A big week for new musicals: what were the verdicts on MJ and Opening Night?

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I hope this finds you surrounded by crinkly chocolate egg wrappers as you use the precious four-day weekend to catch up on all the telly, films and books that your heart desires. I’ve been reading my way through the[Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P4QDAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC9ib29rcy9uZXdzL21vbmljYS1hbGktd29tZW5zLXByaXplLWZvci1maWN0aW9uLWxvbmdsaXN0LWltbWlncmF0aW9uLWIyNTA3MzcwLmh0bWw_bGlkPXRhNzRldDh5a2V2YSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMzAtMDMtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmBTbHB2akbRL3Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) and am currently finding Anne Enright’s The Wren, The Wren a heavenly read. What a fascinating week it’s been in musical theatre. We've had two big shows opening in the West End, each arriving on a wave of anticipation. The response has been deliciously mixed to both. Opening Night, an adaptation of John Cassavetes’ 1976 film from Belgian director Ivo van Hove has had raves and total pans. Our critic Alice Saville [landed somewhere in the middle](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvcmV2aWV3cy9vcGVuaW5nLW5pZ2h0LXJldmlldy1zaGVyaWRhbi1zbWl0aC1iMjUxODcxNi5odG1sP2xpZD1sbDdlNG51ZGVjamcmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDMwLTAzLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZgU2xwdmpG0S91IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), loving Sheridan Smith’s raw performance as a leading lady on the path of self-destruction, really liking Rufus Wainwright’s emotional songs, but less sure about the production. Hot on its heels came MJ the Musical, the [controversial musical about Michael Jackson](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0T-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvZmVhdHVyZXMvbWljaGFlbC1qYWNrc29uLXRoZS1tdXNpY2FsLWZhbWlseS1saWZlLWIyNTE3NzczLmh0bWw_bGlkPWRhaGRmZjQ1bWZiaSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMzAtMDMtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmBTbHB2akbRL3Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) which won oodles of Tony nominations on Broadway but left its first reviewers sceptical about how it dealt with the darker elements of the singer's legacy. Alice [gave the show four stars](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvcmV2aWV3cy9tai10aGUtbXVzaWNhbC1yZXZpZXctbWljaGFlbC1qYWNrc29uLWIyNTE5NDk0Lmh0bWw_bGlkPW02a3MwM3E2YTh5aiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMzAtMDMtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmBTbHB2akbRL3Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), writing that Lynn Nottage’s book “exposes Jackson’s late career for the haunted circus it was”, and praising star Myles Frost and his “dreamy, fantastically eerie lightness”. ~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvcmV2aWV3cy9vcGVuaW5nLW5pZ2h0LXJldmlldy1zaGVyaWRhbi1zbWl0aC1iMjUxODcxNi5odG1sP2xpZD1vZWt2cHp2cGN2eDcmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDMwLTAzLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZgU2xwdmpG0S91IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj Sheridan Smith as Myrtle in ‘Opening Night' (Jan Versweyveld) Also this week, Ellie Harrison [spoke to It’s a Sin star Lydia West](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2JpZy1tb29kLWx5ZGlhLXdlc3QtaXRzLWEtc2luLWIyNTE5NDUwLmh0bWw_bGlkPXFiZ2l0czFhaHIxeiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMzAtMDMtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmBTbHB2akbRL3Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) about her new show, Big Mood. That big mood, by the way, is distinctly millennial in flavour. “Cut the show in half and it would bleed avocado toast,” Ellie says. I can’t wait to watch it and feel myself Hard Relate. If you missed it, Ellie also did a fab [interview with the debut novelist Anoushka Warden](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2Fub3VzaGthLXdhcmRlbi1kZWJ1dC1ub3ZlbC1pbS1mY2tpbmctYW1hemluZy1iMjUxNTgxNi5odG1sP2xpZD03a2I1cDF5ZTB6eWgmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDMwLTAzLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZgU2xwdmpG0S91IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), whose book I’m F*cking Amazing is rewriting female desire with some very eyebrow-raising sex scenes. I loved Katie Rosseinsky’s [piece on Lily Savage](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL3BhdWwtb2dyYWR5LWxpbHktc2F2YWdlLWRyYWctaXR2LWIyNTE4MjQyLmh0bWw_bGlkPWRuYmQ3c2ExZTlpNCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMzAtMDMtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmBTbHB2akbRL3Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), and how Paul O’Grady’s comedy persona had radical roots. And was Olivia Colman right that she’d be paid more if she was “Oliver Colman”? Adam White wrote [an excellent deep dive](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL29saXZpYS1jb2xtYW4tcGF5LWdhcC1nZW5kZXItYjI1MTgzNDMuaHRtbD9saWQ9MGE0dGR5dTg0a201JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAzMC0wMy0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmYFNscHZqRtEvdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) into the weird messiness of Hollywood pay packets. A few things to look forward to… Ripley is coming to Netflix next week, with Andrew Scott playing Patricia Highsmith’s slippery anti-hero. Katie’s piece on the life and times of the mysterious author herself is brilliant – read it on the culture section tomorrow. And still to come, Carrie by Stephen King celebrates its 50th anniversary next week, so I’ve written about the bloody history of the audacious debut that started one of the most extraordinary careers in publishing. (It inspired one of the most extraordinary flops in Broadway history, too.) Have a great weekend, Jessie [@jessiecath](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0SiaHR0cDovL3d3dy50d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9qZXNzaWVjYXRoP2xpZD1xd3R4MDA2cHdubzYmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDMwLTAzLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZgU2xwdmpG0S91IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) What to do this weekend Film | [Mothers' Instinct](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zP2xpZD1vNjhqbXA1ZnlhMzUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDMwLTAzLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZgU2xwdmpG0S91IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) [Mothers’ Instinct](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3MvbW90aGVycy1pbnN0aW5jdC1yZXZpZXctYW5uZS1oYXRoYXdheS1iMjUxOTMwMC5odG1sP2xpZD1tcTZtMWZ5NjVzNTkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDMwLTAzLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZgU2xwdmpG0S91IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) has an achingly chic framework for Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway to stomp around in, with all the substance of a Vogue shoot. Transformed into psychologically fractious Sixties housewives, the actors pour cocktails while their hands shake, smoke erratically, and attempt to solve all their problems with bottles of chloroform. They do it with aplomb. Clarisse Loughrey | Film critic   Books | [Bite Your Friends by Fernanda Eberstadt](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzP2xpZD04dXk1NDN4c3czamkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDMwLTAzLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZgU2xwdmpG0S91IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) To open[Bite Your Friends](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0T6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2Zlcm5hbmRhLWViZXJzdGFkdC1iaXRlLXlvdXItZnJpZW5kcy1yZXZpZXctYjI1MTY2NDkuaHRtbD9saWQ9Z2g1dmFtNWU3MGRvJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAzMC0wMy0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmYFNscHZqRtEvdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) is to step, after hours, into a thrilling, subversive and extraordinary downtown dive, somewhere in the Village, and to fall into a heady all-night conversation, a monologue that’s as witty and erudite as it is both untethered and brilliant, with a writer who is only too delighted to “come clean about their own ogre-ishness”, hates her body, “can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be a boy”, and confides, with a ghoul’s relish, that “transmuting experience into art involves the eating of human flesh, your own, but other people’s too”. Robert McCrum | Book critic   Dance | [Carmen](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2U_bGlkPXdteGF4bXY4ZmJsMCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMzAtMDMtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmBTbHB2akbRL3Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) [English National Ballet’s new Carmen](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvcmV2aWV3cy9jYXJtZW4tYmFsbGV0LXJldmlldy1qb2hhbi1pbmdlci1iMjUyMDAxOS5odG1sP2xpZD1ybjg5NHNxbjd4cHcmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDMwLTAzLTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZgU2xwdmpG0S91IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) is stark and sleek, with some tough questions alongside the red-frilled dress and crimson lipstick. Choreographer Johan Inger can be heavy-handed about fate and destiny, but he’s always aware that people are making choices. ENB’s production is the UK premiere of Inger’s ballet, created for Madrid’s Compañía Nacional de Danza in 2015. It’s a sign of how ENB is positioning itself under new director Aaron S Watkin: a balance of classical ballet, with a bigger dash of European contemporary dance. The company dive into Inger’s style with assurance. Zoe Anderson | Dance critic   Theatre | [MJ the Musical](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn6kw2P0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2U_bGlkPWJiZzB5eHFteDRqbCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMzAtMDMtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmBTbHB2akbRL3Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) There’s something nightmarish about the spectacle of Michael Jackson being endlessly, profitably exhumed by his estate: hologram appearances, posthumous albums, a forthcoming biopic, and now this fourth stage show about his life (following the West End’s Thriller Live, and two Cirque du Soleil extravaganzas). 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His co-stars on Succession have, variously, described him as “frightening”, “scary”, “terrifying” and capable of flying into a “diabetic rage” (Cox is, to be fair, diabetic). Meanwhile, fans are hooked on his angry old-man act. Especially female fans, according to Cox’s wife, the actress Nicole Ansari (“Women are flocking”). Chutzpah comes with the territory. Last November, Cox sauntered onto Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night US talk show in a pair of faux leather trousers that were unbecomingly snug (when he sat down, the internet cringed). Undaunted, Cox skipped onto ITV’s Loose Women and heaped praise on his personal stylist. Yet there’s more to Cox than showbiz hoo-ha. A few months ago, I saw him in north London at The Moonwalkers, a show about the Apollo missions. Hands clasped behind his back, Cox was standing by himself, neither seeking nor hogging the limelight. Lost in thought, he was just a face in the crowd. 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