John Nathan

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Theatre

Got a play script in your drawer? Fish it out now

The Jewish Literary Foundation is looking for eight budding Harold Pinters

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"If you’re Jewish the work is going to be Jewish": playwright Julia Pascal

Rivalries and royalties: Josh Radnor and (right) Noah Galvin (Credit: Bautista Araya)

Josh Radnor and Noah Galvin on playing brothers in a new comedy

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Hannah Einbinder and (right) Gillian Anderson

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review: ‘Schoenbrun’s most assured film yet’ ★★★★

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Piaf-like intensity: Ben Platt (Credit: Johan Persson)

Midnight at The Never Get review: ‘the tender power of Benn Platt’ ★★★★

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The Odyssey review: Christopher Nolan turns Homer’s epic poem into movie magic

The film’s three tense hours elapse with the speed of a riptide

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July 22, 2026 10:49

The Oresteia review: Aeschylus compellingly updated for our times ★★★★

Some will criticise Simon Stone’s adaptation for straying from the original trilogy but this is an evening of theatre you will not forget

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July 21, 2026 17:50

Cycle of violence: Mary-Louise Parker and David Morrissey (Credit: Johan Persson)

Jesus Christ Superstar review: ‘seems to get better the older it gets’ ★★★★

Jews might view this sung-through rock opera with limited emotional involvement but theatrically the evening is impressive

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July 15, 2026 20:06

Superstar treatment: the chorus of the latest production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical on stage at Drury Lane Credit: Johan Persson

The Invite review: An excruciating sex-com ★★★★

The copious amount of tension in the film is derived from an open relationship encountering the emotions and instincts of tightly closed one

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July 15, 2026 16:18

Orgy off the menu: Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton in The Invite Spanish actress

Cyrano De Bergerac review: Adrian Lester’s Cyrano is bang on the nose ★★★★★

The actor gives a stunningly multi-layered performance in this triumphant revival

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July 8, 2026 15:27

Cyrano De Bergerac review: Adrian Lester’s Cyrano is bang on the nose ★★★★★

Glengarry Glen Ross review: David Mamet’s desperate estate agents ★★★★

This is the second time in a year that Patrick Marber has directed Mamet’s hilarious and horrific dissection of sales culture

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June 30, 2026 17:40

Pitch perfect: Dorothy Myer-Bennett plays much hated office manager Williamson (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

A Private Life review: Jodie Foster intrigues as Jewish shrink in clever murder mystery ★★★★

Foster gives a strong bilingual performance as psychiatrist who suspects her client may not have killed herself

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June 29, 2026 18:06

A Private Life review: Jodie Foster intrigues as Jewish shrink in clever murder mystery ★★★★

Songs by the genius behind Rent get their day in the sun

Jonathan Larson died on the eve of his hit musical’s premiere. Broadway producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper is keeping his melodies alive

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June 25, 2026 17:06

The late Jonathan Larson outside the New York Theatre Workshop in 1986

We Had a World review: Joshua Harmon’s mother and grandmother are at war in this gripping drama ★★★★

The Bad Jews writer is played Ryan Kopel in his most personal commission to date

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June 18, 2026 14:30

We Had a World review: Joshua Harmon’s mother and grandmother are at war in this gripping drama ★★★★

Allegra review: Maureen Lipman is the clowning glory ★★★

Quilter’s goofy comedy reminds us that Dame Maureen is, in the best possible sense, a clown

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June 12, 2026 17:44

Comic superpower: Maureen Lipman with Bailey Patrick Credit: Marc Brenner

Disclosure Day review: Emily Blunt is superb in Spielberg’s fun but derivative return to the alien thriller ★★★

The Jewish director’s follow-up to ‘Close Encounters’ is a classic Spielberg sci-fi, eminently watchable if not somewhat trope-y

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June 10, 2026 15:25

Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor in 'Disclosure Day.' (Photo: Universal Pictures)

High Society review: Fizzing stage reboot starring Felicity Kendal ★★★★

The individual performances are all excellent in this iteration of Cole Porter masterpiece

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June 9, 2026 17:06

High stakes: (left to right) James Hume, Felicity Kendal and Naomi Pacquette Photo: Pamela Raith

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John Nathan

Latest from John Nathan

Got a play script in your drawer? Fish it out now

Josh Radnor and Noah Galvin on playing brothers in a new comedy

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review: ‘Schoenbrun’s most assured film yet’ ★★★★

Midnight at The Never Get review: ‘the tender power of Benn Platt’ ★★★★

More from John Nathan

The Odyssey review: Christopher Nolan turns Homer’s epic poem into movie magic

The Oresteia review: Aeschylus compellingly updated for our times ★★★★

Jesus Christ Superstar review: ‘seems to get better the older it gets’ ★★★★

The Invite review: An excruciating sex-com ★★★★

Cyrano De Bergerac review: Adrian Lester’s Cyrano is bang on the nose ★★★★★

Glengarry Glen Ross review: David Mamet’s desperate estate agents ★★★★

A Private Life review: Jodie Foster intrigues as Jewish shrink in clever murder mystery ★★★★

Songs by the genius behind Rent get their day in the sun

We Had a World review: Joshua Harmon’s mother and grandmother are at war in this gripping drama ★★★★

Allegra review: Maureen Lipman is the clowning glory ★★★

Disclosure Day review: Emily Blunt is superb in Spielberg’s fun but derivative return to the alien thriller ★★★

High Society review: Fizzing stage reboot starring Felicity Kendal ★★★★