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Promising material squandered: BKLYN – The Musical reviewed

Plus: Alfred Enoch’s louche wag is the best thing about Theatre Clwyd’s Picture of Dorian Gray

Redolent of Richard E. Grant: Alfred Enoch as Harry Wotton in Theatre Clwyd’s The Picture of Dorian Gray 
issue 27 March 2021

BKLYN — The Musical gives itself a headache for no reason. What does ‘BKLYN’ mean? Perhaps it’s a random jumble of letters caused by a muffin landing on the keyboard. A punter who sees the title once and later looks it up online is unlikely to recall the precise order of the letters, and his search will probably fail.

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