When Barbara Cook had been hired to play the lead in "She Loves Me," my image of her was based on the roles I had seen her play. I thought she was more or less an innocent ingénue. The firs…
Not just a writer, but a renowned actress both here in the UK and across the pond, Alexandra Silber has successfully made an incredible transition from stage to page with her debut novel, Af…
The latest press night parties, new shows in rehearsal, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include press nights
Though my life has long been filled with musicals, Fiddler on the Roof has never been the one. I've only ever seen it the once (2013's touring version) and though I quite enjoyed it then, I …
Omid Djalili steps up to the pivotal role of Tevye the milkman. Married to Golde and with 5 daughters (3 of marriageable age) Djalili captures a hen-pecked, hardworking weariness of the poor…
Omid Djalili is truly sensational as Tevye. His witty 'If I were a Rich Man' is worth the ticket price and five stars alone. Djalili's meticulous gesticulation, facial expressions and voice …
FROM HIS MOUTH TO GOD’S EAR… We know Omid Djalili best as a comedian: one of our few Iranian standups. Great timing and great heart, a good Fagin but comparatively …
Chichester Festival theatreDirector Daniel Evans draws out the warmth, comedy and emotional honesty of a musical that is often underserved by sentimental productions'No smash, no blockbuster…
Alexandra Silber's father died when she was just 18 " the same age as Fiddler's Hodel when she leaves her dad at a train station. Silber's new novel, After Anatevka, tells the rest of Hodel'…
For many years, the actor struggled with her Jewish identity. But now, as she's about to star in a new stage version of Fiddler on the Roof, she tells Thomas Harding how she came to embrace …
The full company is announced today for FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, running at Chichester Festival Theatre from 10 July to 26 August 2017, led by Omid Djalili and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
The full company is announced today forFIDDLER ON THE ROOF,running at Chichester Festival Theatre from10 July - 26 August, with a press night onTuesday 18 July. Directed by Daniel Evans, the…
Everyman, LiverpoolThe classic musical about village custom and community is the perfect choice to launch artistic director Gemma Bodinetz's new repertory ensembleThe bare stage looks simple…
Tradition is indeed the main theme of this classic musical " not the usual fodder for this particular Liverpool stage, you will agree; the tale of Tevye, the turn-of the century Russian peas…
Everyman, LiverpoolGemma Bodinetz's loving, elegant revival of the Russian villagers' story is joyful and warm in the hands of the theatre's versatile new repertory companyAn old Broadway mu…
