5,590 stories by "Mark Shenton"
I’ve written before in this blog about the wonder that is Imelda Staunton, and I will no doubt do so again in the future. The wonders literally never seem to cease for this most versat…
Hampstead Theatre, London: The opening scene of David Lindsay-Abaire's tough yet tender play Good People is set in an alley behind a dollar store in South Boston. The shop manager is fi…
The Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, based on Hilary Mantel's novels and adapted for the first time for the stage in two parts by Mike Po…
The nominations for this year's Laurence Olivier Awards, which are being announced March 10 at 11:30 AM London time (6:30 AM ET) at Rosewood London, will be live streamed at www.oliviera…
West End and Broadway writing team George Stiles and Anthony Drewe and Broadway's Gavin Creel, who is currently headlining the West End production of The Book of Mormon as Elder Pri…
The Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography 2014 has been awarded to Michael Blakemore for "Stage Blood," his account of his years at the National Theatre first under Laurence …
As commonplace or jaded as theatregoing can become from going night after night as I do, I always hope to re-ignite the first spark every time I go. It’s a tall order, I know, but...
Nicholas Wright's A Human Being Died That Night, originally seen at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs last May, is to return to the same address, beginning performances May 21 prior to an off…
A Spoonful of Sherman, a revue devoted to songs by three generations of songwriters from the same family, including Robert and Richard Sherman, will be reprised at London's St. James Stu…
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a serial repeater " I go back to shows I’ve loved (sometimes again and again!), but perhaps more strangely, I sometimes go back to…
Holliday Grainger, Olivia Hallinan, Emily Taaffe and Paul McGann will head the cast for Anya Reiss's contemporary reworking of Chekhov's Three Sisters, which will begin performances …
The Nash Ensemble, the chamber ensemble in residence at London's Wigmore Hall, will present a one-off concert March 8 devoted to songs written by Richard Rodgers in the third act of his …
It’s a long way from Tooley Street, SE1 to Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, but actually they’re both part of the same, interconnected world. And last night, as this year’…
Gemma Arterton is to star in the West End world premiere of Made in Dagenham, a musical version of the 2010 film of the same name that will begin performances Oct. 9 at the West End's Ad…
Run, Fat Boy Run, a one night charity concert featuring West End singers, is to be held March 16 at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, as part of actor Andrew Bateup's fundraising effo…
The winners of this year's Offies (the off-West End Theatre Awards), presented March 2 in a ceremony at London's Unicorn Theatre, saw the Broadway-bound production of Titanic that wa…
I Can't Sing!, the new musical based on TV's "The X Factor," has announced another postponment. Originally due to begin performances Feb. 27, previews were delayed to March…
A company of performers who are regularly seen in the West End will appear in a one-night charity benefit May 18 at London's Cadogan Hall to raise funds and celebrate the work of Target …
Final casting has been announced for the forthcoming sixth (and final) U.K. arena tour of Jeff Wayne's musical version of The War of the Worlds – Alive on Stage, which begins perfo…
Full casting has now been announced for the world premiere of Water Babies, a new musical inspired by Charles Kingsley's novel that will begin performances April 24, prior to an official…
Ruthie Henshall, the Olivier Award-winning West End star who has also appeared on Broadway in Miss Saigon, Chicago (as both Roxie Hart, which she originated in the West End, and Velma Kelly)…
The Stage was founded in February 1880 " so it is now officially 134 years old. But here’s a striking fact: you can count the number of editors it has had on just two hands...
Donmar Warehouse, London: While <a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/39563/oh-what-a-lovely-war-">Oh What a Lovely War, running at Stratford East</a>, …
Touring dates have been announced for a new U.K. tour of the recent Cameron Mackintosh/Chichester Festival Theatre production of Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble's 1980 Broad…
I usually love going to venues that I’ve never been to before, and especially newly created ones. But last night I went with a lot of trepidation to the new Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at …
