Monthly Archives: February 2011

Sun Records in the West End: not your average jukebox

Posted on February 26, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – “Million Dollar Quartet” is a straightforward jukebox musical but since the music comes from Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis at Sun Records in the 1950s, it’s not your average jukebox.

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Stars find something moving in creaky ‘Children’s Hour’

Posted on February 12, 2011 by admin

Elisabeth Moss and Keira Knightley at the Comedy Theatre thru April 30 By Ray Bennett LONDON – Lillian Hellman‘s 1934 Broadway melodrama The Children’s Hour shows its age in this new West End production, but it does afford screen stars … Continue reading →

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‘Clybourne Park’ – a bracing, funny look at race relations

Posted on February 12, 2011 by admin

Sophie Thompson and Lorna Brown at Wyndham’s thru May 7 Photo: Donald Cooper By Ray Bennett LONDON – Race relations in a Chicago suburb in 1959 and 50 years later take a savage but hilarious beating in the Royal Court’s … Continue reading →

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‘Vernon God Little’ aims low on Young Vic stage

Posted on February 12, 2011 by admin

Lily James and Joseph Drake in ‘Vernon God Little’ at the Young Vic thru March 5 By Ray Bennett LONDON – The Young Vic’s new production of Vernon God Little, based on DBC Pierre’s 2003 Booker Prize-winning novel, tries to … Continue reading →

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