Theatre, Musicals, Broadcasts & Films

Reviews and articles of some events that are not Concerts, Opera, or Dance, and others that have been streamed, shown in the cinema or on TV

No scenery, no apologies, just Oklahoma! at Glimmerglass

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United StatesUnited States The Glimmerglass Festival 2026 [2] – Rodgers & Hammerstein, Oklahoma!: Soloists, Glimmerglass Festival Chorus and Orchestra / James Lowe (conductor). Cooperstown Central School, N.J. Sterling Auditorium, Cooperstown, 18.7.2026. (RP)

[Opening night photo] Peter Murphy (Will Parker) © Kayleen Bertrand

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Love’s Labour’s Lost with Much Ado about Nothing – a double-header even greater than the sum of its parts

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing (adapted by Tom Littler for Guildford Shakespeare Company/Orange Tree Theatre): Braboeuf Manor, Guildford, Surrey 11.7.2026. (BF) *****

Princess Leonata and entourage arrive just after the men have forsworn women in Love’s Labour’s Lost (Sarah Gobran, Phoebe Pryce, Sally Cheng, Joelle Brabban)

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A review of NT’s compelling, if thought-provoking, Les Liaisons Dangereuses in cinemas from 25 June

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom NTLive’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses (by Christopher Hampton based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos): Filmed (directed by Ollie Gardner) during its run at the Lyttelton Theatre at London’s Royal National Theatre and now in cinemas from 25 June. (JPr) ****

Lesley Manville (Marquise de Merteuil) and Aidan Turner  (Vicomte de Valmont) © Sarah Lee

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Jukebox IDOLS with The Overtones is an upbeat and uplifting song and dance spectacular

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Overtones’s Jukebox IDOLS: The Overtones with dancers Nadiya Bychkova, Louis Smith, Mia Bowers, Kiera Brunton, James Cutler and India Taylor. Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 13.6.2026. (JPr)

‘Moon River’ with The Overtones and Nadiya Bychkova and James Cutler © Ieuan Bradfield.

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