THEATRE REVIEW: A Face In The Crowd starring Ramin Karimloo & Anoushka Lucas at the Young Vic

By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ***

WHEN?: Saturday 26 October 2024 (matinee), runs through 9 November 2024 RUNTIME: 155 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)

The best bit in this Elvis Costello musical based on a 1957 US film is when leading man Ramin Karimloo (Murder Ballad, Arts Theatre) leaps into the audience in a political rally as charismatic man of the people Lonesome Rhodes during song Blood and Hot Sauce.

  • Read on for reasons including how it was baffling this could promise so much and yet deliver so little
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Which West End show was Lin Manuel-Miranda in the audience for last night

When queueing for the gents one doesn’t normally expect to see arguably Broadway’s hottest creative right now but that’s what happened in the West End’s Arts Theatre last night.

  • Read on for reasons including the link between Manuel-Miranda and Murder Ballad

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