Waitress review – guilty passions served up with warmth

Adelphi, London
Based on Adrienne Shelly’s film and scored by Sara Bareilles, the New York hit arrives in London in a lively productionBilled as the first Broadway musical with an all-female creative team, this show gradually won me over. It derives from a 2007 movie written and directed by the late Adrienne Shelly and is a mix of realistic story and wish-fulfilling fable blessed with a punchy score by Sara Bareilles. With 9 to 5 The Musical installed on the opposite side of the road, it s