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Elvis film review: Baz Luhrmann’s sparkling biopic of the mighty king of rock ‘n’ roll

A touching and sometimes bleak story about the super-talented kid who fell prey to a slippery manager

By Linda Marric

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Elvis film review: Baz Luhrmann’s sparkling biopic of the mighty king of rock ‘n’ roll

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Uh huh, Elvis was a nice Jewish boy

By Francine White

3 min read

Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saëns; Royal Opera House; Covent Garden; London, UK; 24 May 2022; Samson - SeokJong Baek; Dalila - Elina Garanca; High Priest - Lukasz Golinski; First Philistine -Alan Pingarrón; Second Philistine - Chuma Sijeqa; Messenger -Thando Mjandana Abimélech -Blaise Malaba; Samson's Rabbi -Goderdzi Janelidze; Director - Richard Jones; Set Designer - Hyemi Shin; Costume Designer - Nicky Gillibrand; Lighting Designer - Andreas Fuchs; Movement Director - Lucy Burge; © 2022 ROH Photographed by CLIVE BARDA

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Opera review: Samson et Delila

By Stephen Pollard

1 min read

Music

Israeli baritone is to become Hamburg’s first liberal cantor since the Nazi era

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

Theatre

Stage star Thelma Ruby lowers the curtain on her sparkling 78-year career with a solo show

By Nic North

1 min read

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Tony Awards: Billy Crystal leads Samuel L. Jackson in Yiddish scat singalong

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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Former Immanuel College student unites West End stars for mental health fundraiser

By Ben Bloch

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Legally Blonde Theatre review: Entirely predictable and utterly enjoyable

Director Lucy Moss has given her energetic and hugely entertaining revival a modern-day feel with a smattering of mobile usage

By John Nathan

2 min read

June 7, 2022 13:44

Legally Blonde Theatre review: Entirely predictable and utterly enjoyable

Dave season 2 TV Review: 'Modernising nebbishness and reveling in it'

The second series sees lil Dicky creatively blocked and pining for lost, authentic love

By Josh Howie

2 min read

June 1, 2022 12:54

Dave season 2 TV Review: 'Modernising nebbishness and reveling in it'

Our West End queen performing for HRH

Musical star Mazz Murray performed for the queen’s golden jubilee. Now she’s rocking for royalty all over again

By Francine White

3 min read

May 31, 2022 10:52

Grease, the musical theatre review: 'A dereliction of artistic duty'

Nikolai Foster’s Leicester Curve production of Grease is awful mostly because it conforms to every expectation

By John Nathan

1 min read

May 26, 2022 15:19

Grease, the musical theatre review: 'A dereliction of artistic duty'

‘My music will play for galloping royal tribute’

Debbie Wiseman has created the soundtrack for a platinum jubilee event. Let's hope the horses behave

By Ben Bloch

2 min read

May 12, 2022 13:01

‘My music will play for galloping royal tribute’

Street busker brought on stage for Maroon 5’s first Israeli concert after playing outside band’s hotel

The American pop group made their Israeli debut in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park this week

By Ben Bloch

1 min read

May 12, 2022 10:20

Street busker brought on stage for Maroon 5’s first Israeli concert after playing outside band’s hotel

On her 80th birthday, a celebration of Barbra Streisand's glittering career in showbiz

From her first screen role in William Wyler’s 1968 film Funny Girl to her hilarious turn in 2004's Meet the Fockers, few can rival the success of this global icon, who grew up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn

By James Mottram

3 min read

April 21, 2022 14:03

HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 07: Singer/actress Barbra Streisand presents in the press room at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Terezin’s songs are sung again

An operatic project is teaching children about the Shoah - and the war in Ukraine

By Julie Carbonara

3 min read

April 20, 2022 11:46

By Dominic Green

As her Grammys appearance showed, Doja is the 21st century's Tin Pan Alley cat

My teenage informants tell me that Doja Cat is a skilled crafter of the 'memeable hooks' which helped her “blow up” on TikTok. Her performance last Sunday, was, I’m told, a 'massive bop'

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April 7, 2022 13:16

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 03: Doja Cat winner of the Best Pop Duo Group Performance Award for 'Kiss Me More' poses in the winners photo room during the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

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Music

Elvis film review: Baz Luhrmann’s sparkling biopic of the mighty king of rock ‘n’ roll

Uh huh, Elvis was a nice Jewish boy

Opera review: Samson et Delila

Israeli baritone is to become Hamburg’s first liberal cantor since the Nazi era

Stage star Thelma Ruby lowers the curtain on her sparkling 78-year career with a solo show

Tony Awards: Billy Crystal leads Samuel L. Jackson in Yiddish scat singalong

Former Immanuel College student unites West End stars for mental health fundraiser

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