Hugh Wooldridge
27 Nov
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Review: BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES at the National Theatre (Dorfman)
By Hugh Wooldridge Monday, November 27 2017, 09:33
Fifteen years ago, Trevor Nunn, the then Artistic Director of the National Theatre, was condemned for mounting productions of popular musicals such as Oklahoma!, Anything Goes and My Fair Lady. But, he protested, the National Theatre is for all people - why should not we who fund the National Theatre and like musicals, not see the best musicals there?
04 Nov
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Review: ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
By Hugh Wooldridge Saturday, November 4 2017, 17:00
100 years ago, musical theatre as we know it was invented at the Princess Theatre in New York by the unlikely trio of Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse. In 1917 alone, this trio had five shows running simultaneously on Broadway.
17 May
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Review: RICHARD III at the Arcola Theatre
By Hugh Wooldridge Wednesday, May 17 2017, 11:30
It is always interesting to see how a small theatre company tackles the second longest play in the canon with a roster of over 50 speaking characters – there are more ghosts listed in the cast list than in a typical West End play… Here the Arcola Theatre tackles Richard III with 13 fine actors, a couple of extras and a couple of children; a few suitable costumes and a composite set.
25 Feb
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Review: MOTOWN at the Shaftesbury Theatre
By Hugh Wooldridge Thursday, February 25 2016, 11:26
While we here in Britain were listening to The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Cliff Richard and The Shadows, most of America was listening to the extraordinary output and music of Berry Gordy, the founder and owner of the (Tamla) Motown label.
18 Dec
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Review: BULL at The Young Vic
By Hugh Wooldridge Friday, December 18 2015, 08:46
I have seen three Mike Bartlett plays this year - the career-defining performance of Tim Piggott Smith as King Charles lII in New York; Love, Love, Love, probably the best production of a play I've seen at a drama school - brilliantly directed by Sarah Esdaile at LAMDA; and, tonight, Bull at the Young Vic. Mike Bartlett is one of the finest writers of the day; to say I am a fan is a gross understatement.
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