WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Leicester Square Theatre
WHEN: 13/4, runs to 14/4/18
We’ve always been big fans of John Barrowman but why have we never heard of the wise-cracking pianist and interviewer Seth Rudetsky who brings out the very best of the Torchwood star here?
WHERE: Olivier Theatre, National
WHEN: 11/12, show runs to 3/1/18
Follies has about 25 performances left of a near 100-show run when we encounter one of its stars, Imelda Staunton, for a Q&A on the Olivier Theatre stage where she met her husband, Jim Carter, in a production of Guys And Dolls.
WHERE: National Theatre
WHEN: 22/8
Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim was in his 20s when he wrote the words for Gypsy in 1959 and is here tonight at the National Theatre for the first preview of the revival of his hit Follies starring Imelda Staunton.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Menier Chocolate Factory
WHEN?: 2/7, press night 12/7 runs to 17/9
As this Fiasco Theater production of the Sondheim classic is about to begin, co-director/Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince Noah Brody tells us his wife Jessie Austrian (moving and funny as the Baker’s Wife) is pregnant.
