5,590 stories by "Mark Shenton"
Critics have a triple responsibility: we have to simultaneously record theatre history in the moment of its making, and honour its past,
News, reviews, interviews, commentary and farewells from London, New York and beyond, including The Stage Debut Awards, Sylvia at the Old Vic and regional openings in Chichester and Bristol.
The essence of theatre is its liveness " that it is a mutable art form, and that plays or musicals will change
Hit shows are not created in a vacuum, but sometimes they fill one. Success breeds imitation and more success " and some
News, reviews, controversies and commentary from the West End and Broadway, including the first West End job share and the re-opening of the Kiln Theatre (formerly the Tricycle).
It all started, with what now seems like grim inevitability, when the Independent on Sunday laid off all of its critics in
"Do you hear the people sing?" goes the call to arms in Les Miserables, a musical that is now the longest-running in
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In the constantly shifting tectonic plates of theatre land, we are seeing the biggest upheaval in some time. Not one or two,
Summer theatre highlights in Provincetown, Cape Cod and Boston, including appearances by Audra McDonald, Marilyn Maye, Randy Rainbow, drag bingo and music at Herring Cove beach -- plus Mouli…
Donald Trump hasn't (yet) slapped a punitive tariff on theatrical shows crossing the Atlantic, even though Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Mark Shenton rounds up the latest news, reviews, podcasts and more from London and Broadway, including Prince Harry at Hamilton and Lin-Manuel Miranda at Southwark Playhouse.
If I have found some relief from my habit of compulsive theatregoing that I typically adopt in London and New York whenever I'm there, the temptation is never too far away. So I'm particular…
Mark Shenton offers a wrap-up of news from the West End, Broadway and Edinburgh, including the West End transfer of Waitress, Edward Hall saying farewell to Hampstead Theatre and Laura Benan…
Provincetown, of course, is not an entirely theatre-free zone " there's plenty live entertainment, from a lot of drag cabarets to male strip shows and piano bars, to enjoy.
News, reviews, controversies and interviews of the week from London to Broadway, by way of Edinburgh, including the 'banning' of Mazz Murray from singing a song from Dreamgirls, Edinburgh ve…
In this stage musical adaptation of the 1990 film Pretty Woman, Sweet Charity meets My Fair Lady, but with a happier ending.
Mark Shenton rounds up news of singalong performances of Bat Out of Hell, reviews of Aristocrats, Bring It On and Little Shop of Horrors and an extract from an interview with Kathleen Turner.
Classic rock tracks are played as you enter the theatre. But the show that follows could only dream of containing a single
From news headlines and Twitter gems to must-read columns and the biggest openings in London, New York and Edinburgh, Mark Shenton - currently resident in Provincetown, Massachusetts for the…
Earlier this week, Fiona Mountford, theatre critic for the Evening Standard, raised the question: “I am so tired of seeing some male
The first thing that knocks you out is the theatre itself. The stage is covered in glistening and glowing reds and features
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I'm reminded more than ever of a time, not so very long ago, where instead of using Twitter to attack each other, we used to use it to engage with each other and find common ground, even fri…
After the short-lived West End disaster of Viva Forever! in 2012, based on the back catalogue of the Spice Girls, building another
