Category Archives: Theatre

THEATRE REVIEW: Elena Roger in ‘Evita’

Posted on June 6, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Fans of the 1980s musical “Evita” who feared the long-running West End and Broadway hit had been sunk forever by the Madonna film version will be delighted to hear that it has re-emerged in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Evita', Adelphi Theatre, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elena Roger, Michael Grandage, Rob Ashford, Tim Rice | 1 Comment

THEATRE REVIEW: Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sunday in the Park with George’

Posted on May 25, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Sometimes it requires an impeccable production to reveal the true beauties of a difficult show and Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” has that in the wonderful Menier Chocolate Factory staging now at … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Sunday in the Park with George', Daniel Evans, Georges Seurat, Jenna Russell, Menier Chocolate Factory, Sam Buntrock, Stephen Sondheim, Wyndham's Theatre | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: Sondheim’s ‘Sunday in the Park with George’

Posted on May 25, 2006 by admin

Posted in Music, Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Sunday in the Park with George', Daniel Evans, David Farley, Jenna Russell, Knifegde Creative Network, Menier Chocolate Factory, Sam Buntrock, Stephen Sondheim, Timothy Bird, Wyndham's Theatre | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: David Soul in ‘Mack and Mabel’

Posted on April 11, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON — Longtime U.K. resident and now British citizen David Soul has matured into a major theatrical star and playing opposite the dazzling Janie Lee (pictured, right) he has a surefire hit in a winning new production … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Mack and Mabel', Criterian Theatre, David Soul, Janie Dee, Jerry Herman, John Doyle | Comments Off

MUSIC REVIEW: Anthony Minghella directs ‘Madam Butterfly’

Posted on April 2, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Anthony Minghella’s production of Puccini’s “Madam Butterfly,” which is back for a short English National Opera run before it opens the New York Metropolitan Opera season in September, might not please opera purists but it … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Madam Butterfly', Anthony Minghella, English National Opera, Giacomo Puccini, New York Metropolitan Opera | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘My Name is Rachel Corrie’

Posted on April 1, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – One of the most disturbing things about “My Name is Rachel Corrie,” the Royal Court play based on the journals and e-mails of a young American who died in Palestine for no apparent reason, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'My Name is Rachel Corrie', Alan Rickman, Katherine Viner, Megan Dodds, New York Theater Workshop, Playhouse Theatre, Royal Court | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’

Posted on March 28, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Alex Kingston has taken a demotion from the doctor’s role she played on “ER” and has a change of uniform, but she’s still very much in charge of things as the domineering Nurse Ratched in … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', Alex Kingston, Brendan Dempsey, Christian Slater, Dale Wasserman, Ken Kesey, Lizzie Roper, Max Weitzenhoffer, Nica Burns, Owen O’Neill, Paul Ready, Tamara Harvey, Terry Johnson | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Period of Adjustment’ by Tennessee Williams

Posted on March 17, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – “Period of Adjustment” was a rare stab at comedy by Tennessee Williams but whatever humor there might be in the dialog is lost in the Almeida’s current revival, which depends on exaggerated Southern accents for … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Period of Adjustment', Almeida Theatre, Benedict Cumberbatch, Howard Davies, Jared Harris, Lisa Dillon, Sandy McDade, Tennessee Williams | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: Arthur Miller’s ‘Resurrection Blues’

Posted on March 3, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Still full of mischief after all these years, maverick director Robert Altman’s iconoclastic touch does wonders for Arthur Miller’s last play, “Resurrection Blues,” a clunky political satire that is having virtually its world premiere at … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Resurrection Blues', Arthur Miller, George Antoni, James Fox, Jane Adams, Matthew Modine, Maximilian Schell, Neve Campbell, Peter Brooke, Peter McDonald, Robert Altman, Sarah Mennell, The Old Vic | Comments Off

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Measure for Measure’

Posted on February 16, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Simon McBurney’s riveting modern dress production of ‘Measure to Measure’ at the National Theatre, using his team from Complicite, renders Shakespeare’s play about the corrosively seductive nature of power dazzlingly pertinent. McBurney creates a Vienna … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Theatre | Tagged 'Measure for Measure', Anamaria Marinca, Angus Wright, Ben Meyjes, Complicite, Naomi Frederick, National Theatre, Simon McBurney | Comments Off