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Review of ‘Broken Glass’: “Vitriolic premise and pane-stalking performances don’t fully crystallise”
London’s Young Vic presents this new production of Arthur Miller’s classic about a brittle Jewish-American marriage amid the rise of Nazism. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if this latest revival puts its themes through the right prism. It’s not Arthur Miller’s finest play. Then again, it’s difficult to…
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Review of ‘White Rose’: “A resistance group musical builds an unarmed narrative”
The Marylebone Theatre hosts the London premiere of the period Off-Broadway musical, exploring the real-life story of the fierce peaceful fight against Hitler’s regime. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if the piece’s inflorescence should be nipped in the bud. It was 1972 when, during the last years of…
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Review of ‘As Long As We’re Breathing’: “An expired heart”
The Arcola Theatre welcomes the London premiere of Diane Samuels’s Holocaust-themed play, picturing the strife of the Jewish community through a spiritual, yoga-based frame. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its transcendent narrative style brings koshas to its kosher tale. Life is a sigh. It’s a passing line…
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Review of ‘Canned Goods’: “There’s too much left in the pantry”
The Southwark Playhouse hosts the London premiere of Erik Kahn’s Holocaust-themed play, dealing with a lesser-known vitriolic maneuver performed by the Nazis in their attempt to win the war. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this new portrayal of humanity’s soulless side still takes audiences on a spirited…
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‘The Book Thief’ to open as a new musical in September
The piece will be presented in Coventry and Leicester, after being showcased for the first time in Bolton last year and receiving a WhatsOnStage Award nomination for Best Regional Production. Based on the best-selling novel, the adaptation will include a libretto Timothy Allen McDonald and Jodi Picoult and music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and…
