A Stitched-Up Sashay Through Industrial Unrest
✮✮✮✮ Made in Dagenham Adelphi Theatre | London music David Arnold lyrics Richard Thomas book Richard Bean directed by Rupert Goold...
Playing to an Audience
✮✮✮ AllthePigs' The Piano Man New Diorama Theatre | London directed by Sam Carrack Ziggy Stardust and his “Spiders from Mars” blare out...
A Great Muddle
✮✮✮✮ Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk The Royal Danish Opera | Copenhagen Peter Konwitschny | Alexander Vedernikov The...
A Dispiriting Slump into Well-Upholstered Seats
✮ 1/2 Duncan Macmillan & Chris Rapley's 2071 The Royal Court Theatre | London directed by Katie Mitchell Artistic director Vicky...
Sticks and Bones
✮✮✮✮✮ David Rabe's Sticks and Bones The New Group | NYC directed by Scott Elliott Some productions deal in subtleties – the mental...
Chocolate, Cheese & Mr Ripley
✮✮✮✮ 1/2 Joanna Murray-Smith's Switzerland Sydney Theatre Company | Sydney directed by Sarah Goodes The term masterpiece is used to...
A Feast of Extremes
✮✮✮ Purcell's Dido & Aeneas Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle L.A. Opera | Los Angeles Barrie Kosky | Steven Sloane The opening of L.A. Opera’s...
Ain't The Real Thing
✮ Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing Roundabout Theatre Company | NYC directed by Sam Gold Tom Stoppard's plays have an artifice that can...
