Tag Archives: Donmar Warehouse

Cheers to our Will, not sorry old George

Posted on April 23, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett Today is St. George’s Day named for the patron saint of several places  such as Aragon, Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal and Russia. Oh, and England. We English, of course, don’t mark April 23 in … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: Harold Pinter’s ‘Moonlight’

Posted on April 13, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – The late Harold Pinter’s last play, “Moonlight”, revived for the first time in 18 years at the Donmar Warehouse, deals in disaffection and alienation, and it is difficult to warm up to. Director Bijan Sheibani … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’

Posted on March 2, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Lightweight, amusing and frothy, Broadway hit musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” seems an odd choice for the serious-minded Donmar Warehouse, but its U.S. high school hijinks and a cast full of fizz … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: Derek Jacobi in ‘King Lear’

Posted on December 3, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – It’s always an event when a great actor decides finally to take on “King Lear” and, at 72, stage veteran Derek Jacobi, also known for film roles and TV series such as “I, Claudius” and … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: Elena Roger in Sondheim’s ‘Passion’

Posted on September 24, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – That love never fails is a simple concept made rich and complex in Stephen Sondheim’s ardent 1994 Tony Award-winning musical “Passion” in a memorable new production at the Donmar Warehouse. From the sizzling opening bedroom … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: Simon Gray’s ‘The Late Middle Classes’

Posted on June 2, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Simon Gray’s “The Late Middle Classes” is an exquisite delineation of 1950s English pretensions when snobbery and prejudice strived to hold their own against the post-war shattering of illusions. It’s a brittle little tale that … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: Mark Haddon’s ‘Polar Bears’

Posted on April 9, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – British writer Mark Haddon, whose 2003 novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” told of a boy with Asperger syndrome, turns his attention to a young woman with bipolar disorder for his … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: John Logan’s ‘Red’ at the Donmar

Posted on December 31, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Passion can be difficult to explain and harder to re-create, especially when the passion is for abstract art. But passionate acting and design just about make a success of John Logan’s new play, “Red,” that … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: Rachel Weisz in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’

Posted on July 29, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – A knockout performance by Rachel Weisz as Blanche DuBois is the main reason to see “A Streetcar Named Desire,” running at London’s Donmar Warehouse through October 3. But the production has many other riches. Tony-winning … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: Jude Law in ‘Hamlet’

Posted on June 4, 2009 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Anyone who expects a fey and fragile prince from Jude Law in the Donmar’s new West End production of “Hamlet” is in for a surprise as he renders the troubled Dane as rugged and fit, … Continue reading →

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