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In New York, unlike London, they have a designated theatre season that revolves around one crucial annual event " the Tony Awards.
I completed my list of 50 favourite musicals of all time this week, and my top 10 had London Road at number
Xanadu, the 2007 Tony-nominated Broadway musical version of the cult 1980 film about a woman who makes dreams come true, is to receive its U.K. premiere at London's Southwark Playous…
There’s a paradox at the heart of the revival of The Elephant Man. The play has transferred to the West End’s grandest
It's all about Sunday's Tony Awards on Broadway this week, and London-originated shows feature strongly, notably in the play departments, with multiple nominations for Wolf Hall,…
The new season at London's Donmar Warehouse is to feature Abi Morgan's Splendour in its first major London run, the U.K. premiere of Christopher Shinn's Teddy Ferrara and the 30t…
Finally " here’s my personal top 10 musicals of all time. This is my list and my list alone " I make
As we wallow in all things musical theatre this week (including a special musical theatre issue of the newspaper, published on May 28),
A 10lot has happened to Maria Friedman in the decade since she last originated a role in a new musical and took
Back in 2007 Chita Rivera was described by The New York Times critic Charles Isherwood as "one of the last living embodiments
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, a 1989 Off-Broadway AIDS-themed song cycle originally titled The Quilt, is revived at the West End's Criterion Theatre May 31 for a o…
Brand new musicals have become something of a rarity in the West End. Even the producing and composing giants of the 1980s
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Performances begin tonight for A Damsel in Distress, a stage version of the 1937 film of the same name with songs by Ira and George Gershwin at Chichester Festival Theatre, prior to an offic…
An Intimate Evening with Liza Minnelli will return the star to the London Palladium, where she has appeared regularly over the years, for one night only Sept. 20. It is presented by Rocco Bu…
As we wallow in all things musical theatre this week (including a special musical theatre issue of the newspaper, out on May
Broadway sends a couple of leading player Brits back home this week: one is the title character of a biographical account of
Following on from the first instalment of my personal favourite musicals of all time (numbers 41-50), today I chalk up another 10
There's no one hotter in London theatre right now than Cynthia Erivo, a diminutive firebrand of an actress who sings and acts with an astonishing ferocity, veracity and vitality. Her cre…
As we wallow in all things musical theatre this week (including a special musical theatre issue of the newspaper, out on May
Trevor Nunn will inaugurate a season as artistic director of the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company by directing Sienna Miller in a new production of Terence Rattigan's 1942 play Flare Path. It…
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber talks about his latest project, The Wizard of Oz, plus Evita, Love Never Dies, his next show and more.
Derren Brown, best known for his numerous TV shows of psychological illusions that have included "Mind Control" (also screened in the U.S. on NBC's Sci-Fi Channel), "Trick of the Mind" and "…
Early casting for this year's summer season at Shakespeare's Globe in London has been announced and will include starring appearances by Janie Dee, Eve Best, Charles Edwards and Paul Hilton,…
Digital Theatre, the online initiative in which major theatrical productions are recorded live and then made available for download via their website at www.digitaltheatre.com, have announce…
