Kiss of the Spider Woman was reviewed at Curve Leicester where it continues until 25 April 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a bold, deeply moving revival.
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Class Master – A tribute to the American playwright and lyricist Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally, one of America’s greatest writers for the theatre died aged 81 on 24 March 2020 from complications arising from the COVID-19 Coronavirus. He had an extraordinary career in the theatre as both a writer of original plays and as a contributor of lyrics to some of the most original stage musicals to come […]
The Rink – Southwark Playhouse
The Rink continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 23 June 2018. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ In an age where some of the biggest musicals are either faithful movie re-creations or give up on the form completely by being mere dance spectacles, it is good to welcome back the masterclass in musical theatre that is The […]
Interview: Gemma Sutton – star of The Rink at the Southwark Playhouse – finds the best things come in small packages
GEMMA SUTTON joins Caroline O’Connor in the first London revival of Kander and Ebb’s The Rink in 20 years, opening at London’s Southwark Playhouse this week. The Rink, running from 25 May until 23 June 2018, is the story of Italian housewife Anna (O’Connor), who runs a failing roller-skating business on the East Coast of the US, […]
Full cast for The Rink at Southwark Playhouse
Full casting has been announced for the first London revival of Kander and Ebb’s The Rink in 20 years which is due to open at the Southwark Playhouse next month. Stewart Clarke, Ross Dawes, Michael Lin, Elander Moore, Ben Redfern and Jason Winter will play the roles Dino, Lino, Lucky, Benny, Lenny and Tony respectively. […]
Caroline O’Connor to star in London revival of The Rink at Southwark Playhouse
Currently starring on Broadway in Anastasia, West End and film actress Caroline O’Connor will be travelling back across the pond to star as Anna in the first London revival in 20 years of Kander and Ebb’s The Rink, having understudied the role of Angel in the 1988 London production of the show. The new production, […]
Interview – composer Stephen Flaherty on bringing Anastasia to Broadway – and other adventures
American composer STEPHEN FLAHERTY’s latest Broadway musical, written in collaboration with Lynn Ahrens and Terrence McNally (the same team that gave us Ragtime) is the musical retelling of Anastasia. The Tony-nominated show follows the oft-told Anastasia story about the woman who may have been – but probably wasn’t – the surviving daughter of the massacred […]
Ramin Karimloo to join Anastasia Broadway cast
Tony-nominated star Ramin Karimloo (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera) is heading back to Broadway next year to take on a villainous role in the much-anticipated Anastasia. The award-winning Iranian-Canadian actor and singer, who is about to open in Murder Ballad at London’s Arts Theatre, is the latest addition to the cast of the big […]
The Visit – Lyceum Theatre, New York
The Visit continues at the Lyceum Theatre, New York. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Standing downstage center in The Visit, the long-brewing Kander and Ebb musical that has finally reached Broadway, Chita Rivera playing Claire Zachanassian, the richest woman in the world, declares: “I’m unkillable.” The applause that greets this declaration is, of course, not […]
Kander and Ebb’s The Visit finally makes it to Broadway
The Visit, the brooding musical stew of love and revenge that has been cooking for years, will be served up on Broadway at last. As a last-minute addition to the 2014-2015 season, it will join the crush of musicals opening in April. The first-night curtain is to rise on 23 April, the final date for […]
The Visit – Williamstown Theatre Festival, Massachusetts
The Visit was performed as part of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Massachusetts. This is a revamped 95-minute version of The Visit – one of the last collaborations between John Kander and Fred Ebb, with a book by Tony Award winner Terrence McNally – which is often entertaining and sometimes captivating. The production features Broadway legend Chita Rivera as Claire Zachanassian, the oft-widowed richest woman in the world who returns to the […]
