Mark Shenton π
@ShentonStage
UK-based theatre critic -- https://t.co/Rq9kmbCYKx. Now living in West Sussex, not the West End! (though I still regularly visit it!)
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I truly couldnβt love Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David Latest News more after reading this from the snubbed Geraldo Rivera. Major kudos to Larry David!
My review of Kevin Elyotβs first play COMING CLEAN, originally premiered at Bush Theatre in 1982 and now revived at The Turbine Theatre, is here for PLAYS INTERNATIONAL Plays International & Europe:
playsinternational.org.uk/coming-clean-tβ¦
Just watched the last-ever episode of #CurbYourEnthusiasm Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David Latest News, possibly my favourite-ever comedy series that has gone out on a real high. Often series dwindle and fade; this one just got funnier and funnier. Pure comedy gold, and so beautifully performed.
Just watching the utterly phenomenal Barbra Streisand in a 2017 live concert on @Netflix. One of the greatest singers who has ever lived. And she began her career on the theatrical stage! (Iβve been blessed to have seen her live twiceβ¦ but Iβm sorry Iβm never saw her in a show!)
This weekβs theatre reviews in Observer New Review by Susannah Clapp:
Long Dayβs Journey Into Night Long Day's Journey Into Night β
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The Lover/The Collection at Bathβs Deborah Warner Season at the Ustinov Studio, Bath β
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The Divine Mrs S at Hampstead Theatre β
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theguardian.com/stage/2024/aprβ¦
I recognise this feeling totally. Iβve not had a brain tumour, though, so maybe itβs just my depression talking β or maybe Iβm depressed BECAUSE the world is changing around me and I donβt feel a part of it anymore. #ShentonStageMentalHealthDiary
Farewell to actor Adrian Schiller With Adrian Schiller πΊπ¦, who has died aged just 60.
Farewell to Broadway and off-Broadway playwright Christopher Durang, who has died, aged 75. Appreciation by Jesse Green for NYT Theater: nytimes.com/2024/04/03/theβ¦
Farewell to playwright Trevor Griffiths, who has died, aged 88. Guardian Obituaries by Michael Coveney:
amp.theguardian.com/stage/2024/aprβ¦
Here we go again as we are forced to live in #Trumpworld again. Stephen Collins nails it. (H/t arnim f. lighting)
My review of MJ MJ the Musical UK for PLAYS INTERNATIONAL Plays International & Europe that opened at the Prince Edward last Wednesday is here:
playsinternational.org.uk/mj-prince-edwaβ¦
Yikes β itβs 15 years since I joined Twitter (before it became X). Itβs not what it was. I miss the days before it became poisonous. I am still here, but not very often anymore. Such a shame. #MyXAnniversary
This weekβs theatre reviews in Observer New Review by Kate Kellaway:
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theguardian.com/stage/2024/marβ¦
My review of OPENING NIGHT that opened officially at the Gielgud last night, for PLAYS INTERNATIONAL Plays International & Europe is here: playsinternational.org.uk/opening-night-β¦
My ShentonSTAGE newsletter for March 18-24 includes Mischiefβs MIND WRANGLER, Priscilla the Party! and UNCLE VANYA at Orange Tree Theatre. shentonstage.com/shentonstage-nβ¦
Amazing as ever to see Rachel Tucker totally own the stage, playing a new version of the mother in NEXT TO NORMAL in a show that mixes elements of that story with CAROUSEL as a parent tries to make posthumous amends. Luxury casting also features Jamie Muscato as her son (left)