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The Audience: Theater review by David Cote

The teen Elizabeth, fated to wear the crown and wield the scepter as Queen of England, hates her new digs at Buckingham Palace. "It's like being trapped in a museum," whines the unhappy girl. Contrast her experience with ours at Peter Morgan's The Audience. For two hours, we watch a pageant of prime ministers, from Churchill to Cameron, in fictionalized weekly debriefs with their monarch. There's a touch of waxworks …

SOURCE: Time Out at 10:20PM on March 8, 2015

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