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Thursday, April 18, 2019

BWW Review: AMELIE, Watermill Theatre by Liz Cearns

Craig Lucas, Daniel Messe and Nathan Tysen's musical adaptation of the acclaimed filmAmelie, which ran on Broadway in 2017 and now kicks off a UK tour,fills the Watermill's stage with the mu…

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

BWW Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Playhouse Theatre by Liz Cearns

Fiddler On the Roof brings the Menier Chocolate Factory to the Playhouse Theatre. As the audience enters, the walls are bedecked with hangings as drab as most of the costumes - the wardrobe …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PM
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

BWW Review: AUSTENTATIOUS, Fortune Theatre by Liz Cearns

Some shows might transfer or extend their run. The cast of Austentatious, however, have commenced a season's residency at the Fortune Theatre, and might thereby hope to introduce their impro…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17PM
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

BWW Review: TANGO FIRE, Peacock Theatre by Liz Cearns

The Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires have returned to London. This night of surprising variety, offers awe-inspiring escapism from the winter's chill and seems to be scheduled just in time…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PM
Thursday, January 24, 2019

BWW Review: SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL, The Other Palace by Liz Cearns

The Other Palace was intended to be a 'space where writers and producers can try out and refine new work'. Showstopper The Improvised Musical only seems to be aiming for half of this ethos. …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PM
Thursday, January 10, 2019

BWW Review: WAR HORSE, The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury by Liz Cearns

One of the most instantly noticeable things about War Horse is the diversity of its audience's ages a children's book if enjoyed by many a parent or independent adult turned into a play and …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PM
Thursday, October 5, 2017

BWW Review: WAR HORSE, The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury by Liz Cearns

One of the most instantly noticeable things about War Horse is the diversity of its audience's ages a children's book if enjoyed by many a parent or independent adult turned into a play …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54PM
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

BWW Review: ESCAPED ALONE, Royal Court by Liz Cearns

A year after its first run, Caryl Churchill's Escaped Alone returns to the Royal Court Theatre.This rather strange play is split between garden chit-chat and apocalyptic horrors, though dire…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37AM
Sunday, December 18, 2016

BWW Review: LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Theatre Royal, Haymarket by Liz Cearns

The Royal Shakespeare Company have burst back to the West End with their double bill of Love's Labour's - both Lost and Won. This pairing really is a remarkable achievement. Set in the summe…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:15AM
Monday, November 14, 2016

BWW Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE, Theatre of Europe, 12 November 2016 by Liz Cearns

With their new season of site-specific work, Theatre of Europe have achieved the almost impossible an original take on the world's most-performed play, Ibsen's A Doll's House.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48AM
Saturday, October 15, 2016

BWW Review: SHOPPING AND F**KING, Lyric Hammersmith, 14 October 2016 by Liz Cearns

It's been twenty years since Mark Ravenhill's notoriously titled Shopping and Fking was first staged at the Royal Court.In his foreword for the Lyric Hammersmith's anniversary production, Ra…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PM
Thursday, October 6, 2016

BWW Review: NO'S KNIFE, Old Vic, 3 October 2016 by Liz Cearns

A one-person show - in this case performed with formidable skill by Lisa Dwan - Beckett's No's Knife is certainly an unusual choice by the Old Vic. Truly, though, this production is even mor…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:09AM
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Eden Espinosa Joins the Cast of RAISE YOUR VOICE: A CABARET FOR A CURE by Liz Cearns

Eden Espinosa joins Max von Essen, Derek Klena, Natalie Weiss, Michael McElroy and the Broadway Inspirational Voices, and More in Raise Your Voice A Cabaret for a Cure to Benefit the Leukemi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:35AM
Friday, September 30, 2016

BWW Interview: Maury Yeston Talks DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY Ahead of London Opening by Liz Cearns

Maury Yeston, the composer and lyricist best-known for Nine and Titanic, visited the West End a few months before the West End opening of his new musical, Death Takes a Holiday. Based on a f…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:26AM
Thursday, September 22, 2016

BWW Looks Closer at TRADE, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and SEE ME NOW at the Young Vic by Liz Cearns

Genesis Future Directors Award recipient Bryony Shanahan directs trade, Debbie Tucker Green's sharp examination of our transactional world. See Me Now is anew show created and performed by t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54AM
Thursday, September 1, 2016

REMEMBERING THEO - a Memorial Concert for Theordore Bikel by Liz Cearns

Actor, vocalist and activist Theodore Bikel died July 21, 2015 at age 91 in Los Angeles. He will be remembered in a memorial concert in New York City, titled 'Remembering Theo - an evening o…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10AM
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

BWW Review: 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE, Tristan Bates Theatre Theatre, 29 August 2016 by Liz Cearns

Lazarus Theatre Company's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore has opened at Soho's Tristan Bates Theatre. This production merges John Ford's gory and uncomfortable 17th century classic with the current …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PM
Monday, August 22, 2016

BWW Review: BITCHES, Finborough Theatre, 18 August 2016 by Liz Cearns

'If only the world loved black people as much as they love black culture' - an excerpt Bola Agbaje's powerful new piece, 'Bitches'

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37PM
Monday, August 15, 2016

BWW Review: SIMON DAVID: VIRGIN, Hen and Chickens Theatre by Liz Cearns

Actor-musician Simon David revives his sell-out show, 'Simon David Virgin' for the Camden Fringe Festival.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04AM
Friday, July 1, 2016

BWW Review: 1984, Playhouse Theatre, 28 June 2016 by Liz Cearns

Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan's brilliant adaptation of George Orwell's formidable novel has returned the West End, following international tours and its very successful London run last s…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PM

BWW Review: ALADDIN, Prince Edward Theatre by Liz Cearns

The musical - or pantomime - of the year has arrived at the Prince Edward Theatre. We check it out

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:57AM
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

BWW Interview: MAMMA MIA!'s Sanne den Besten by Liz Cearns

A few days after cast change, I checked in with 'Mamma Mia's new Sophie Sheridan the lovely Sanne den Besten., who was kind enough to share a little of her Abba and other musical theatre exp…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48AM
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

BWW Review: ALADDIN, The Prince Edward Theatre by Liz Cearns

The musical - or pantomime - of the year has arrived at the Prince Edward Theatre. We check it out

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08AM
Monday, May 30, 2016

BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, The Garrick Theatre, 25 May 2-16 by Liz Cearns

Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford direct Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the penultimate show of the Branagh Company's year long residency at the Garrick Theatre. This well-known cast includes…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28AM
Sunday, September 6, 2015

BWW Preview: The London Stage - September 2015 by Liz Cearns

A quick insight into what's happening this September in London's theatres...

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AM
Monday, August 3, 2015

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards