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It doesn't take much to create a smash Broadway hit. All you need for starters is a witty script that isn't in a hurry (not a 90-minute mini-play, but a full-size evening that keeps you …
“I will not play a light French comedy to an auditorium that looks like a Gothic edition of Wembley Stadium,” protests actor
St James Theatre, London*****Music, lyrics and book by Jonathan LarsonDirected by Bruce GuthrieThe cast of RentThis 20th anniversary production of Rent is a heart wrenching piece of theatre …
By Alexa Terry
As I write this, I am envious of those who are yet to see this brilliant 20th-anniversary production which offers unparalleled, penetrating rawness, performed by a modest cast…
Knowing that the whole run at St James Theatre to celebrate Rent's 20th anniversary is sold out, I felt incredibly privileged to be able to see it. However, it made me question just why was …
The smaller venue increases the intensity of staging and sound but the play itself has dated badly
Twenty years after it first premiered off Broadway, Jonathan Larson's iconic musical Rent has made a much anticipated return to the London stage. Following a group of artists living in New Y…
The 20th Anniversary production of Rentcelebrated its opening last night13 December at the St. James Theatre, London, and will run through 28 January 2017 before continuing on tour until May…
Bruce Guthrie's 20th anniversary touring production has arrived in London
Our #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O'Bree attending the opening (on 13 December 2016) of the 20th anniversary revival of Jonathan Larson's RENT, which, following a short tou…
The 20th anniversary production of Jonathan Larson's Rent arrives in London
The 20th anniversary of Rent offers a potent reminder is that it was the Hamilton of its day; a show that became
Anthony Rapp graces the intimately beautiful stage of the St. James Theatre's studio for a series of live concerts. Last seen on the American tour of IfThen music by Tom Kitt, book and lyric…
When The Last Five Years announced an extension of a week just after opening, it meant I was able to nab a pair of cheap tickets down the front, conveniently on the side where the shirtless …
Bruce Guthrie’s production of Jonathan Larson's heart rending multiple award winning rock musical RENT is set to run at The Other Palace (formerly the St. James Theatr…
Bruce Guthrie’s production of Jonathan Larson's heart rending multiple award winning rock musical RENT is set to run at The Other Place (former the St. James Theatre) …
Bruce Guthrie’s production of Jonathan Larson's heart rending multiple award winning rock musical RENT is set to run at The Other Palace (former the St. James Theatre)…
Even the most moving performances are often largely removed from our day-to-day lives. But every so often you come across a piece of theatre that, whilst it may not be the objective best thi…
The Last Five Years - St James Theatre Until 3rd December
★★★★
'deserving of a West End transfer'
It's been a long time coming, but finally the West End premiere of Jason Robert Brown's musical The Last Five Years, which set the US alight in 2001, has arrived. The structure of this music…
Jason Robert Brown's two-hander song cycle is a knockoutFrom Monteverdi to Schubert to Bernstein and Lloyd Webber the dramatic song cycle has travelled far and wide over the centuries, …
I despair of two-handed musicals. Required to judge the personalities or take sides, you feel trapped. Nowhere more so than at The Last Five Years, in which the partners wail their issues at…
You almost wonder where this show can possibly go when the opening number is so strong, so emotive, so damn heartbreaking. Cathy is "Still Hurting" from the break-up of her relationship with…
Opening with two lovers sharing a kiss, for Samantha Barks' Cathy, an aspiring actress it is her tragic last, while for writer Jamie, played by Jonathan Bailey, it is a trepidatious first.
Jason Robert Brown directs his own musical about an entire relationship
