Review: Opening Night, at Gielgud Theatre
Sheridan Smith stars as a troubled actress in musical that follows preparations for a Broadway play
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Sheridan Smith stars as a troubled actress in musical that follows preparations for a Broadway play
Sheridan Smith stars as a troubled actress in musical that follows preparations for a Broadway play
What an extraordinary theatrical mash-up Opening Night is. It's almost as if this studiously obtuse new musical was designed to sabotage its fabulous leading lady, Sheridan Smith.
Smith plays a Broadway star in the midst of a mental crisis in Ivo van Hove and Rufus Wainwright’s glittering and extravagantly original musical adaptation of the Cassavetes film
Ivo Van Hove and Rufus Wainwright's new West End musical lacks clarity and drama, but Smith delivers a committed performance.