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Thursday, April 13, 2017

BWW Review: 2 BECOME 1, King's Head Theatre by Gary Naylor

It's back to the 90s at the King's Head for a show brimming with that decade's biggest hits sung wonderfully well.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PM
Sunday, April 9, 2017

BWW Review: MACBETH, Jack Studio Theatre by Gary Naylor

Macbeth's grim pursuit of power, with his Lady prompting and then agonising in the background, is brought to life in this low budget, committed production.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:31AM
Sunday, April 2, 2017

BWW Review: HONK!, Union Theatre by Gary Naylor

Honk is a musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling with an important message about bullying gently sugar-coated with musical numbers and light comedy.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02AM
Saturday, April 1, 2017

BWW Review: THE MUTANT MAN, The Space Arts Centre by Gary Naylor

The Mutant Man is a fractured, multi-layered telling of a true story of a man who was born as a woman and how his treatment at the hands of an exploitative, unenlightened society led to trag…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AM
Thursday, March 30, 2017

BWW Review: THE LIFE, Southwark Playouse by Gary Naylor

The Life is the story of two women living in New York in the 70s, one keen to get out of the sex workers' life, the other keen to get on, told through wonderful songs, beautifully sung.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AM
Wednesday, March 29, 2017

BWW Review: ADAM & EVE... AND STEVE, King's Head Theatre by Gary Naylor

Adam amp Eve... and Steve has a bit of panto, a bit of the Edinburgh FRinge and a whole lot of great songs, but not quite the musical chops to reach its full potential.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AM
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

BWW Review: THE WIPERS TIMES, Arts Theatre by Gary Naylor

The Wipers Times tells the story of an underground magazine, written on the Western Front by soldiers for soldiers, the articles packed with good humour and a touch of irreverence.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PM
Thursday, March 23, 2017

BWW Review: DARK VANILLA JUNGLE, Theatre N16 by Gary Naylor

Philip Ridley's dystopian nightmare has moments of poetry and humour but is ultimately just too relentlessly grim and must be endured rather than enjoyed.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AM
Monday, March 20, 2017

BWW Review: MY BRILLIANT FRIEND PARTS 1 & 2, Rose Theatre by Gary Naylor

Naples is brought to London, as we track the extraordinary lives of Lila and Lenu in an adaptation of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels that overreaches itself.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PM
Sunday, March 19, 2017

BWW Review: THREESOME, UNION Theatre by Gary Naylor

Threesome is often crude, sometimes boldly empowering and occasionally shows a glimpse of something more sophisticated emerging, but ultimately falls a little short on laughs.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PM
Saturday, March 18, 2017

BWW Review: ROMAN TRAGEDIES, Barbican Theatre by Gary Naylor

Extraordinary, astonishing, unmissable five star production that brings three of Shakespeare's plays up to date in an electrifying production that should not be missed.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32AM
Thursday, March 16, 2017

BWW Review: AFTER PARTY, Pleasance Theatre by Gary Naylor

After Party sees tensions, long since buried, bubble to the surface, as one of the old gang returns from prison to settle old scores and reclaim what he believes to be his.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45PM
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

BWW Review: SEVENTEEN, Lyric Hammersmith by Gary Naylor

Seventeen captures a cathartic moment in young people's lives - the last day at school - but does not reach its potential due to a largely lacklustre script.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AM
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

BWW Review: LIMEHOUSE, Donmar Warehouse by Gary Naylor

Limehouse focuses on the events concerning the founding of the Social Democratic Party the SDP and the drafting of the Limehouse Declaration that led to it. Many, many parallels with today's…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AM
Monday, March 13, 2017

BWW Review: OVERTRUE LIVE - THE MUSIC OF DANIEL AND LAURA CURTIS, The Hippodrome by Gary Naylor

Daniel and Laura Curtis showcase their current album, Overture, and give us a glimpse or two of emerging work, the songs belted out by A list West End performers.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48AM
Thursday, March 9, 2017

BWW Review: WISDOM OF A FOOL, LOST Theatre by Gary Naylor

Wisdom of a Fool resurrects the much loved Norman Wisdom in Jack Lane's respectful and entertaining show that charts his rags-to-riches story.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:26AM
Wednesday, March 8, 2017

BWW Review: HANDBAGGED, Jack Studio Theatre by Gary Naylor

Handbagged imagines what was said by Mrs Thatcher and The Queen in their weekly meetings to hilarious effect in Moira Buffini's award-winning satire.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48AM
Tuesday, March 7, 2017

BWW Review: YOU'RE HUMAN LIKE THE REST OF THEM, Finborough Theatre by Gary Naylor

Three short plays introduce the writing of BS Johnson, a revered man of English letters whose influence resonates through the last 50 years.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59AM
Sunday, March 5, 2017

BWW Review: IONESCO - DINNER AT THE SMITHS', The Latvian House by Gary Naylor

Ionesco's absurd theatre brought to life in a handsome production that is full of wit and humour, but never loses its avant garde character.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12AM
Thursday, March 2, 2017

BWW Review: SWIFTIES, Theatre N16 by Gary Naylor

Swifties examines the obsessive nature of fandom, as dress-up and role play turns into something much more sinister in this reinvention of Jean Genet's The Maids.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:39AM
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

BWW Review: HAMLET, Almeida Theatre by Gary Naylor

Hamlet anew in this technology infused but oh so human production of Shakespeare's great tragedy in which Andrew Scott gives us a warm, flawed, and eventually mad Prince.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23AM
Thursday, February 23, 2017

BWW Review: FLEW THE COOP, New Diorama Tristan Bates Theatre by Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor sees an energetic, loud and often charming tale of love in a wartime POW Camp.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PM

BWW Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Arcola Theatre by Gary Naylor

The Cherry Orchard retains its power to reach across decades and tell us harsh truths about a changing world.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06PM
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

BWW Review: THE SORROWS OF SATAN, Tristan Bates Theatre by Gary Naylor

The Sorrows of Satan delights from beginning to end, packing in witty songs, wonderful performances and a laughs per minute ratio as high as any in the West End.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14AM
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

BWW Review: THE WILD PARTY, The Other Palace by Gary Naylor

The Wild Party is plenty wild enough, but its overly ambitious book and parade of cookie-cutter characters means that it never lands a knockout punch - or song.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:33AM
Monday, February 20, 2017

Why Are Women Still Shortchanged In Theatre? by Gary Naylor

Has theatre come to terms with 21st century women Or are female characters too frequently there to help the men drive the plot from curtain to curtain

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44AM
Saturday, February 18, 2017

BWW Review: LA RONDE, The Bunker by Gary Naylor

Max Gill's clever adaptation of this classic play brings it right up to date, into the world of Tinder and Grindr and fluid sexual identities.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:35PM

BWW Review: VENTOUX, Vault Festival by Gary Naylor

Ventoux captures two very different men going mano a mano against each other, against the Tour de France's most fearsome mountain and, ultimately, against history's insistence that they pay …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:53AM
Thursday, February 16, 2017

BWW Review: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, Jack Studio Theatre by Gary Naylor

Intense and focused, this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's celebrated novel ratchets up the tension without losing the material's intellectual heft.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38AM
Sunday, February 12, 2017

BWW Review: ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, Union Theatre by Gary Naylor

Anyone Can Whistle is a rare combination of a well-deserved flop and a must-see show. Swallow the myriad flaws, and its an entertaining, sharp and eerily prophetic show.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:33AM

All that Chat

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 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic