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Following on from the first part of my list of favourite London theatres, which counted down from 20 to 11, here’s my
Chichester Festival Theatre's revival of the musical Gypsy transfers to the West End's Savoy Theatre, opening officially April 15 (following previews that began March 28). It is curr…
Further details have been added to the previously announced slate of opening productions for the beginning of Rufus Norris's debut season at the helm of the National Theatre.
Casting has been announced for Damsel in Distress, a stage version of the 1937 film of the same name with songs by Ira and George Gershwin that will begin performances at Chichester Festival…
The full cast has now been announced for the Donmar Warehouse's world premiere of James Graham's The Vote, described as a play for theatre and television, that will begin performance…
The Young Vic received a run of 11 nominations at this year’s Olivier Awards " the most for any single venue, with
Last week, I tried to predict 14 of the major Olivier categories " and although I declined to make a firm choice
Dame Angela Lansbury won her first-ever Olivier Award for her return to the London stage in Blithe Spirit after an absence of nearly 40 years when she starred in Blithe Spirit at the Wes…
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"I can write my life story with Miss Saigon as its foundation," says Jon Jon Briones, the 49-year-old actor for whom that
The London imports of Broadway's Memphis The Musical and Beautiful - The Carole King Musical lead the nominations for this year's Olivier Awards, receiving nine and eight nods re…
The London imports of Broadway's Memphis The Musical and Beautiful - The Carole King Musical lead the nominations for this year's Olivier Awards, receiving nine and eight nods re…
Made in Dagenham, an original musical version of the 2010 film of the same name that has been running at the West End's Adelphi Theatre since October prior to an official opening Nov. 5,…
In addition to the early closure of Made in Dagenham, the West End will also see the scheduled departures April 11 of the transfers of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge from the You…
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, a 1989 Off-Broadway AIDS-themed song cycle originally titled The Quilt, is to be revived at the West End's Criterion Theatre for a on…
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This Sunday, Theatreland " or at least its most visible contributors " is being honoured in the Olivier Awards, the UK theatre
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It’s the week of the Oliviers. I’ve had my say on the omissions and oversights in the nominations (as has Richard Jordan)
Nobody will ever forget the time that Miss Saigon lost to Return to the Forbidden Planet for best new musical in 1989,
The Royal Shakespeare Company's current revival of Death of a Salesman, running at Stratford-upon-Avon's Royal Shakespeare Theatre through May 2, is to transfer directly to t…
Cabaret, I sometimes feel, is the field that separates the truly great performers from the merely good ones. Anyone with some talent
Full casting has been announced for the London premiere of Carrie, beginning performances May 1 prior to an official opening May 6 at Southwark Playhouse, for a run through May 30.
Rebecca Gilman's play Luna Gale, which received its world prmiere at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in 2014 under the direction of Robert Falls, is to receive its UK premiere in a new pro…
London's Park Theatre is to present the world premiere of An Audience with Jimmy Savile, the first play to examine the scandal of a popular U.K television personality who was discovered …
