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Mar 27, 2024 · But the lyrics are blunt, to put it mildly — “You’ve gotta make magic out of tragic.”. It’s a show that suggests the overwhelming, quite terrifying nature of breakdown and the need for ...
Apr 2, 2024 · Her bravery is on full view at the Gielgud Theatre, even if the unvarnished truth about Opening Night, itself adapted from a little-known indie American film from 1977, is that it demands all the good will it can get. Nothing about Van Hove's drearily camera-heavy staging, or a first-ever musical theatre score from the protean Rufus Wainwright ...
Mar 27, 2024 · Read our review of musical Opening Night, starring Sheridan Smith and directed by Ivo van Hove, now in performances at the Gielgud Theatre to 27 July. M. Marianka Swain 27 March, 2024, 02:00. Sheridan Smith is back in her first West End musical since 2019’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – and she’s made a fascinating selection.
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Mar 12, 2024 · Monday 11 March 2024, opens 26 March and runs through 27 July 2024 RUNTIME: 160 minutes (including a 20-minute interval) Hats off to Sheridan Smith ( Shirley Valentine, Duke Of York’s Theatre) for fully embracing the role of the leading lady who turns up drunk for her opening night because that must feel uncomfortably close to home.
Mar 27, 2024 · John Cassavetes, Rufus Wainwright, Sheridan Smith. ‘Opening Night’ Review: Sheridan Smith’s Turn Cannot Save Ivo Van Hove and Rufus Wainwright’s Monotonous Musical Adaptation. Gielgud ...
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Mar 27, 2024 · The Independent. ★★★. "Sheridan Smith exquisitely self-destructs in weird meta-West End musical". "Rufus Wainwright’s songs reach new emotional heights, Smith’s performance is radiant – but Ivo van Hove’s stage adaptation of John Cassavetes’s 1977 film is sometimes misjudged". "Anyone who bought tickets to Opening Night in the ...
