Transcending melodrama.
Reviews
10 June 2011
Reviews • Opera
Simon Boccanegra
London Coliseum ⋄ 8th June - 9th July 2011
By A. E. Dobson
Dmitri Tcherniakov directs Verdi’s opera.
26 May 2011
Reviews • Opera
Macbeth
Royal Opera House ⋄ 24, 27, 30 May, 3, 6, 10, 13, 15, 18 June 2011
By Sam Smith
Simon Keenlyside stars in Verdi’s opera.
10 May 2011
Reviews • Off-Broadway
King Lear
28th April - 5th June 2011
By Richard Patterson
Derek Jacobi’s whispers and shouts count equally.
6 May 2011
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Carson McCullers Talks About Love
20th April - 4th June 2011
By Juliet Hindell
Suzanne Vega tackles a Southern Gothic stalwart.
5 May 2011
Reviews • Broadway
The Normal Heart
19th April - 10th July 2011
By Richard Patterson
Larry Kramer’s AIDS drama beats passionately, stirs up emotion.
5 May 2011
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Be A Good Little Widow
20th April - 14th March 2011
By Jason Wooden
Bekah Brunstetter’s play about grieving disappoints.
3 May 2011
Reviews • Broadway
Sister Act
Began 24th March 2011 (open-ended)
By Richard Patterson
Is the stage adaptation of the film fabulous – or vacuous?
28 April 2011
Reviews • Broadway
Baby It's You!
Began 26th March 2011 (open-ended)
By E. Meredith Young
Will this Shirelles show make you want to clap along?
28 April 2011
Reviews • Broadway
High
25th March - 24th April 2011
By Molly Horan
Kathleen Turner did hard-ass nun in this short-lived play.