Five decades, give or take a few years,after the fact, Rodgers and Hammerstein's last big musical, is finally getting the acclaim, it so justly deserves. Connie Fisher makes a lovely Maria, Alexander Hanson a stalwart Captain von Trapp and  Lesley Garrett, a humane Mother Superior.  [London Palladium]

Hilarious musical stage adaptation of the Monty Python Holy Grail flick. A throwback to the days of slapstick and pie-in-the face humor.Simon Russell Beale is a laidback   King  Arthur, looking for those elusive Knights of the Round Table. Hanna Waddingham, an enticing Lady of the Lake. And, of course, there's director Mike Nichols.  [Palace]