Sunday, June 15, 2008

ATW NewsClips - London

The Independent

Thirty-nine steps to an unlikely theatrical triumph
Play that began life in draughty Yorkshire church halls with four actors, a stuffed dog and a very large sheet, takes Broadway by storm

Reviews: Afterlife, NT Lyttelton London
Dickens Unplugged, Comedy, London
The Chalk Garden, Donmar, London

The Times UK

Biteback: What will theatre critics think of reviews by the public?

Are you ready for Mamma Mia the movie?
London’s mega-musical Mamma Mia! has signed up the biggest names in Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan for the movie

Afterlife - the Sunday Times review
How on earth did Michael Frayn’s dull drama about drama make it onto the stage?

Dr Korczak’s Example - the Sunday Times review
This is a true story, tragic and moving, about a man who ran an orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto

Romeo and Juliet - the Sunday Times review
I hope that this haywire show is only a result of director’s first-night stage fright

The Pendulum - the Sunday Times review
The result is as far from the wildness of Schnitzler or the darkness of Schiele as you can possibly imagine.

The Chalk Garden - the Sunday Times review
This is one of the most important revivals in years

Dickens Unplugged, Comedy Theatre, SW1 - the Sunday Times review
The show wrings some laughs from a contorted caricature, but precious little truth

The Observer

Making waves on the Great White Way
Ahead of tonight's Tony theatre awards, we look at the shows that are rocking New York, from a searing drama to classic revitalised musicals

The week in theatre
Roundup: Michael Frayn salutes Thirties impresario Max Reinhardt, while decorous postwar manners prove sharp as nails at the Donmar, says Susannah Clapp

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