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With music by Arcade Fire’s Will Butler, David Adjmi’s drama at the Golden Theatre, New York, follows tangled recording sessions by a 1970s rock band
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...National Theatre Live cinema screenings from March 23, nye.ntlive.com...
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.... ★★★☆☆ To March 23, rosetheatre.org, then to Theatre for a New Audience, New York, April 5-May 4, tfana.org...
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...That truth rumbles underneath Emma Rice’s joyous stage production at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, led by a terrific performance from Dee Ahluwalia as Karim....
...This sanctified figure has materialised in the Prince Edward Theatre after packing ’em in on Broadway, where the jukebox musical version of Jackson’s life has grossed more than $180mn since 2021....
The physical theatre company revive the ancient Greek comedy with mixed results
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...Welcome to Yaël Farber’s searing King Lear — a mighty production that fuses the sense of ritual so often central to the director’s work with a modern setting to create a shattering piece of theatre, led...
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