknesses.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMTuesday, December 12, 2017
A straight, gimmick-free production of Julius Caesar that may be as relevant today as at any time in the last 420 years.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMStripped back and startlingly intimate, Puccini's great tunes are given full value by wonderful voices and sensational acting in a production that raises boutique operas to a new level.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02AMFriday, December 8, 2017
Project Polunin is a mixed bag of dance and music, a showcase for the bad boy of ballet, Sergei Polunin, that succeeds intermittently.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41AMTuesday, December 5, 2017
The Woman In White has its flaws, but Thom Southerland's production of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's 2004 show delivers plenty to fans of musical theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMSaturday, December 2, 2017
The genius of Lin-Manuel Miranda's songwriting in Hamilton, exemplified in one song.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:46AMWednesday, November 29, 2017
The Charles Court Opera Company's eleventh panto continues their tradition of bold re-interpretations and bad jokes.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:25PMSunday, November 26, 2017
Privates on Parade is often amusing, but time has not treated its approach to issues kindly, even for those unoffended by the casual racism and misogyny typical of its era.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMThursday, November 23, 2017
Ordinary Days captures the ups and downs of romance in a big city with fine singing and warm, winning performances.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04AMWednesday, November 22, 2017
Three very different dances united by the stellar qualities of Bolshoi superstar Svetlana Zakharova.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35AMSunday, November 19, 2017
This is a great, complex, problematic, Shakespearean, mythic, disturbing, provocative play.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:47AMFriday, November 17, 2017
As it settles into its run, expect this production of 'Earnest' to bring out comedy that goes against the grain of the times, but is no less funny for that.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03AMThursday, November 16, 2017
The Dark Room raises important issues but its lack of nuance and relentless emotional pain delivered at top volume and top speed, detract from its dramatic potential.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57AMFriday, 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 06:42PM 
