Rufus Wainwright – review

Barbican, LondonRufus Wainwright has carved himself a unique niche as a maverick pop star who can migrate into concert halls and music theatres without needing to change his shtick. Regardless of the accompaniment – from folksy guitar through Broadway orchestra to Michael Nymanish minimalism – you get exactly the same long, languorous, vocal lines that render everything uniquely Rufusish. When he writes ballets or operas, or drags up for a Judy Garland tribute, he's not genre-hopping, but ...

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