Phil Willmott
13 Jul
Reviews 
Review: YANK! at the Charing Cross Theatre
By Phil Willmott Thursday, July 13 2017, 09:07
It's great that London audiences, including me, are finally getting a chance to see Yank! the American musical by composer Joseph Zellnik with book and lyrics by his brother David. New Yorkers have been raving about it to me for years.
The revival currently playing at the Charring Cross Theatre, fast becoming the venue for quality and innovative musical theatre under the Artistic Direction of Thom Southerland, started life at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester. The critics loved it and enterprising producer Katie Lipson has lead efforts to bring it to London.
13 Jul
News
EVITA is back and should be better than last time!
By Phil Willmott Thursday, July 13 2017, 08:34
Producer Bill Kenwright’s rather elegant production of the classic Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita is headed black to the West End and it's going to be much better than the last time.
How can I be so sure? Well there are two very good reasons. The first is that the most recent revival was at the cavernous Dominion Theatre, a huge place the saps most shows of any personality - although not the current show An American in Paris, which is an absolute delight from beginning to end and which you should definitely try and catch.
10 Jul
Reviews
Review: INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMERICAN SERVICEMEN IN BRITAIN at Jermyn Street Theatre
By Phil Willmott Monday, July 10 2017, 09:32
What a treat to duck out of the sticky london heat and descend into the comparatively cool air conditioned Jermyn Street Theatre.
This month a genuinely funny comedy, Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain, awaits you, performed with infectious energy by three actors, Matt Sheahan, Dan March and James Millard (aka comedy troup The Real MacGuffins) who are so likeable they almost defy you not to enjoy yourself.
10 Jul
Reviews
Review: THE MENTOR at the Vaudeville Theatre
By Phil Willmott Monday, July 10 2017, 09:09
The Mentor, a 90 minute piece of theatre that's so slight it's scarcely more than a conversation piece, centres around a confrontation between two playwrights.
The first is an establishment figure celebrated for a play he wrote decades ago that's widely studied but seldom produced and the second is a newcomer recently heralded as the voice of his generation after a brief run of his expressionist play in a studio theatre.
06 Jul
Reviews
Review: WIND IN THE WILLOWS at The London Palladium
By Phil Willmott Thursday, July 6 2017, 14:24
You may have read some sniffy reviews for The Wind in the Willows, the lavish new family musical currently playing at the London Palladium.
Ignore them; having read my colleague Steven Markwick’s report for this site from the preview performances and attended the press night myself I can promise you a great night out for you and your young friends and relations.
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