831 stories by "Guardian Staff"
It's Hedwig v Les Mis, Stephen Fry v Mark Rylance and Idina Menzel v Kelli O'Hara see who's nominated for what at this year's TonysBest playAct One Continue reading...
Following news that Harry Hill and Steve Brown's X Factor musical is to close, we'd like to hear from those who've paid for tickets I Can't Sing X Factor musical to close after just six-we…
Neil Patrick Harris is having a ball on Broadway as Hedwig, an East German 'slip of a girly boy' whose botched sex op results in an 'Angry Inch' which also becomes the name for Hedwig's roc…
In the year of Shakespeare's 450th birthday, the box-office hit Shakespeare in Love has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall. Go behind the scenes with the play's director Declan Donnellan…
On the Bard's 450th birthday, find out how Shakespeare became Shakespeare. A new play based on the film Shakespeare in Love, adapted by Lee Hall, has its world premiere in the West End in Ju…
Could Richard III handle Hamlet in a punch-up? Is Benedick more fanciable than Beatrice? Is Falstaff craftier than Cleopatra? Celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday by pitting his characters…
On the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, Michael Billington has picked the best Hamlets he's seen in each decade of his theatregoing life. To help you choose your own favourite Princ…
TS Eliot's Gus isn't the only theatre cat. Plenty of playhouses have their own resident moggy: they're not just useful as mousers but also keep up the company's spirits and make the occasion…
Meet the Big House Theatre Company - young adults with remarkable life stories who take to the stage to tell their unique, compelling and sometimes troubling stories Continue reading...
With a haul of Olivier awards and the sold-out, four-star production King Charles III on its stage, the Almeida is on a roll. Mark Lawson picks the 10 best productions he's seen at the north…
A View from the Bridge, currently revived at the Young Vic, was first staged in London in 1956. It was a dramatic year for Miller: he appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committ…
Alex Jennings suits up as Wonka, Gemma Arterton has a laugh and Benny from Abba watches the winners take it all ... Go backstage at the Olivier awards with photographer David Levene Continue…
Luhrmann's stage version of his film didn't get critics telling him to Foxtrot Oscar, but they didn't throw flowers at his feet eitherNot everyone likes Baz Luhrmann's high camp directorial …
The Almeida theatre's Chimerica stole the show at this year's Oliviers, winning five awards. There were also victories for Ghosts, The Book of Mormon, Othello, The Amen Corner and Les Mis. F…
Gemma Arterton and Stephen Mangan host the Olivier Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London Continue reading...
Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter theatre has been nominated for seven awards at this year's Oliviers including best musical revival and best director (Maria Friedman). Watch clips …
Jonathan Kent's production of Noël Coward's classic comedy Private Lives for Chichester Festival theatre has been nominated for Olivier awards for best actress (Anna Chancellor) and best …
Richard Eyre's revival of Ibsen's Ghosts for Hampstead theatre has been nominated for five awards at the Oliviers, including best actress (Lesley Manville) and best actor in a supporting rol…
On the 100th anniversary of Pygmalion's opening night in London, revisit some of the classic stage and screen productions of George Bernard Shaw's play. Eliza Doolittle, the cockney flower g…
The 2014 Olivier awards ceremony will take place at the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday 13 April. Who do you think should win? Choose your favourites in our poll. Highlights of the cer…
Bram Stoker was a theatre critic before he wrote Dracula, and many dramatists have sunk their teeth into vampire myths. As the fanged coming-of-age play Let the Right One In opens in London,…
Adam Kammerling from the underground poetry collective Chill Pill creates a performance inspired by the proposal that the Red Road flats in Glasgow will be demolished live on television. Chi…
The star of The Office and Sherlock will play Richard III in the West End in 2014. Take a look at some highlights from his stage career at the Royal Court and Soho theatre
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome as Cabaret returns to Broadway, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Michelle Williams and Alan Cumming, take a look at past productions with Liza Minnelli, An…
As Stephen Ward announces its early closure at the Aldwych theatre, revisit 13 of the unluckiest shows to have graced a West End stage " from Mike Read's one night bomb Oscar to the slow dea…
