London gets a delightful new musical. . . and more

London Theater:  A delightful new family musical,   a new play about Stalin,  a new look at Ibsen's last play,  and   American playwright Neal LaBute   . . .

 

Bertie Carvel as Miss Trunchbull and Lauren Ward as Miss Honey in Matilda the Musical

Matilda the Musical- Matthew Warchus's delightful production for all ages about the precocious little girl who loves books and is born into a family of book hating telly addicts . . .

Collaborators- Simon Russell Beale gives an affectionate, quizzical and jokey portrait of Joseph Stalin in John Hodge's play. . .

Reasons to be Pretty- The last of Neil LaBute trilogy about how we look and relationships opens in London where it all started. . .

 Judgement Day- Ibsen’s last play has a reputation for impenetrable symbolism, but in this new adaptation by Mike Poulton, the language takes on a hypnotic rhythm worthy of his earlier verse dramas.. . .