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Don’t cry for me, all you boozers! The trouble with shifting Evita’s big balcony number from stage to street

In the new Evita at the London Palladium, Rachel Zegler sings from the theatre’s actual balcony – meaning the big-paying audience doesn’t experience what passersby get for free. Could this gimmick catch on?

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Echo; Visit From an Unknown Woman; The Baker’s Wife – review

Fiona Shaw, Adrian Lester, Toby Jones and more explore the refugee experience in an intriguing multimedia show

The Guardian - UK

Visit from an Unknown Woman review – gripping study of obsession and fantasy

Christopher Hampton’s sleek adaptation of Stefan Zweig’s 1922 novella adds elements of the Austrian writer’s own life

The Guardian - UK

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Rock on, Shostakovich, Handel, Ravel: lives of great composers hit the screens

Torment, rebellion and tragedy are major themes as a rash of new biopics highlight the achievements and challenges of the musically gifted

The Guardian - UK

Jenne Casarotto obituary

Benign and trusted agent who represented writers and directors in film, television and publishing

The Guardian - UK

Rebecca review – Mrs Danvers steals the show in Du Maurier musical

Among polished performances, Kara Lane’s creepily obsessed housekeeper proves a powerful force

The Guardian - UK

The Third Man: A Musical Thriller review – atmospheric and eccentric version of classic noir

The songs may not compare to the 1949 film’s zither music, but the design amplifies Trevor Nunn’s elegantly shadowy production

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Growing fentanyl crisis is leaving 'trail of death' in its wake, federal officials warn

LOS ANGELES — In the last two months, agents with Homeland Security Investigations have seized as much fentanyl as they did in all of 2019, federal officials said, warning that the amount of the drug hitting the streets is increasing every year with deadly consequences.

Los Angeles Times

Winter movie preview: Season bringing holiday fare, Oscar hopefuls and, at last, the first sequel to ‘Avatar’

The next couple of months are as busy as they get at theaters — and at the theater in your living room.

Tribune News Service

The seduction of “Dangerous Liaisons"

What is it about this epistolary novel's ruthless high-society predators that keeps us wanting more of them?

Salon

The Son review – laceratingly painful drama of familial fear and loathing

Venice film festival: Florian Zeller’s follow-up to The Father features a tremendous performance from Hugh Jackman, as a divorced lawyer who agrees to look after his troubled offspring

The Guardian - UK

Detective who solved 32-year murder mystery tells remarkable story in a new book

The woman who caught Melanie's killer received an award for the DNA breakthrough

Bristol Post

How the acclaimed Billy Wilder tried and failed to snub Hollywood

The new film Mr Wilder & Me reveals how a search for funding led the director on an uneasy journey back to the central Europe he fled

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