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midsummer night's dream the taming of the shrew
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on to theater reviews u.s.a. jim's biography
"oliver!" 1996 directed by sam mendes london palladium
reviewer neil
smith theatre
"even if you have to pick a pocket or two, get hold
of a ticket to see jim dale's triumphant return to the west end stage after too
many years on the other side of the atlantic. dale has inherited the part of
fagin and this production has unquestionably leapt in stature as a consequence.
it was jim dale's show, and for once the standing ovation - the sine qua non of
most first night's - actually felt genuine."
reviewer jack
tinker daily mail
"lionel bart's spirited musical re-telling of dickens's
favorite weepie is given a classy fresh production by cameron mackintosh. as my
colleague shaun usher has already eulogized, what a 24-carat asset jim dale is
to the show. his rueful fagin is a masterpiece - a feast of
theatricality."
reviewer matt wolf variety
"jim dale is london's new fagin, and at last the
lionel bart revival has the fizzy vaudevillian star turn it badly needs.
entering the production 45 minutes in, dale immediately fills the palladium
stage with time-honored shtick - his hands revolving like so many pinwheels -
and some useful pathos as well."
reporter robert
ross
cor magazine
"jim dale is still wowing the west end audience as
the definitive fagin in lionel bart's oliver! a simply stunning piece of work ,
it ranks as one of the most impressive musical performances i have ever
seen."