An American Girl in London

It was announced last week that Sting’s Broadway musical The Last Ship will close early, three months after it opened on Broadway. I now feel all the more fortunate that I was able to see it, w...

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An entrenched stereotype Americans have about English culture is that the food is terrible. A classic joke is that all the chefs in hell are English. Note that this view is out of step with the u...

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Most Brits, if asked, will claim that Americans have a much stronger sense of national identity than they do. As evidence, they will point to American displays of flag waving and the prevalence o...

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The original 1981 production of the Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along famously flopped on Broadway, closing after just sixteen performances. This revival, produced by the Menier Chocolate Fa...

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One of the most fascinating aspects of my current job in publishing is dealing with the many unsolicited manuscripts we receive. I look after what publishers call, rather unkindly, the slush pile...

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Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s new political comedy features a familiar set-up:  a coalition government, formed of Tories and Liberal Democrats.  Coalition shows the point of view of the juni...

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Sex, scandal and Christian theology–these are the substance of the Starbridge novels by Susan Howatch, a sprawling soap opera about the Church of England in the 20th century.  A colleague intr...

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Review: In the Republic of Happiness by Martin Crimp, a Royal Court production This play divides opinion.  A number of people walked out of the performance I saw, but I also heard a lot of appre...

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I have been a Pan fan since early childhood and so was excited to see Peter and the Starcatcher on my recent trip to New York City.  The new play, based on Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s nove...

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The Royal Court’s production of April de Angelis’s Jumpy, which just finished a celebrated run at the Duke of York Theatre, depicts a turbulent mother/daughter relationship. Like de Angelisâ€...

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