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Sunday, November 12, 2017

Glengarry Glen Ross review – Christian Slater doesn't steal the show by Susan Sheahan

Playhouse, LondonRobert Glenister, Stanley Townsend and Don Warrington join Slater in David Mamet’s searing 80s study of four real estate salesmen who will stop at nothingLiars, cheats, bu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AM
Sunday, October 15, 2017

Saint George and the Dragon review – Brexit fairytale’s sappy ending by Susan Sheahan

National Theatre, LondonRory Mullarkey’s mythical allegory offers plenty of laughs but resorts to too-simple answersReturning to his village having failed as a knight, our chivalrous hero …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM
Sunday, July 16, 2017

A Tale of Two Cities, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre review - it was the longest of times by Susan Sheahan

Dickens adaptation succumbs to the didacticMuch loved, yes. But Dickens’s novel is probably little read by modern audiences and so a chance to see a new adaptation of this tale of disconte…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:04PM

Queen Anne review – beware the Duchess of Marlborough by Susan Sheahan

Romola Garai is the scheming, glamorous Sarah Churchil in Helen Edmundson’s absorbing but uneven study of 18th-century intrigueThe RSC’s Queen Anne offers no end of unflattering reflecti…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AM
Sunday, June 11, 2017

Annie review – lively return for an escapist if dated musical by Susan Sheahan

Piccadilly theatre, LondonMiranda Hart is just too nice in Nikolai Foster’s revival – it’s the kids who really shineBeware Annie! You will exit with an earworm. Although not the slicke…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04AM
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Lettice and Lovage review – Felicity Kendal and Maureen Lipman shine by Susan Sheahan

Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonKendal and Lipman play the warring aesthetes to a tee in an enjoyable revival of Peter Shaffer’s 80s comedyThere are no unsafe structures in Lettice and Lov…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AM
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Jan Murray obituary by Susan Sheahan

My teacher and friend Jan Murray, who has died at the age of 74, was an outspoken and powerful arts critic and an influential voice for British and international contemporary dance.Jan was t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PM

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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