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Wyndham’s, LondonJason Manford is a charming, showtune-obsessed homicide cop in this fun companion to Chicago and Cabaret
Cabaret (1966) and Chicago (1975) became Broadway and West End perennials and prize-strewn movies for composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb. But Curtains (2006) has struggled. Ebb died before completion and Rupert Holmes helped out, with Kander unusually writing some songs alone.
There are three layers in the show. Admirers of Cabaret and Chicago may at first fear the worst, as the cast hoofs through a sub-Oklahoma chorus line relocating Robin Hood to the American midwest – a “cowboy” show both literally and in the sense of being substandard. Continue reading...