Noël Coward’s “Blithe Spirit,” that most shapely and cunning of farces, is so well made that it’s impossible to do badly—but hard to do memorably. Witness Michael Blakemore’s 2009 Broadway revival, in ...

Ghosts are nothing new to Cape May – you can even take walking or trolley tours to hear about their alleged Victorian and post-Victorian hauntings. So there’s something right about Cape May Stage ...

When Angela Lansbury takes the stage as Madame Arcati, the lovably outlandish medium in Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit,” a supernatural charge is instantly detectable. This five-time Tony winner doesn’t ...

The sporting efforts of a cast including Dan Stevens and Judi Dench can't save Edward Hall's witless farce, which turns out far creakier than David Lean's 1945 original. Sputtering onto screens 75 ...

Noël Coward’s 1941 play “Blithe Spirit” is classic material: a screwball comedy about a mystery novelist with writer’s block who is haunted by his late first wife after she is inadvertently summoned ...

Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG-13 (suggestive references and some drug material). In select theaters and on demand. Fifteen minutes into the awful new movie “Blithe Spirit,” something changes: The ...

For such a lighthearted play, “Blithe Spirit” was born out of misery. Noel Coward wrote it as Britain was enduring regular bombing from Germany. Indeed, his own home was wiped out, sending him to ...

Angela Lansbury shows why 89 is the new 40 in this consummate Broadway and West End revival of the Noel Coward classic By Jordan Riefe Blithe Spirit Production Still - H 2014 Of course Blithe Spirit ...

Richard Eyre's production of Noël Coward's 1941 Blithe Spirit was just settling into its West End home last year when lockdown struck. Now revived with most of its original cast, it settles into the ...