Review: Rock of Ages (in previews)
Where: Shaftesbury Theatre, London Previews: Until 27 September Opening Night: 28 September Great night out: for friends and couples, and those who don’t usually “do musicals”. Leave the kids at home for this one though - there’s quite a bit of sexual/drugs references and swearing throughout. Morning after effect: singing “I Can't Fight This Feeling” in the shower Recommend to friends: Hell yeah! (extend index and little finger in ‘rock out’ gesture) Best bit: Dennis and Lonny’s heartfelt duet over the Fogmaster 5000 machine. From first appearances, Rock of Ages, fresh from Broadway and now previewing at the Shaftesbury Theatre, may strike you as another run-of-the-mill jukebox musical. Basing an entire narrative around rock anthems from the Eighties could be a huge risk. But in this case, the risk has paid off extremely well. Rock of Ages has been adapted for the London stage by starring British favourites Justin Lee Collins (famous for reuniting the A-...