Tag: Michael Matus

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Not-London Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2017 UK

Review: King Lear, Minerva

“He hath always but slightly, known himself” As I wrote when the full cast was first announced,…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre News Shakespeare Theatre

Casting for Chichester’s King Lear announced

“Reason not the need” The world is hardly crying for more productions of King Lear but if…

Posted in Ancient Greeks Jermyn Street Theatre Musicals Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review

Review: The Frogs, Jermyn Street Theatre

“Gods of the theatre, smile on us” No matter the star quality of the names associated with…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music

Album Review: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2015 Original West End Cast Recording)

  “I’m halfway up a tree and completely in a jam. I’m out here in a desert…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals

Album Review: Lend Me A Tenor (Original London Cast Recording)

“Life is like opera, it’s hard to keep the drama from seeping through” The West End is…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Review: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Playhouse Theatre

“The car’s OK but where’s the wheels…?” The Broadway production of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was…

Posted in Live Music Musicals Theatre West End

Review: West End Recast 2, Phoenix Theatre

  “I wonder why they didn’t just change their story” There’s always gotta be a sequel right?…

Posted in Jermyn Street Theatre Musicals Theatre

Review: The Return of the Soldier, Jermyn Street Theatre

“War is hell Why rebel You can’t change things on your own” There’s something simply exquisite about…

Posted in Finborough Theatre Theatre

Review: Hostage Song, Finborough Theatre

“Why won’t God deliver me, oh I may never know” You don’t get many hostage stories in…