{"id":120426,"date":"2019-03-14T05:14:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T02:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/what-did-critics-think-of-joshua-harmons-admissions-in-london\/"},"modified":"2019-03-14T05:14:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T02:14:52","slug":"what-did-critics-think-of-joshua-harmons-admissions-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/what-did-critics-think-of-joshua-harmons-admissions-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"What Did Critics Think of Joshua Harmon&#8217;s Admissions in London?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/12\/us\/college-admissions-cheating-scandal.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Aptly enough<\/a>, the Joshua Harmon play <i>Admissions<\/i>\u2014exploring the tribulations and privilege of the elite during the college application process\u2014made its West End premiere March 12, opening officially at London&#8217;s Trafalgar Studios. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"person-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.playbill.com\/person\/daniel-aukin-vault-0000126328\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Daniel Aukin<\/a>, who helmed the play&#8217;s Lincoln Center Theater engagement last year, returns to direct. The cast includes Ben Edelman (reprising his performance from the Off-Broadway bow), Alex Kingston (<i>Doctor Who<\/i>), Sarah Hadland (BBC One\u2019s <i data-rte2-sanitize=\"italic\">Miranda<\/i>), Andrew Woodall, and Margot Leicester.<\/p>\n<p>Read reviews for the London production below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/go\/london\/theatre\/admissions-review-trafalgar-studios-theatre-a4090231.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Evening Standard (Fiona Mountford)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/entertainment\/theatre\/1099200\/Admissions-play-review-Alex-Kingston-theatres-london-dates-stars-arrested-Sarah-Hadland\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Express (Stefan Kyriazis)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londontheatre.co.uk\/reviews\/review-admissions-starring-alex-kingston-at-trafalgar-studios\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">LondonTheatre.co.uk (Mark Shenton)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestage.co.uk\/reviews\/2019\/admissions-starring-alex-kingston-review-trafalgar-studios-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">The Stage (Fergus Morgan)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/theatre\/what-to-see\/admissions-review-trafalgar-studios-astute-improvable-skewering\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">The Telegraph (Dominic Cavendish)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/theatre\/admissions-review\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Time Out London (Andrzej Lukowski)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/review-admissions-at-trafalgar-studios-sw1-rfl962b7f\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">The Times (Ann Treneman)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The play follows an admissions officer at an exclusive college prep school trying to combat institutionalized racism. Her son sets his sights on an Ivy League university, causing his parents&#8217; progressive values to clash with his personal ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>Performances will run through May 25.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '925349244281937');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playbill.com\/article\/what-did-critics-think-of-joshua-harmons-admissions-in-london\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Aptly enough, the Joshua Harmon play Admissions\u2014exploring the tribulations and privilege of the elite during the college application process\u2014made its West End premiere March 12, opening officially at London&#8217;s Trafalgar Studios. Daniel Aukin, who helmed the play&#8217;s Lincoln Center Theater engagement last year, returns to direct. 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