John Nathan

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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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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 ★★★★★

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

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

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

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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

2 min read

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

Black Comedy review: Peter Shaffer’s big idea lacks the light to really shine★★★

Characters are plunged into the dark for most of this escalating slapstick show

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June 2, 2026 18:23

Equus review: Gripping revival of Shaffer’s foray into a troubled teenager’s mind ★★★★★

Noah Valentine should win awards for a performance of the stable boy who blinds the six horses he adores

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May 26, 2026 16:55

Wild ride: Toby Stephens as Martin Dysart and (right) Noah Valentine as Alan Strang

Orphan review: Life in the wake of two era-defining historical events ★★★★

Director László Nemes’s new film is a powerful exploration of what came after the Shoah and the Hungarian anti-Soviet uprising – through the eyes of a child

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May 20, 2026 12:11

NIUSIA review: ‘it increasingly feels as if we’re listening to the wrong story’ ★★★

Beth Paterson’s journey to her Jewishness is a worthy story, but her Holocaust survivor grandmother steals the show

2 min read

May 20, 2026 09:38

Beth Paterson in her one-woman show, NIUSIA (Photo: Mayah Salter)

Mortal Kombat II review: Cage fights on repeat in silly game-to-screen re-bash ★★

How to describe this action fantasy iteration of the video game franchise? Fight, after fight, after fight, after….

1 min read

May 13, 2026 12:37

Mortal Kombat II. (Photo: Warner Bros Pictures)

‘Here, I’m a star’: Richard Kind on the victory lap that is his West End run

Playing Max Bialystock in The Producers is a full-circle moment for the oh-so Jewish actor, who can’t help but be a leading man

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May 6, 2026 17:50

Richard Kind as Max Bialystock in 'The Producers' on the West End. (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

The Devil Wears Prada 2 review: The Devil goes digital – but loses none of its icy sheen ★★★★

The original cast star in this iPhone-era remake, bringing back the best of the classic 2006 film without feeling like a reheat

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May 1, 2026 11:17

Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci in 'Devil Wears Prada 2'. (Macall Polay / 20th Century Studios)

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John Nathan

Latest from John Nathan

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 ★★★★

More from John Nathan

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 ★★★★

Black Comedy review: Peter Shaffer’s big idea lacks the light to really shine★★★

Equus review: Gripping revival of Shaffer’s foray into a troubled teenager’s mind ★★★★★

Orphan review: Life in the wake of two era-defining historical events ★★★★

NIUSIA review: ‘it increasingly feels as if we’re listening to the wrong story’ ★★★

Mortal Kombat II review: Cage fights on repeat in silly game-to-screen re-bash ★★

‘Here, I’m a star’: Richard Kind on the victory lap that is his West End run

The Devil Wears Prada 2 review: The Devil goes digital – but loses none of its icy sheen ★★★★