A story of Tom Jones – The Musical
Eileen Caiger Gray reviews A story of Tom Jones – The Musical at Sheffield Lyceum As a youngster, Tommy Woodward was a scruffy little ‘erbert. Eventually, though, that scruffy little ’erbe ...
LIFESTYLE
Why not revive Nikolai Erdman’s “The Suicide”?
Robert Tanitch reviews The Suicide at The National Theatre/Lyttelton Nikolai Erdman’s classic Russian comedy is one of the great farces of the 20th century. I saw a brilliant nerve-wracking productio ...
Boy oh boy, the star-turn is not the Boy or the play but the travelator.
Robert Tanitch reviews Boy at Almeida Theatre, London N1. Leo Butler says what he is trying to do in Boy is to dramatise somebody’s life who has day after day after day nothing to do. 17-year-old Liam ...
Can you become a new person at 60? The late Robin Williams assumes a role he could not play in real life
Joyce Glasser reviews Boulevard Coming-of-age movies, from Stand by Me and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to American Graffiti, Great Expectations and The Graduate have traditionally been the preserve ...