Zachary Quinto (the most recent incarnation of Mr Spock in the Star Trek film franchise) becomes the latest in a long line of Hollywood imports to hit London’s theatre district. Stylishly delivering his effete East Coast leftie Gore Vidal to David Harewood’s brittle and uptight right-winger William F Buckley Jr, the two spar for the TV cameras in ABC’s news studio as they offer their distinctly polarised political assessment of the Republican and Democratic conventions in the run-up to the 1968 US Presidential Election.
David Harewood and Zachary Quinto, Best of Enemies, Noel Coward Theatre.
US soldiers stationed at Hawaii during the Second World War, pace the barracks growling like caged tigers due to the lack of anything to occupy them — aside from posturing, banter and press-ups in readiness for a boxing tournament. Soon will come Japan’s calculated surprise attack on Pearl Harbour, but before then, there’s a fair chunk of James Jones’ 1951 story to get through. The burning question, is will audiences be sufficiently engaged by the characters in this musical, to care what happens to them by the time the devastating aerial attack is delivered?