Angels in America, all seven and a half hours of it, is the best soap opera in town.
If that sounds derogatory think of the very finest TV (melo)drama with heroes, heartbreak, extraordinary villains, epic bravery against the odds, deathbed confessions, revelations and reconciliations, love lost and found, and a journey to self discovery. That's what the National Theatre are currently serving up, either over two evenings of three hour drama or over one extraordinary day which begins at 1pm and spits you out, emotionally and intellectually bruised and battered, to stagger home just before 11pm.
There's no bad news about the musical Annie. I absolutely love it so it’s exciting to learn that rehearsals have started and to learn a little about what we can expect when the vintage Broadway show is revived again at the Piccadilly Theatre, starring TV favourite Miranda Hart, who's best known for her role in drama Call the Midwife and for her own, much loved sit-com Miranda.
It’s always good to hear that a fringe show is moving to a bigger, more central venue and that’s exactly what will happen on September 28th when musical, The Toxic Avenger, transfers to the Arts Theatre for a strictly limited 10-week season.
I didn’t see the recent West End production of The Kite Runner at the Wyndhams Theatre so I'm delighted to hear that not only is it to be revived at The Playhouse Theatre from 8th June but advance booking are so good that it’s extending its run there until 26th August.
The Toxic Avenger, who takes up residence at the