Fiona Shaw directs Mozart’s opera
Robert Tanitch reviews ENO’s The Marriage of Figaro at London Coliseum King Louis XV1 banned Beaumarchais’ Marriage of Figaro in 1778, finding the attacks on the social order and the mockery of author ...
THEATRE REVIEWS
The world premiere of an American gay play is taking place in London
Robert Tanitch reviews The Inheritance at Young Vic, London SE1 American playwright Matthew Lopez’s epic play is about gay men living in New York today and their inheritance is AIDS. Lopez has been qu ...
What are little girls made of?
Robert Tanitch reviews Ruthless! The Musical at Arts Theatre, London WC2 Ruthless! The Musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1992. The book and lyrics are by Jack Paley. The music is by Marvin Laird. The ...
Sean O’Casey’s masterpiece is performed by Irish actors
Robert Tanitch reviews The Plough and the Stars at Lyric Hammersmith, London W6 The Abbey Theatre in Dublin invited Sean Holmes to direct Sean O’Casey’s masterpiece in 2016, the 100th anniversary of t ...