 | Michael Coveney: Roger and out with magical musical memories WOS 24 March 2013 There was a packed house for Roger Hammond's memorial in the Actors Church in Covent Garden on Friday, and the twinkling levity and unerring jollity of the large and popular actor proved contagious, n.... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: Television comedy's strong theatrical roots WOS 21 March 2013 The recent death of Richard Briers and the revival of Steptoe and Son at the Lyric in Hammersmith remind us of a television era when writing and acting in situation comedy was as good as anything in.... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: Still more on Mormon as The Lady Vanishes WOS 18 March 2013 Two more reviews of The Book of Mormon over the weekend - admittedly disguised as two interesting feature articles - made further mockery of the ridiculous embargo imposed by the producers on critic.... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: Tweet smell of success for Mormon while Sisters languish WOS 15 March 2013 When the Broadway producer David Merrick "invented" critical plaudits in a full-page ad for his feebly reviewed 1961 show Subways are for Sleeping, the stunt backfired, the phoney blurb making only .... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: Edinburgh revs up, Cape Town with canapes WOS 14 March 2013 This year's London launch of the Edinburgh International Festival was held last night in the Scotland Office on Whitehall, just next door to Downing Street (handy for me: the number 24 bus goes righ.... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: Operatic extremes, failing lights and top pop art WOS 11 March 2013 Well, if I'd gone away for the weekend I wouldn't have had nearly so much fun. It all started on Friday night with the London premiere of George Benjamin's extraordinary opera, Written on Skin, at Cov.... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: Publish critics and be damned in resurgent Hampstead WOS 8 March 2013 Matt Trueman wonders out loud in The Stage this week why so few critics have been published in book form, or anthologised. The answer is twofold: there's no readership, and therefore no profit for pub.... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: An Audience with a proper first night Audience WOS 6 March 2013 One of the things I most enjoy about going to the theatre is a really good opening night, and The Audience at the Gielgud last night was just that: a fascinating play, a brilliant cast, imaginative.... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: Debts to the Queen, new Chekhov and novel Beckett WOS 4 March 2013 I wonder, now that the Queen has gone into hospital suffering from gastroenteritis, if there's suddenly any sense of complicated protocol surrounding tomorrow night's opening of The Audience with Hele.... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: Churchill changes hands at critical juncture WOS 28 February 2013 Quite a few people have asked me recently what I thought of The Audience and The Book of Mormon and don't understand the explanation of my ignorance as due to the fact that neither show has yet opened.... More... |