Judi Dench and Helen Mirren head the cast list for the Post-Gazette's early spring Critic's Choice theater tour to London, March 10-17, when the daffodils and magnolias will be in bloom. Along with London's palaces, street life, museums, cathedrals and pubs, the trip features three plays and a chance to see several more. Chosen so far are:
• "Peter and Alice," John Logan's new play about Alice Liddell and Peter Davies, played by Ms. Dench and Ben Whishaw (James Bond's new Q). Alice and Peter are the real-life people who inspired "Alice in Wonderland" and "Peter Pan." "Enchantment and reality collide," says the press release. (Note: we will see "Peter and Alice" in the first week of its previews, before it has been reviewed by the critics.)
• "The Audience," with Ms. Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II, is by Peter Morgan, who wrote "The Queen," the movie in which Ms. Mirren also played Elizabeth II and won an Oscar. In this new play, the queen meets with a series of prime ministers, from Churchill to Cameron.
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