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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

REVIEW: Glasgow Girls, Assembly Hall, Edinburgh Festival ✭✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon While the musical inevitably simplifies complex issues, it seamlessly integrates some of the debate about Britain’s attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers. With these…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:39AM
Monday, August 29, 2016

REVIEW: Scorched, Zoo Southside, Edinburgh Festival ✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Directed by Claire Coaché, Scorched is a powerful play that captures the horror of war and the disorientation of dementia. This post REVIEW: Scorched, Zoo Southside, Edinburg…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:43PM
Sunday, August 28, 2016

REVIEW: A Regular Little Houdini, Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Festival ✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon It starts slowly but, through the strength of Llewelyn-Williams’ performance and writing, you are soon gripped by his tale as it builds in excitement, mixing heart-break…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:28PM
Monday, May 23, 2016

REVIEW: Monster Raving Looney, Soho Theatre ✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon With the audience donning party hats and at times encouraged to participate, it is an entertaining show that slips in plenty of sharp insights into British politics and societ…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:50AM
Monday, August 31, 2015

REVIEW: Raz, Assembly George Square Studios ✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Social commentary aside, RAZ takes us on an entertaining rollercoaster of a ride through the joys, frustrations and heartache of the kind of night-out that happens every weeke…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:12PM

REVIEW: Love Birds, Pleasance Courtyard ✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Love Birds is a real hoot but, at 60 minutes, it is clearly a work in progress, squeezing in well over a dozen different songs while giving us just the skeleton of the plot an…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:27AM

REVIEW: Hendrick’s Emporium of Sensational Submersion, Edinburgh ✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Hendrick’s Gin is a familiar name on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but this year it returned with a theatrical experience called the Emporium of Sensorial Submersion, stage…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:01AM
Sunday, August 30, 2015

REVIEW: Swallow, Traverse Theatre ✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon This powerful production, sharply directed by Orla O'Loughlin, is a highlight of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe and another demonstration of Smith’s skill at captur…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:03PM

REVIEW: Tomorrow, Traverse Theatre ✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon It is a powerful show that leaves you with unforgettable images and an uncompromising vision of old age and dementia. This post REVIEW: Tomorrow, Traverse Theatre ✭✭✭✭…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:52AM

REVIEW: Marriage, Assembly George Square Studios ✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Solidly directed by Russell Bolam, the production has less of the anarchy and exuberance of some of Comedians Theatre Company’s previous shows but it offers a fresh, modern …

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:39AM
Monday, April 27, 2015

REVIEW: Ah Wilderness!, Young Vic, ✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Ah, Wilderness! Young Vic 4 stars In his 1932 play Ah, Wilderness, Eugene O’Neill returns to familiar themes such as family life, alcoholism and thwarted idealism but it…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:21AM

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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