The front of house musical
Robert Tanitch reviews Ushers at Charing Cross Theatre, London WC2 Backstage musicals are two a penny. A front of house musical is something new. Pity, it isn’t any good. The ushers that show you to y ...
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Hey there, you without pajama bottoms
Robert Tanitch reviews The Pajama Game at Shaftesbury Theatre, London WC2 THE PAJAMA GAME won the award for best musical on Broadway in 1954. Richard Adler and Jerry Ross wrote the music and lyrics. G ...
I have been better entertained
Robert Tanitch reviews Waiting for Godot at Arcola, London E8 “Nothing is funnier than unhappiness,” said Samuel Beckett, “it is the most comical thing in the world.” Vladimir and Estragon have been b ...
Shame it’s based on reality
Eileen Caiger-Gray reviews BRASSED OFF at Sheffield Lyceum theatre Following its huge success as a film in 1996, Brassed Off was adapted for stage by Paul Allen, opening at the Crucible in 1998. Now t ...