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Live to Tell: (A Proposal for) The Madonna Jukebox Musical review

“Achingly honest”

ReviewsFeb 10, 2023by Paul ValeOmnibus Theatre, London

Brian Mullin in Live to Tell: (A Proposal for) The Madonna Jukebox Musical at Omnibus Theatre, London

Brian Mullin in Live to Tell: (A Proposal for) The Madonna Jukebox Musical at Omnibus Theatre, London

Brian Mullin’s disarmingly frank confessional play, directed by Deirdre McLaughlin, uses Madonna’s energy for life and survival to parallel his own journey as a gay man living with HIV

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