Verdict: Required viewing for Bowie fans Let’s not pretend to be surprised that the David Bowie musical Lazarus is a teeny bit pretentious. That was certainly the view of many critics when it first appeared in London five years ago. But for those of us who were certified Spiders From Mars, back in the salad days of our misspent youth, it’s still required viewing. I was certainly sorry to miss Ivo van Hove’s sell-out production when it transferred from New York to London’s King’s Cross Theatre in 2016. So I leapt at the chance to watch this live recording, which has been released — on live-music website dice.fm — to coincide with Bowie’s birth and death days (today and Sunday, respectively).