THEATRE REVIEWS

Angela Lansbury returns to the London stage

Angela Lansbury returns to the London stage

Robert Tanitch reviews Blithe Spirit at Gielgud Theatre, London W1 40 years ago I saw Angela Lansbury in the musical Gypsy in which she played Gypsy Rose Lee’s ambitious mother. I count her singing an ...
Better the devil you don’t

Better the devil you don’t

Robert Tanitch reviews Satan Sings Mostly Sondheim at Jermyn Street Theatre, London SW1 Adam Long is the author and director of Shakespeare Abridged and Dickens Abridged. So expectations are raised th ...
Performing arts as therapy

Performing arts as therapy

Robert Tanitch reviews The Two Worlds of Charlie F at Theatre Royal, Richmond, Surrey War, we are forcibly reminded, happens on the bodies of men. The performing arts have been regularly used as recup ...
Tour de force by actor writer Rob Ward

Tour de force by actor writer Rob Ward

Robert Tanitch reviews Away from Home at Jermyn Street Theatre, London W1 Away from Home is a one-hour monologue for a gay male escort whose latest client is a top Premiership footballer who daren’t c ...