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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

The Great Wave review at National Theatre, London – ‘fascinating, but flawed’ by Sam Marlowe

Sometimes the story transcends its telling. And so it proves in The great Wave, a new play by the Japanese-Northern Irish writer

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Friday, March 16, 2018

Old Fools review at Southwark Playhouse, London – ‘tender and affecting’ by Sam Marlowe

Tom loves Viv and Viv loves Tom. Only sometimes, Tom forgets who Viv is. Tristan Bernays’ short, bruising play tenderly tracks a

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Friday, March 2, 2018

Fanny and Alexander review at Old Vic, London – ‘colourful and involving’ by Sam Marlowe

“More life, more love!” cries Fanny and Alexander’s doomed father Oscar, as he raises his last ever Christmas toast in this adaptation

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Friday, February 23, 2018

Picnic at Hanging Rock review at Barbican Theatre, London – ‘slippery, fascinating and potent’ by Sam Marlowe

It’s a story so enigmatically compelling that many believe it to be true: the unexplained disappearance, on Valentine’s Day, 1900, of three

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Friday, February 2, 2018

Julius Caesar, Bridge Theatre review – blood, sweat and bullets by Sam Marlowe

Nicholas Hytner’s rabble-rousing production pits the ruling elite against populismAll hail! Shakespeare’s Roman drama may be enjoying something of a resurgence at present, but it rarely …

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Julius Caesar, Bridge Theatre review – blood, sweat and bullets by Sam Marlowe

★★★★ JULIUS CAESAR, BRIDGE THEATRE Nicholas Hytner’s rabble-rousing production pits the ruling elite against populismNicholas Hytner’s rabble-rousing production pits the ruling e…

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Thursday, January 25, 2018

John review at National Theatre, London – ‘exquisite, disturbing and startlingly funny’ by Sam Marlowe

We all know that unsettling sensation of being watched – the prickling in the back of the neck, the certainty that eyes

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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

2017: Best regional shows of the year by Sam Marlowe

Despite big funding cuts and several regime changes, regional theatres saw box office receipts rise. Sam Marlowe provides her top picks and

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Saturday, December 23, 2017

Hamilton, Victoria Palace review - rich, radical and ridiculously exciting by Sam Marlowe

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hugely anticipated hit musical is a massive achievement“Are you aware that we’re making history?” demands Alexander Hamilton in the show that has finally made th…

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Friday, December 15, 2017

Belleville review at Donmar Warehouse, London – ‘lurid and bloodless’ by Sam Marlowe

Blood and screaming babies, drugs and vomit: yep, there’s definitely  something amiss in the boho Parisian domicile of good-looking young Americans Abby

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Monday, November 13, 2017

Network starring Bryan Cranston review at the National Theatre – ‘savage and timely satire’ by Sam Marlowe

The USA in 1975: year of two assassination attempts on President Gerald Ford, the capture of Patty Hearst, and the Thriller in

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Monday, October 30, 2017

Romantics Anonymous review at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London – ‘an irresistible treat’ by Sam Marlowe

Ooh la la, quel delice! This musical, based on the 2010 French-Belgian film Les Emotifs Anonymes is utterly gorgeous. Souffle-light and swooningly

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Albion review at Almeida Theatre, London – ‘gloriously rich’ by Sam Marlowe

Set in a country garden, Mike Bartlett’s new play digs wide and deep – and the soil proves fertile. Albion is an

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Saturday, October 14, 2017

Beginning, National Theatre review - assured, intimate, but short of surprises by Sam Marlowe

David Eldridge's wry-warm two-hander on the unsexy side of singledom Loneliness: in the age of the digital hook-up and the flaunting narcissism of social media, it’s become a strange …

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Monday, October 9, 2017

The Lie review at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London – ‘a slick, soulless comedy’ by Sam Marlowe

“You have to believe me if you want me to believe you.” So says adulterer Paul to his equally faithless wife Alice

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

B review at London’s Royal Court – ‘sharp comedy-drama about violent protest in Chile’ by Sam Marlowe

B is for Birthday. It’s also for Bomb. In this grotesque, darkly funny new play by Chilean writer Guillermo Calderon, fledgling activist

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

After the Rehearsal/Persona review at the Barbican Theatre, London – ‘intellectually adroit’ by Sam Marlowe

Ghosts, dreams, memories and the masks we wear to present our various selves every day: there are more characters drifting through this

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Friday, September 15, 2017

Five Guys Named Moe review at Marble Arch Theatre, London – ‘a scorching revival’ by Sam Marlowe

It ain’t easy, just off grimy Oxford Street on a chilly September night, to imagine you’re in sultry New Orleans. But this

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Yael Farber: ‘Directing is asking people to run full speed into a wall with you’ by Sam Marlowe

The South African director has built an international reputation for creating searing, uncompromising and often confrontational drama. She tells Sam Marlowe why

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Thursday, July 6, 2017

'Ferryman' to Conor McPherson, London theater has an edge this summer by Sam Marlowe

Only halfway through this turbulent year, and it already seems safe to say that 2017 has seen some landmark theater. In the past, the London scene traditionally cooled off in the summer, whi…

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Friday, May 5, 2017

Nathan Lane, Andrew Garfield in a frightfully relevant 'Angels in America' by Sam Marlowe

We are so ready for this. Director Marianne Elliott's production of the two-part Tony Kushner epic "Angels in America" at the National Theatre's Lyttelton is one of the year's most anticipat…

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Thursday, December 22, 2016

London theater will have 'Mary Stuart,' 'Children' for dark months of winter by Sam Marlowe

Well, that was 2016 — a weird, troubling 12 months by anyone's standards, characterized by war, political catastrophe and so many extraordinary people in the cultural arena shuffling off t…

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Glenda Jackson is unnerving and unforgettable in London's 'King Lear' by Sam Marlowe

It's been a busy year for Lears, with Shakespeare's monumental tragedy the choice of multiple major theaters to mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death. But this just might be t…

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Friday, September 30, 2016

London theater for fall: A female cast for 'King Lear' and 'Red Barn' by David Hare by Sam Marlowe

This has been the year of the king. With theaters across the country celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, productions of the playwright's mighty tragedy, "King Lear," ha…

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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

'Groundhog Day' musical in London never repeats the movie by Sam Marlowe

Here we go again. And again. And again. Welcome to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where it's Feb. 2 and a buck-toothed woodchuck is about to deliver its annual weather forecast. But the new mus…

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Theatre Royal Haymarket by Sam Marlowe

Think of Holly Golightly, and it’s more than likely that the face you’re picturing is Audrey Hepburn’s. And, while this adaptation by Richard Greenberg of Breakfast at Tiffany's is muc…

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Thursday, June 23, 2016

On London stage, Harry Potter leads a magical summer by Sam Marlowe

Even Muggles agree: In London this summer, there is no ticket hotter than Potter. Around this time last year, the anticipation around the Benedict Cumberbatch "Hamlet" began climbing to hyst…

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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

London 'Romeo' just doesn't get the heart pumping by Sam Marlowe

Sometimes fairy tale casting just isn't enough, and so it proves with this keenly anticipated production, part of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company season at the Garrick. Lily James and Ri…

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

London Theater: A changing of the guard for spring 2016 by Sam Marlowe

Spring is traditionally a time of fresh beginnings, and the new London theater season is already bustling with change and bursting with promise. In the West End, a clutch of big shows are pr…

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Monday, February 15, 2016

'The End of Longing': Matthew Perry's first play disappoints in the West End by Sam Marlowe

Hello, old Friend. The last time Matthew Perry was in the West End, it was for David Mamet's "Sexual Perversity in Chicago," back in 2003. Director Lindsay Posner's production received a dec…

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

London for the holidays: Dickens to 'Hangmen,' theater for families or not by Sam Marlowe

It's that time of year again: when thoughts turn to turkey and mistletoe, and London seems its most atmospherically Dickensian — even if the snow is the fake kind laid on by canny retailer…

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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