The Pianist – Park Theatre, London

The Pianist: Not entirely convincing musical of Oscar-winning film

At the Park Theatre, this adaptation of the life story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman and how he survived the Holocaust is affecting but flawed

The Pianist – Park Theatre, London

Writer: Tom Southerland, adapted from the book by Wladyslaw Szpilman Director: Tom Southerland In 1946, the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman published his account of surviving the Second World War in Warsaw. Poland’s new communist authorities quickly suppressed it, and it was largely forgotten until his son rediscovered it. In 1998, he oversaw its [...]

The Pianist - Park Theatre ★★★★★

New musical, 'The Pianist', premieres at the Park Theatre this month, setting the extraordinary story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, to the stage.

THE PIANIST review by thespyinthestalls at Park Theatre

THE PIANIST Park Theatre ★★★★ “Beautifully melancholic and affecting” The life of the composer, Wladyslaw Szpilman, was brought to the public consciousness by Roman Polanski’s 2002 film “The Pianist”. Himself a holocaust survivor who witnessed his parents being taken off to the concentration camps, Polanski exorcised some deep-seated scars with his harsh, objective portrayal of … Continue reading THE PIANIST★★★★Park Theatre → The post THE PIANIS…