David Suchet will return to the West End to star as Lady Bracknell in a new production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest in 2015. The theatre has not been announced yet, b…
The Confession Room, a new original British musical with music and lyrics by Dan Looney and book by Patrick Wilde, is to be presented in a one-off concert version July 13 at London's St.…
The recent production of Ibsen's Ghosts, which premiered at London's Almeida Theatre last year before transferring to the Trafalgar Studios, will be screened in over 200 U.K. and Iri…
Simon Green, a West End veteran of productions from The Boy Friend and Follies to Beauty and the Beast, is to premiere his latest cabaret show, So, This Then is Life, at London's Crazy C…
Lightning, in the theatre as in life, rarely strikes twice. But it doesn’t stop people from trying. In 2001, director/choreographer Susan Stroman had a megahit with a stage musical ver…
I saw 12 shows during my eight-day stint in New York last week, most of them with multi-million dollar budgets and massive casts. But the two shows that touched me most were both, interestin…
The original West End production of War Horse, which continues to run at the New London Theatre after transferring from the National Theatre, where it premiered in October 2007, has made its…
Olivier, National, London: Alan Ayckbourn has become a regular visitor to the National Theatre over the years, but in the mid-80s he took a temporary break from his usual home base of Scarbo…
Never mind Monty Python’s Holy Grail; Broadway’s holy grail has long been trying to attract men to the theatre. And that, famously, was one of the reasons why Monty Python’…
A new musical by British singer-songwriter Nick Fogarty that was previously scheduled to premiere at London's Arts Theatre last summer as The Golden Voice has been retitled Best of Frien…
Full casting has been announced for a new production of Antony and Cleopatra that begins performances May 17 prior to an official opening May 29, for a run in repertoire through May 29.
When Les Miserables celebrated its 25th London anniversary in 2010, it marked the occasion by becoming the first musical to ever receive three separate, but simultaneous, London stagings. As…
Apollo Theatre, London: The peripatetic National Theatre of Scotland has, since it was launched in 2006, created more than 200 productions in nearly as many locations. Now, it plants its fee…
The U.K.'s Ambassador Theatre Group has appointed David Lazar, chief executive officer of its New York office where he oversees ATG's North American activities, to the newly created …
Killian Donnelly will star in the West End premiere of Memphis, which begins performances Oct. 9 prior to an official opening Oct. 23 at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
Full casting has been announced for the West End return of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which will resume performances June 24 prior to an official opening July 8 at th…
Jamie Lloyd will direct Martin Freeman in the title role of Richard III as the opening production of Lloyd's second season for Trafalgar Transformed at the West End's Trafalgar Studi…
Revivals frequently dominate in New York, from established classics like Waiting for Godot and No Man’s Land (recently produced in repertoire with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart) to …
It is exactly 20 years since the mouse first arrived on Broadway: on April 18, 1994 Disney opened the first of its film-to-stage adaptations of one of its own properties Beauty and the Beast…
Rags, the short-lived 1986 Broadway musical with a book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and music by Charles Strouse, is to receive its West End premiere in a special concert ada…
The National Theatre has announced dates and further casting for new productions scheduled to open through October. In addition, it has been announced that The Curious Incident of the Dog in…
Jodie Prenger has returned to Monty Python's Spamalot for the final fortnight of its West End run at the Playhouse Theatre, through April 12.
This is traditionally the busiest time of the year, openings-wise, in New York’s theatre season; between last month and the one that starts today, there are 18 Broadway openings schedu…
Tim Acito's 2002 Off-Broadway musical Zanna, Don't! is to be revived at London's Landor Theatre, beginning performances June 4 for a run through June 29.
This week I’m reporting live from New York, one of my most regular stamping grounds beyond the West End, which I partly consider a home from home: yesterday my husband and I celebrated…