504 stories by "Jonathan Baz"
Jennifer Selway has written both play and lyrics for the occasional songs that break up the action. Selway's script has rare moments of sage comment as well as levity but for the most part t…
There was much anticipation ahead of New York composer Rob Rokicki's one night cabaret in Chelsea's Pheasantry. Rokicki's songs offer a refreshing alternative to much of the balladry offered…
Flowers For Mrs Harris marks Daniel Evans' farewell production at Sheffield's Crucible and he bows out premiering a musical that is elegant, charming and beautifully crafted.
There is a heartbreaking majesty to this Talawa Theatre production and in this anniversary year of Shakespeare's death, and with more Lears on the way, Don Warrington sets the bar very high.…
Quite simply, Barnes is a stunning, revelatory astonishment. The role is huge, with the actress onstage almost throughout as she charts Brice's rise from a self-confident Brooklyn kid to Bro…
My letter below was published in The Stage todayDear SirI read with interest the very detailed British Theatre Repertoire Report 2014 (May 12) and the trends that it highlights.It …
As musicals go, Jason Robert Brown's Parade is a tough gig. His Tony-winning score is an immense fusion of the sounds of America's South, tackling a monstrous story of love in adversity and …
Appearing as part of the (now ended) London Festival of Cabaret, Sarah-Louise Young's latest cabaret manifestation is a set entitled La Poule Plombée. Literally translated it means the "lea…
For one night only, Daniel Donskoy with Inga Davis-Rutter created an evocative evening of cabaret, which if not quite as global as the title suggests, offered a bouillabaisse (or should that…
Sunday 15 May 2016 saw the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Awards 2016 take place at London's Novello Theatre, with Guildford School of Acting's Courtney Bowman (pictu…
As Jason Robert Brown's Parade opens at Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre this week, I was invited to write the Foreword for the production's programme.With the producers' permission, my articl…
The current London cast of Gordon Greenberg's Chichester production of Guys and Dolls, recently moved across town to the Phoenix Theatre, is a delight. This company's polished excellence giv…
The Toxic Avenger - The Musical has received rave reviews on its European premiere at Southwark Playhouse. I had a coffee with "Toxie's" creator and the founder of Troma Pictures, Lloyd Kauf…
Inside the narrow space of The Hope Theatre in Islington, Ian Nicholson directs Nude, Paul Hewitt's intense new work about love, life and fate that is deeply inspired by the classic verse, T…
Following its recent performance at the Palace of Westminster, Jack Gamble and Quentin Beroud bring their Richard II to the Arcola Theatre for a short run. It has been often said that Richar…
What Close is, is a Hollywood Legend of the grandest order, ranking in her generation alongside Meryl Streep, but not really many others. And that defines part of the magic of this productio…
Show Boat at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre was the best musical that I saw last year and its London transfer is setting a very high bar for 2016. Daniel Evans' production, mounted on Lez Brot…
To describe the show as tongue in cheek could almost be an obtuse reference to the grotesque prosthetic (good work from Jonathan Moriarty North's studios) that Anderson sports as Toxie. But …
Harington, albeit looking more comfortable delivering the modern sections by Teevan than the originals, convinces as the easily-duped Faustus. The real strengths of this production however l…
A packed Battersea Barge saw Evelyn Hoskins deliver a slick and intimate cabaret. Elfin / gamine / diminutive - take your pick of the adjectives, Hoskins' looks famously belie her age and fo…
"People", who didn't manage to nab their seats fast enough for the Menier Chocolate Factory's Funny Girl can most definitely rest easy in the knowledge that this acclaimed and triumphant rev…
After playing Australia, New York's Off-Broadway and to great acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe, Lennon: Through A Glass Onion, written and directed by John Waters, comes to Liverpool for a tw…
At the curtain call, co-star Michael Xavier bowed down before Ria on stage and producer Michael Grade was first to grab her in the wings as the sound of the cast applauding her enveloped her…
Paul Robinson directs with sensitivity as Simon Slater's sound and music enhance proceedings, with the production marking an impressive debut by producers Tiny Fires. Go see this play " the …
Bartlett Sher's interpretation of Fiddler on the Roof casts fresh eyes over one of the most beloved shows in the canon. Sheldon Harnick's lyrics remain as written, but much of the dance has …
