7 JANUARY 1995, page 37

Theatre

Slays! (Hampstead) The Threepenny Opera (Donmar Warehouse) Elisabeth (Theater an der Wien, Vienna) 0 show me the way . . . Sheridan Morley o r those of us, and we are admittedly......

Cinema

Vanya on 42nd Street (`U', Curzon Mayfair) Deprived lives Mark Steyn T he film of the play: either you 'open it up' — show all those car chases and earth- quakes the stage......