Josef Woodard’s review of the World Premiere of Stephen Schwartz’ first foray into “Opera” – “Seance on a Wet Afternoon” – in the Los Angeles raises once more the spectre of divisive attitudes to music theatre – the them and us, Opera and the rest attitude. I haven’t yet seen Schwartz’ take on the 1964 … [Read More]

So Omid Djalili has stepped into Mr. Bean’s – or should I say Mr. Atkinson’s – shoes at Drury Lane and putting aside the supreme irony of a chap born of Iranian parents playing the most infamous Jew in English literature – a situation which will doubtless provide years of material for his stand-up routines … [Read More]