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Robert Tanitch reviews Cole Porter’s High Society at Barbican Theatre, London

Cole Porter’s High Society is based on The Philadelphia Story, the Broadway play Philip Barry wrote for Katharine Hepburn in 1939. It ran for 417 performances. Today, its reputation rests entirely on ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Peter Shaffer’s Equus at Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre, London

Peter Shaffer’s Equus premiered in 1973 and was an instant box-office success. Lindsay Posner’s production is its first London revival since 2007 when photographs of the naked 17-year-old Daniel Radcl ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy at Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, Surrey.

Peter Schaffer’s Black Comedy was originally seen at Chichester Festival Theatre in 1965 with Derek Jacobi, Albert Finney and Maggie Smith in a production by John Dexter. It became an instant classic, ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Northern Ballet’s touring production of Gentleman Jack at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.

Lesbian ballets are a rarity. Gentleman Jack is a major turning point in queer drama. It tells a true story of a rich woman, who lived in Yorkshire in the early nineteenth century. Anne Lister (1791-1 ...

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