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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Review: The Magistrate by Lauren Mooney

It may be billed as a Victorian farce, but watching The Magistrate is probably the closest any of us will ever come to seeing a pantomime at the National Theatre. Though lacking in “he…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:41AM
Monday, October 22, 2012

Review: The Static by Lauren Mooney

After a successful Edinburgh Fringe run, ThickSkin’s production of The Static is touring the country with its high-energy tale of young love and the difficulties of being a teenager. The c…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:49PM
Monday, October 15, 2012

Review: You Can Still Make A Killing by Lauren Mooney

Some art is universal, some is completely a product of its time. Nicholas Pierpan’s You Can Still Make a Killing could not have been written before the recession made us all aware of the e…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:19AM
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Review: Desire Under the Elms by Lauren Mooney

It may be nearly a hundred years since Desire Under the Elms was written, but the stage still brims with the barely-repressed desire promised by the title of Eugene O’Neill’s controvers…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:35AM
Sunday, September 30, 2012

Review: Mudlarks by Lauren Mooney

Somewhere in Essex, on the muddy banks of the Thames, two boys are hiding from the police. Charlie and Wayne are jubilant, elated. They have “actually dared to do something” at l…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:40AM
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Edinburgh Fringe Review: I ♥ Peterborough by Lauren Mooney

As you traipse down the stairs to find a seat, the stage in Pleasance Two seems to be set for a kind of Eighties cabaret act. Lulu (Milo Twomey), a drag queen, is made up but not yet dressed…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:32PM
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Juana in a Million by Lauren Mooney

If there was an award for ‘Most Misleading Title of the Fringe’, Juana in a Million would have to be a contender. Initially put off by the pun, I only realised this was a must-see play u…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:09PM
Monday, August 13, 2012

Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Back To School by Lauren Mooney

As I descended the steps towards my ‘new school’, Saint Dumbiedykes, I felt a flutter in my chest of something curiously like nerves. Of course this is ridiculous – Back to School is a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:03PM
Saturday, August 11, 2012

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Dirty Great Love Story by Lauren Mooney

When Richard and Katie meet on a night out – he at a stag do, her a hen – it isn’t love at first sight. Or second. Or third. Written and performed by Katie Bonna and Richard Marsh, Dir…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:30PM
Friday, August 10, 2012

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Servant of Two Masters by Lauren Mooney

In the wake of Richard Bean’s much-lauded adaptation of Servant of Two Masters – the National Theatre’s One Man, Two Guv’nors, currently running on Broadway – one might see the dec…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:25AM

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