MusicJephtha review: A night at the opera that I would like to forgetAllan Clayton has a magnificent tenor voice but it is simply not suited to Handel - one contributing factor that makes this production a big mistakeBy Stephen Pollard2 min read
Musical TheatreDudu Fisher: the Israeli star who wanted to be a dentist but became a superstarThe singer/actor is celebrating his 50th year in showbiz - but, as he tells the JC, his life could have gone in a very different directionBy Francine White8 min read
Theatre Sunset Boulevard review: Doesn't matter if you've seen this show before, you have not seen it like thisNicole Scherzinger's Norma Desmond transmits a tragic ego the size of the cinema screen in Jamie Lloyd’s slick musicalBy John Nathan2 min read
Theatre Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review: All hail Broadway royaltySeventy-five-year-old Bernadette Peters rolls back the years in Cameron Macintosh’s tribute to the late musical theatre geniusBy John Nathan1 min read
Theatre Next to Normal review: Great songs, shame about the writingI cannot remember a show that was so annoyingly written yet so impressively performed as this production about the repercussions of a mother's manic depressionBy John Nathan2 min read
CelebrityEverything we know about Ethan Slater, Ariana Grande’s rumoured new Jewish boyfriendJudaism influenced ‘every aspect of my life’ says her Wicked co-star and rumoured flingBy Hannah Gillott 1 min read
Theatre Crazy For You review: The joy of Gershwin adds fizz to our straitened timesCharlie Stemp stars as hapless New York banker Bobby Child in a fizzing, delightful morale boosterBy John Nathan2 min read
Obituary: Maria CharlesA formidable presence who played Yente opposite Topol in Fiddler on the RoofBy Gloria Tessler3 min read||June 29, 2023 09:00
FIddler on the roof co-creator Sheldon Harnick dies at 99The writer was inducted into the Broadway hall of fame for his work on the iconic showBy Elisa Bray3 min read||June 27, 2023 15:01
