THEATRE REVIEWS

18 years in the making and still not finished

18 years in the making and still not finished

Robert Tanitch reviews Prince Igor at London Coliseum. Alexander Borodin worked on Prince Igor for 18 years. He never finished it. It was completed after his death by his friends, Glazunov and Rimsky- ...
Every man over 40 is a scoundrel

Every man over 40 is a scoundrel

Robert Tanitch reviews Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at Savoy Theatre, London WC2 Bernard Shaw said every man over 40 is a scoundrel. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels began as a movie with Marlon Brando and David Ni ...
Benjamin Britten’s one and only ballet score

Benjamin Britten’s one and only ballet score

Robert Tanitch reviews Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Prince of the Pagodas at London Coliseum, WC2 The Prince of the Pagodas, with specially commissioned music by Benjamin Britten, should work well as ...