Theatre Royal, June 30 8/10 More than any other Neil Simon play, The Odd Couple has passed into folklore. Given that it clocked up nearly 1,000 performances in its initial mid-’60s Broadway run, spawned a hit film (with Walther Matthau and Jack Lemmon), a TV series in the 1970s, and…
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The Neilson Nutshell, June 20 4/10 There is no greater play than King Lear. None is more disturbing, nor more moving, and no other Shakespeare work possesses so many characters of note. No role approaches the emotional breadth and height of Lear, nor his apocalyptic and hallucinogenic imagery. Even Othello…
Capitol Theatre, June 13 7/10 Chicago borrowed two of the most vacuous characters in theatrical history – Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart – and made them razzle-dazzle the world. Simultaneously its creators, John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, launched a satirical rocket attack on the US justice system, which,…