Legit Review: 'The Hothouse'
"I resent this levity, sir." So says besuited neatnik John Simm as Gibbs, who has just been accused of plotting to murder his boss. That his line and plight are met with raucous laughter is symptomati…
David Benedict
Legit Review: 'Passion Play'
"Annie Hall" remains celebrated for the scene in which Woody Allen and Diane Keaton's spoken words are wittily contradicted by their thoughts presented in subtitles. Four years later, Peter Nichols's…
'Curious Incident' Sweeps London's Olivier Awards
Marianne Elliott's National Theater production of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" swept the boards at this year's Olivier Awards with seven wins, equaling last year's record-breaki…
Legit Review: 'Matilda'
The New York transfer of U.K. musical “Matilda” opened April 11 at Broadway's Shubert Theater. The following is David Benedict's review (Daily Variety, Dec. 13, 2010) of the London production, with ca…
Legit Review: 'The Low Road'
With 20 actors racing between 50 roles across a time-traveling plot, Bruce Norris' "The Low Road" is a cross between a pageant and a parable. Dominic Cooke's supremely witty, fleet-footed production h…
Legit Review: 'Peter and Alice'
"What is growing up, precisely?" That's an unusually loaded question since it's asked by the woman who inspired "Alice in Wonderland" of the man who inspired "Peter Pan." Having issued the challenge…
National, Chichester Lead Olivier Noms Race
LONDON — The National Theater and Chichester Festival Theater emerged as the producer front-runners in the nominations for this year's Society of London Theater Olivier awards with 13 and 12 noms apie…
Legit Review: 'Paper Dolls'
Five Filipino immigrants in Tel Aviv work by day as live-in caregivers to elderly Hasidic men but by night they form a gleefully low-rent drag act. You couldn't make it up, and guess what? They didn't…
U.K. Stage Troupe Punchdrunk to Bow Hollywood Fable
LONDON -- Inventive Brit legit outfit Punchdrunk, creators of current Gotham sensation "Sleep No More," return to London with the world preem of "The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable," a major new co-pr…
London's Royal Opera House Appoints New Chief
LONDON -- Alex Beard has been appointed CEO of the Royal Opera House, succeeding Tony Hall, who ankled to become Director-General of the BBC. The £250,000 ($375,000) position is the key leadership and…
