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Falling Angels
Streams of recent Broadway shows remain a rare commodity – and this one has become one of the hottest tickets of the season. In the 100th birthday revival of Noël Coward’s comedy, Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara down cocktails while waiting for the old fire to arrive. The cast is in contention at this month’s Tony Awards, where the play has five nominations. It will be available from BroadwayHD on June 5.
Romeo and Juliet
Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev are said to have received 43 phone calls to play Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet at the Royal Opera House in 1965. But there’s more to enjoy than their romantic partnership – not just a role filled with Prokofiev’s imperious Montagues and Capulets. Get started BBC iPlayer.
Rental: Recorded Live on Broadway
Jonathan Larson’s rock opera back to London this fall, so here is a timely return to the Broadway stage of 2008. It is even better than the 2005 film. Renée Elise Goldsberry makes a wonderful Mimi: gentle, funny and romantic at the same time in Light My Candle, her bright duet with Will Chase. Get started Prime Video.
Oklahoma!
Before he became Wolverine and Jean Valjean or participated in The Greatest Showman, Hugh Jackman was the baritone cowboy Curly (“passionate and kind” according to our Michael Billington) in the original version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical, directed by Trevor Nunn at the National Theater in 1998. The new arrival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s music. NT Home.
Listeners
Less than three years after being made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II, Helen Mirren was playing the monarch herself in Peter Morgan’s 2006 film The Queen. He returned to the role in 2013 in the West End play Morgan’s Listenerswhich pretended that eight prime ministers were discussing with him in secret. Get started NT Home starting June 2.
Flip!
Milli Bhatia directs Racheal Ofori’s radio adaptation of her comedy 2023 stage play. It’s about two creative people who try out a new app that promises to expand their reach but could destroy their friendship. A comedy that takes a deep dive into the world of online warfare. Get started BBC Soundtrack.
Cyrano de Bergerac
It’s Adrian Lester RSC Cyrano arrives in London this month and if you’re not worried about its predecessor, then the 2007 US revival by David Leveaux (“rapier wit” enthused the New York Times) is on. BroadwayHD. Kevin Kline plays Monsieur De Cyrano, wooing Jennifer Garner’s Roxane.
François Chaignaud: The Little Players
The Louvre has recently made more headlines for its defacement and the illegal drama of its daytime jewelery heist than for the art. But in 2024, choreographer François Chaignaud created a four-hour play in the bowels of the museum to accompany his exhibition of ancient fools. A half-hour film has opened Arte.TV.
