TheaterWorks Hartford Extends Amy Berryman's WALDEN To August 29
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Aug 5, 2021
Due to popular demand, TheaterWorks Hartford, in partnership with Riverfront Recapture, has extended in-person performances of Amy Berryman's debut play, Walden, to August 29. The North American premiere marks a return to in-person events for TheaterWorks Hartford, as well as its first outdoor show in its 35-year history.
Review Roundup: HAMLET, Starring Ian McKellen
by Team BWW
- Jul 22, 2021
Having opened the production under extended social distancing restrictions, Theatre Royal Windsor's run of Hamlet has been extended by three weeks. The reimagined age, colour, and gender-blind production, directed by Sean Mathias, stars Ian McKellen. Check out what the critics had to say...
Review Roundup: BLITHE SPIRIT at the Duke of York's Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Mar 11, 2020
Noël Coward's classic comedy Blithe Spirit, directed by Sir Richard Eyre and starring Jennifer Saunders, has returned to the UK for a limited 6-week engagement at the West End's Duke of York's Theatre.
Review Roundup: Were London Critics Wowed By THE PRINCE OF EGYPT?
by Marianka Swain
- Feb 25, 2020
Read all the reviews for the brand-new musical The Prince of Egypt opened at London's Dominion Theatre. Featuring a cast and orchestra of almost 60 artists, the show has music and lyrics by GRAMMY® and Academy Award®-winner Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell) and a book by Philip LaZebnik (Mulan, Pocahontas).
Review Roundup: The Critics Weigh in on Modernized NORA: A DOLL'S HOUSE
by Nicole Rosky
- Feb 12, 2020
Nora is the perfect wife and mother. She is dutiful, beautiful and everything is always in its right place. But when a secret from her past comes back to haunt her, her life rapidly unravels. Over the course of three days, Nora must fight to protect herself and her family or risk losing everything. Nora: A Doll's House is now playing at the Young Vic (66 The Cut).
Review Roundup: UNCLE VANYA Starring Toby Jones at the Harold Pinter Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jan 24, 2020
Uncle Vanya opened last night in the West End at the Harold Pinter Theatre! Toby Jones (The Birthday Party, Don't Forget the Driver, Detectorists) stars in the title role of Vanya alongside Richard Armitage (The Crucible, Berlin Station, The Hobbit) as Astrov. Rosalind Eleazar (The Personal History of David Copperfield, Deep Water, The Starry Messenger) plays Yelena, with Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education, Downstate) as Sonya, the Emmy Award-winning Anna Calder-Marshall (LOVE, Evening at the Talk House, Male of the Species) as Nana, the Olivier and Tony-award nominated Dearbhla Molloy (The Ferryman, Dancing at Lughnasa, Juno and the Paycock) as Grandmaman, Peter Wight (The Birthday Party, Hamlet, The Red Lion) as Telegin and Olivier Award-nominated Ciarán Hinds (Translations, Game of Thrones, Girl from the North Country) as Professor Serebryakov.
Review Roundup: Mischief Theatre's MAGIC GOES WRONG
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jan 9, 2020
The world premiere of Mischief Theatre's Magic Goes Wrong, the new collaboration from the creators of The Play That Goes Wrong and magicians Penn & Teller, opened in the West End yesterday, January 8 at London's Vaudeville Theatre.
Review Roundup: Inua Ellams' THREE SISTERS at the National Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Dec 12, 2019
Chekhov's iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation in the Lyttelton at which opened at National Theatre. Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War. Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the loss of their father. Months before, two ruthless military coups plunged the country into chaos.
Fuelled by foreign intervention, the conflict encroaches on their provincial village and the sisters long to return to their former home, Lagos.
Review Roundup: TOUCHING THE VOID in the West End
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Nov 15, 2019
Following critically acclaimed runs at the Bristol Old Vic, Royal & Derngate, Northampton, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Hong Kong Festival and on Tour in the UK Tom Morris' production of Touching the Void opened in the West End last night at the Duke of York's Theatre.
|
|