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Review of ‘Death Note, The Musical’ (2026, Barbican): “Supernatural sung-through thriller has no super or natural writing”
I’m starting to believe that the world may come to an end the day Frank Wildhorn comes up with an original melody. If you don’t believe me, just go through his body of work (which is as extensive as it is derivative) and try to find a single motif he hasn’t borrowed and probably made…
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Review of ‘Death Note’: “On its way to slay it”
London’s West End goes otaku with the European premiere of this new manga-based musical. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its killer storyline actually took his breath away. What would you do if you could decide upon who lives and who dies? It may sound crazy, but we’ve…
