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Original punch restored in Porgy and Bess

27.10.09
The resonances shift and Porgy and Bess once again packs the punch that Gershwin intended.... more

The People's Porgy

06.10.09
Cape Town Opera, about to make its London debut, has found new resonance in Gershwin's great love story by setting it in the townships where many of its company live.... more

Of Thee I Sing is timely show

19.02.09
As Gershwin shows go, Of Thee I Sing won't contain many of your favourite tunes. But Opera North's solid revival is still a pleasure.... more

The face of modern opera

14.01.09
The first big event in London’s music calendar is the UK premiere of Die tote Stadt, Korngold’s 1920 work that finally brought opera into the real world... more

Good times for the Gershwin brothers

26.07.07
Anyone searching for long-lost, romantic musicals or antique-fashioned escapism could do worse than try George Gershwin's Lady Be Good.... more

Strike threat over 'awful' West End wages

25.05.07
West End performers have demanded a 44 per cent pay rise amid growing anger over their rates.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 plays

21.11.06
The riveting Frost/Nixon continues to enthrall, as do a new adaptation of one of Virginia Woolf's most "difficult" works and a classic by Euripedes.... more

Plays v musicals: facts and figures

21.11.06
An Evening Standard investigation into the state of West End theatre shows musicals in danger of finishing off straight plays. But what are the figures?... more

Sexy, sassy Porgy for the people

10.11.06
Trevor Nunn has triumphantly rescued George Gershwin's famous black folk opera Porgy And Bess, reconceiving it as a musical for the people, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

This week's CD reviews

11.09.06
In this week's album releases Yo La Tengo tread an eclectic path, The Fratelli's Costello Music relies on ol'-fashioned geezer charm and The Rogers Sisters play it cool.... more

Flying solo

23.08.06
Howard Alden - the man movie buffs know as the fingers of Emmett Ray in Sweet And Lowdown - was on masterful form at Ronnie Scott's last night.... more

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