If I'd been in the Russian Revolution I would absolutely have wanted it to be like an nineteen eighties Cameron Macintosh musical. Coincidentally that's also what I was hoping for when I booked a ticket to see Broadway's monolithic musical adaptation of the Russian epic, DR ZHIVAGO. And boy, do they deliver!
Theatre News and Reviews
26 Apr
Broadway Shows 
Review: DR ZHIVAGO at the Broadway Theater
By Phil Willmott Sunday, April 26 2015, 08:50
25 Apr
Broadway Shows
Hand to God
By Phil Willmott Saturday, April 25 2015, 10:49
The genius of Robert Askin's hilarious play about a troubled young Christian who's hand puppet becomes possessed by Satan is that he takes it all to unthinkable extremes whilst remaining true to a logical progression of events. It’s somehow so persuasive a journey that you can believe in the spiralling of mayhem right through to the blood dripping, shocking conclusion.
24 Apr
New Shows
Photograph 51 starring Nicole Kidman comes to the West End
By Phil Willmott Friday, April 24 2015, 14:25
The celebrated director Michael Grandage has declared this as a vibrant time for London Theatre. It’s hard to disagree.
Following the announcement that Kenneth Branagh is importing the stars of his latest film, CINDERELLA, to play ROMEO AND JULIET at the Garrick Theatre this year, Grandage has announced that he’ll bring Nicole Kidman, the star of his new film GENIUS, to London Theatre too.
21 Apr
New Shows 
Kenneth Branagh’s West End season finally revealed
By Oliver Mitford Tuesday, April 21 2015, 10:42
It has been announced that Kenneth Branagh will helm a year-long season of plays in the West End. The star of stage and screen will direct and act in the season due to open at the Garrick Theatre in October 2016.
The plays include The Winter’s Tale and Romeo and Juliet, both by William Shakespeare, Harlequinade by Terence Rattigan, an adaptation of The Painkiller by Francis Veber, and The Entertainer by John Osborne.
16 Apr
News
Les Miserables extends run for another year
By Oliver Mitford Thursday, April 16 2015, 09:20
The longest running musical in the West End, Les Miserables has extended booking at the Queen’s Theatre on Shaftsbury Avenue through to 26 March 2016, showing once again that this giant of a musical is still as popular as ever.
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