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Oliver! review: a superb staging of a 'glorious' musical
The Week Recommends The 'universally excellent cast' will leave audience's arms 'above their heads applauding'
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Shakespeare's First Folio: 400 years in print
The Explainer First published in 1623, seven years after his death, the weighty tome includes Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar
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The Witches review: a 'stunning' adaptation of Roald Dahl's tale
The Week Recommends National Theatre's 'bewitching' musical is 'the Christmas show to beat'
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The surprisingly successful world of Broadway musical reboots
The Week Recommends The latest renditions of these classic musicals demonstrate just why they've had such long legs
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Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) review
The Week Recommends The Kiln Theatre's 'sweet treat' of a musical is a clever and instantly loveable romcom
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Backstairs Billy review: a witty new comedy about the royals
The Week Recommends Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans are superb as the late Queen Mother and her favourite Clarence House steward
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King Lear review: 'less King Lear and more King Ken'
Feature Kenneth Branagh's new West End production feels like an accomplished rhetorical exercise
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Lyonesse review: an 'utter embarrassment' all round
Feature Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James are 'hamstrung' by an incoherent script
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Choir Boy review: a stirring production at Bristol Old Vic
The Week Recommends Nancy Medina's stewardship gets off to a 'flying start' with this music-filled piece
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Sunset Boulevard review: 'dazzlingly reborn' at Savoy Theatre
The Week Recommends Nicole Scherzinger gives a 'career-defining' performance as Norma Desmond
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Old Friends review: a moving 'wake' for a titan of Broadway
The Week Recommends This stellar show features 40 of Stephen Sondheim's greatest songs
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Falstaff: an environmentally aware opera that 'sparkles'
The Week Recommends Verdi's comedy is brought to life with a 'fizzing score' and 'dead-on comedic timing'
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Boys from the Blackstuff review
The Week Recommends A 'powerful' adaptation of Alan Bleasdale's 'masterpiece'
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Private Lives review: a 'witty' revival of Noël Coward's classic comedy
The Week Recommends Patricia Hodge and Nigel Havers play the warring exes in this 'delicious retro treat'
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