28 stories by "Hermione Hoby"
In the latest by Marie NDiaye, a tale of crimes real and possibly unreal is heightened by audaciously perceptive prose.
Vengeance Is Mine, by Marie NDiaye, translated by Jordan Stump,
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Their guerrilla Hamlet gained a cult following last year. Now The Factory group have brought their minimal, part-swapping approach to The SeagullIn the downstairs studio at London's Hampstea…
'The best argument anyone has yet made for the continued necessity of the theatre,' according to one US critic. As The Flick premieres in the UK, Annie Baker talks about art, awkwardness and…
As the lead in David Bowie's musical Lazarus, Michael C Hall felt the singer's death like an 'internal fist clench'. The former Dexter star talks about inhabiting the role Bowie first played…
Young VicJust a stroll from the Young Vic's bar, where people are drinking wine on the terrace, stands an ugly metal shipping container. It's there to accommodate audiences of just 28 who wi…
It's the talk of New York, a Broadway show with music by U2's Bono plagued by broken limbs and technical mishaps. With its official opening repeatedly delayed, critics plan to break with pro…
Neil Tennant called his band's late-80s spell of commercial infallibility their "imperial phase". But with a score that often sounds as though John Williams's Stormtroopers are about to marc…
With its official opening repeatedly delayed, critics plan to break with protocol and review the Spider-Man musical before press night. We sneaked a seat…
Moments before curtain up, New Yorkers dash for empty seats closer to the stage. Could UK audiences be more bold?
The 'Cybill' and 'Good Wife' star on Sondheim, power dressing - and what she really thinks of Michael Sheen
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New YorkThe comic who started the Bill Cosby backlash dissects hip-hop, yoga pants and steroids in his mellow Comedy Camisado routine that's as funny as it is laid…
As much as Broadway now relies on Hollywood actors to bring in the crowds, so A-listers increasingly view stints onstage as integral to a rich career. Here, six award-winning actors on their…
Not content with being a famous fashionista at 11, Tavi Gevinson is now upstaging Kieran Culkin and Michael Cera on Broadway in Kenneth Lonergans This Is Our Youth Continue reading...
Michelle Williams is heart-stopping as Sally Bowles
'The Basquiat of street dance' tries to explain his amazing eye-popping work, his equally extraordinary approach to it and how he earned Jay Z's patronageWhen I begin recording our interview…
Top tap dancer Savion Glover says tap is more than expression. It's an education
The Breaking Bad star is thrilling as Lyndon B. Johnson but this star vehicle is too much of a history lesson, says Hermione Hoby
Playwright, actor and Homeland star Tracy Letts talks to Hermione Hoby
Members of the influential New York ensemble explain what prompted them finally to tackle the bard for the first time - and why Richard Burton's 1964 version was an inspirationBefore Punchdr…
Broadway's big night was beamed live to a huge audience at New York's favourite intersection. So who was down there " and why?Times Square: where jingoists go to cheer the deaths of terroris…
In New York, Hermione Hoby thrills to the latest in American horror theatreMy wrists are tied, I'm in total darkness and a man very close to my face is shouting: "Get on your knees, bitch!"I…
One Thousand and One Nights is this year's big Edinburgh show. Its director tells Hermione Hoby how it was almost scuppered by the Arab spring " and why he added big rubber penisesDirectors …
Justin Bond hit the big time as the raging cabaret legend Kiki DuRane. Now, finds Hermione Hoby, the transgender singer has come up with a whole new identityIt's the hottest day of the year,…
Ethel Barrymore theatre, New YorkThere probably isn't a more dazzlingly cerebral play of the last 50 years than Tom Stoppard's 1993 masterpiece. Its spry apothegms come as thick and fast as …
(EMI)Neil Tennant called his band's late-80s spell of commercial infallibility their "imperial phase". But with a score that often sounds as though John Williams's Stormtroopers are about to…
