Luxembourg Theater Reviews

Review: ANATEVKA at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - March 05, 2024

Last week, we had the pleasure of attending Joseph Stein’s timeless classic Fiddler on the Roof, courtesy of our esteemed Grand Théâtre...

Review: ORPHEE ET EURYDICE at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - February 11, 2024

In this timeless tale of love and tragedy, the hero Orpheus (Marie-Claude Chappuis) ventures to the depths of the underworld to retrieve his deceased wife, Eurydice (Mirella Hagen), only to discover that even when working under the grace of gods, fate can be very hard to overcome....

Review: LOVE TO DEATH at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - February 05, 2024

Last Friday, we attended the premiere of Lemi Ponifasio’s Love to Death, the anticipated third instalment of the Red Bridge Project. The show seeks to break our standard understanding of theatre, with a healthy and creative symbiosis between traditional dramatic elements and bits and pieces of the r...

Review: DANSE MACABRE at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - February 01, 2024

Just a few days after Message in a Bottle, Broadway World had the pleasure of attending the premiere of Danse Macabre. The two shows take radically different approaches to the same topic, perfectly displaying two possible dichotomies of storytelling....

Review: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - January 29, 2024

To start off 2024, we attended the premiere of Message in a Bottle, a Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK production, choreographed and directed by Kate Prince. The show tells us the story of a family pushed out of its homeland by the horrors of war and forced to migrate across the sea towards saf...

Review: ALMA at Théâtre Des Capucins
by David Sousa Lopes - November 18, 2023

What would do if you were given one wish by the devil? And even if your wish was vain, could you truly make the best of your new life?...

Review: INFAMOUS OFFSPRING at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - November 10, 2023

There were so many interesting elements, that the reader will surely allow us to break from our usual three-medal article, in order to included every reason why you should be watching this show....

Review: MACBETH at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - October 29, 2023

For our first show of the season, Broadway World attended the premiere of MacBeth, hosted by our esteemed Grand Théâtre of Luxembourg....

Review: THE WRITER at Théâtre Des Capucins
by David Sousa Lopes - March 21, 2023

This weekend, Broadway World attended the premiere of The Writer, hosted by the Théâtre des Capucins. Directed by Claire Thill, the play goes over gender and interpersonal dynamics in the world of art and in society as a whole....

Review: SONGES D'UNE NUIT... at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - January 27, 2023

This week, Broadway World had the pleasure of attending Songes d'une Nuit..., a bold adaptation of the classic Shakespearean masterpiece A Midsummer Night’s Dream....

Review: DELIRANZA at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - January 22, 2023

This week we had the pleasure of attending Patricia Guerrero’s Deliranza, an ambitious dance production with an innovative take on flamenco, built on a combination of the classic Spanish art style and a surreal narrative tone....

Review: 300 EL X 50 EL X 30 EL at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - January 13, 2023

What better way to start 2023 than with a visit to our esteemed Grand Théâtre of Luxembourg? The play that got the year started for us was FC Bergman’s 300 el x 50 el x 30 el....

Review: BLKDOG at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - December 02, 2022

This week, the Grand Théâtre of Luxembourg presented us with with Botis Seva’s BLKGOD, a remarkable dance performance reflecting on the ugly nature of modern social relations, on the burdens of self-awareness and on youth’s constant treading on the slopes of self-destruction....

Review: ETERNAL ROAD at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - November 21, 2022

Following up on our last review, this weekend we had the pleasure of attending Eternal Road, a performance about the life and career of Kurt Weill....

Review: AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHAGONNY at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - November 17, 2022

This week, it was our pleasure to attend the premiere of Kurt Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at our esteemed Grand Théâtre of Luxembourg. This controversial play from 1930 narrates the moral decline of a city oriented towards little more than hedonism and debauchery, where self-indul...

Review: PINA BAUSCH at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - October 20, 2022

What did our critic think of PINA BAUSCH at Grand Théâtre? We kick off our 2022/23 season with the performance The Play with the Boat, by the widely acclaimed Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. The company was masterful in the embodiment of many of the traits that characterized Pina Bausch's neo-exp...

BWW Review: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MICHAEL K. at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - May 22, 2022

The show we covered this week was the Life & Times of Michael K, a play based on the novel of the same name by J. M. Coetzee and adapted for the stage by Lara Foot....

BWW Review: DIDO & AENEAS at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - April 30, 2022

This might have been the event of the season, so we will allow ourselves to break tradition from our usual format and simply list the elements that made this show so great....

BWW Review: DER ZAUBERBERG at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - April 05, 2022

Last week, Broadway World had the chance to attend the last performance of Der Zauberberg, the theater adaptation of Thomas Mann’s most acclaimed work....

BWW Review: UWRUBBA at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - March 21, 2022

An unexpected tapestry of art in many of its forms - dance, music, film and poetry - a unique composition of movement, sound and spoken word....

BWW Review: CARMEN at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - March 08, 2022

This weekend, Broadway World had the pleasure of attending the premiere of Bizet’s Carmen at the Grand Théâtre of Luxembourg....

BWW Review: THE PAJAMA PARTY at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - December 29, 2021

Broadway World had the pleasure of attending the premiere of The Pajama Game, a musical play by author Richard Bissell and George Abbott. Set in 1950s America, it tells the story of a pajama factory where workers are actively demanding a salary raise of seven and a half cents....

BWW Review: THE QUEST at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - July 22, 2021

One of the last shows of this season was The Quest, by Cédric Eeckhout. A unique take on the history of the European Union and the concepts of family and togetherness, from the eyes of an artist that finds great similarities between his own life and some of the most important dates of the European p...

BWW Review: JILL CROVISIER at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - June 27, 2021

Last week, we had the pleasure of attending Jill Crovisier’s JinJeon at the Grand Théâtre of Luxembourg. This one hour performance featured six dancers, including Crovisier herself, and reflected on the impact that technological development has on the human body and mind....

BWW Review: BALLET FLAMENCO DE ANDALUCIA at Grande Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - May 26, 2021

This weekend, we had the pleasure of covering the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía at the Grand Théâtre of Luxembourg. This was yet another proof of the venue's capacity to present a rich and culturally diverse agenda, gifting the Grand-Duchy with a performance by one of the most renowned companies in S...