Entertainment 22-10-2004 who: DJ Mike Read what: Pulls the plug on Oscar Wilde musical after a single performance where: Shaw Theatre, LONDON when: Yesterday snippet: Until yesterday, "the shortest-lived musical in recent history is thought to have been Money to Burn at the Venue theatre in the West End last year," says The Telegraph. "It got through its press night and a matinee before shutting." Arts correspondent Nigel Reynolds feels for actor Peter Blake, who played the title role in Oscar Wilde and "had the misfortune to be in Money to Burn as well". [... more]

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