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Review of ‘Let’s Fall In Love’: “We need more theatre”
Acclaimed American singer and songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway reunites with her London audience for only four exclusive concerts at the heart of Chelsea and Soho. Guillermo Názara reviews the very first of these unique performances, to let us know about the show going through the passions and achievements of one the most prominent jazz composers […]
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“The Phantom of the Opera” – An unmasked homage
The longest-running musical in Broadway history will be pulling its curtain down forever next February, leaving behind 35 years dominating the New York scene. In tribute to the success and allure of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most acclaimed piece of entertainment, we go around the flashes of a glimmering life shining through the dark.
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Review of ‘Walking with Ghosts’: “Fame doesn’t change who you are”
Irish acting legend Gabriel Byrne shares more than his unquestionable talent onstage for a super limited run before shedding both his light and darkness on Broadway. Guillermo Nazara tells us about this gripping one-man play, where the acclaimed thespian reveals his inspiring strength through the weaknesses, longings and mistakes of his life.
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Review of ‘Blippi, The Musical’: “It’s good to be a child”
The UK’s #1 kids YouTuber has jumped off the network’s screens to bring all the fun onstage. Guillermo Názara tells us about his experience at the opening day of Blippi, The Musical, a family show starring the social media phenomenon character and friends, in their quest to make learning a most magical adventure you don’t […]
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Review of BBC Proms – ‘Il Tabarro’: “Genie and genius”
As the UK’s most important summer music festival approaches its lasts weeks, we travel back across its programming to remember one of its most remarkable highlights. Guillermo Názara reviews the Hallé Orchestra’s performance of Puccini’s one-act opera Il Tabarro, a work about doomed romance and passion, whose heavenly music is however a depiction of hell. […]
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Review of ‘The Glass Menagerie’: “The unmatching pieces of a working puzzle”
Tennessee Williams’ groundbreaking story about the pain and sorrow of a dysfunctional family relives through this new West End production – playing for a strictly limited season until the end of the month. Guillermo Názara reviews this one-of-a-kind version starring 6-time Academy Award nominated Amy Adams, where the fragility of its characters is also the […]
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Review of ‘Tom, Dick and Harry’: “The escape is useless”
This summer, the true story about a group of caged pilots struggling to break free from the grips of Nazism comes to life in one of London’s most captivating venues. Upon his attendance to its opening week, Guillermo Názara reviews this semi-musical interactive show about one of the greatest escape missions in recent history.
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Review of ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’: “Magic beyond the stage”
The timeless fantasy tale returns to the theatre in a brand new production after touring around the UK. Upon attending the opening night, Guillermo Názara shares his impressions on this version of Lewis’ classic, to let us know what is awaiting between the lamp-post and the great castle of Cair Paravel.
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Review of ‘L’incoronazione di Poppea’: “Dark seduction”
Last week, the Arcola Theatre inaugurated its summer opera festival with a new take on one of the very first classics in all of the genre’s history. Guillermo Názara tells us about his experience at the opening night of this reinvisioned production by the Ensemble OrQuesta, where tradition and avant-garde meet in a epic tale […]
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Review of ‘Mad House’: “The sanity of the insane”
David Harbour and Bill Pullman star in Theresa Rebeck’s first West End original, which explores the faults and flaws of a dysfunctional all-grown-up American family. After his attendance to the press night, Guillermo Názara tells us about one of London’s most anticipated plays of the summer, to let us know what’s awaiting behind the walls […]
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