A guide to the best things to see and do in London
We round up the reviews for Ivo Van Hove’s new production of the classic musical. LA Times: “But I don’t admire this production simply for its artful infusion of screen technology. I adore this production for making me feel so deeply the tragic waste of innocent love in a society still festering in hate.” The… Read More
We round up the reviews for Bess Wohl’s play, which has officially opened on Broadway. The New York Times: “But what is it Wohl really intends? She’s too serious a playwright to be trying to game the market — though “Grand Horizons,” with its pace, pedigree and cast of seven, is likely to be performed… Read More
We round up the reviews for Kenny Leon’s production now playing at the American Airlines Theatre. Hollywood Reporter: “Leon’s muscular production makes a solid case for the play, if not as a top-tier classic then at the very least as a stirring indictment of the cancer of racism. And his ensemble channels the frictions and… Read More
We round up the reviews for the stage adaptation based on Elizabeth Strout’s novel, which played at the Bridge Theatre in London in 2018. Variety: “Mother and daughter relationships are always complicated, to say the least. But they don’t necessarily have to be vicious and destructive, either. That’s not Strout’s style, and it’s not what… Read More
Here’s a guide to some of the shows opening on Broadway soon including several transfers from London…. A Soldier’s Play, American Airlines Theatre: already in previews, the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play will officially open on Broadway on the 21st January. The production stars David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood in… Read More
The New York Theatre Workshop’s production of the new musical will transfer to Broadway from the 26th March. This world premiere production featuring music and lyrics by Gary Clark and John Carney will be heading to Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre in the Spring. Directed by Tony Award winner Rebecca Taichman, the Broadway transfer of the musical… Read More
The production will begin performances at New York’s American Airlines Theatre on the 2nd April. Full casting has been announced for Vivienne Benesche’s production of Noah Haidle’s play. Joining the previously announced Debra Messing in the production will be: Andre Braugher as “Matt” and Enrico Colantoni as “Kenneth,” Crystal Finn as “Joan/Alex/Beth,” Susannah Flood as “Alice/Madeline/Ernie,” and Christopher Livingston as “Billy/John.” Ernestine Ashworth, spends… Read More
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Broadway’s latest addition… Variety: ” Paulus directs everyone to their strengths; not since “Rent,” perhaps, has a musical invested so many bravura roles with so much individual life.” The Guardian: **** “But the musical, you will quickly discover, isn’t about any one song, story or theme. It’s… Read More
Stephen Daldry’s production of Matthew Lopez’s critically acclaimed play has transferred to Broadway. The New York Times: “Ambition and achievement are not entirely commensurate in “The Inheritance.” Its breadth doesn’t always translate into depth. As fine as the acting is throughout — and quietly brilliant when the extraordinary veteran Lois Smith takes the stage, toward… Read More
Following the news that the Broadway musical will be heading to the West End in 2021, Emma Clarendon took a listen to the Broadway cast recording. Dazzling and spectacular from start to finish, this electrifying cast recording gives a real sense of the theatricality of the story through the use of even more contemporary songs… Read More
