Phil Willmott
19 Jun
News 
The War on Ticket Touts and all the Latest News from the Producers of HAMILTON
By Phil Willmott Monday, June 19 2017, 09:14
Tickets for the smash hit musical Hamilton with book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda based on Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton, have sold out where ever the show is playing. Great news for investors but it’s a headache for the public as a black market in overpriced or even phony tickets has evolved.
16 Jun
Reviews
Review: THE LAST ONES at the Jermyn Street Theatre
By Phil Willmott Friday, June 16 2017, 10:11
If you think of classic Russian theatre from the last century the first name that comes to mind is probably Anton Chekhov, his nuanced and melancholy plays of upper and middle class life are almost always being performed somewhere in the U.K. But there is another kid on the block.
14 Jun
Quizzes
How well do you know your classic Musicals?
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, June 14 2017, 21:31
It's been announced that Opera North's production of the classic Broadway musical Kiss me Kate will land at the vast Coliseum Theatre next year. This follows a tend set by the current hit production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Carousel, currently enjoying some great reviews at the same venue, more often home to poorly attended and often poorly reviewed opera.
This cavernous theatre really needs the appeal of great and well know musicals to help fill its thousands of seats and I'm not someone who disapproves or is snobby about this. The classic Broadway musical is worthy of just as much attention as the mainstays of the opera repertoire.
08 Jun
Reviews
Review: COMMON at the National Theatre
By Phil Willmott Thursday, June 8 2017, 11:06
What an enticing prospect. Cush Jumbo and Anne-Marie Duff, young women who, in recent years, have firmly established themselves as two of the finest actors of their generation starring together in a big, new play on the massive Olivier Theatre stage; a venue which has frequently proved itself as the perfect crucible in which to examine our national identity.
07 Jun
Casts
Who and what to expect in the West End's CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, June 7 2017, 10:13
Full casting has been announced for Benedict Andrews’ production of Tennessee Williams’ steamy American drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof which opens at Opening at the Apollo Theatre in July.
The central characters are a young married couple whose relationship is under considerable strain due to his latent homosexuality and the alcoholism which he develops whilst trying to hide it.
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