5,590 stories by "Mark Shenton"
I came to a belated realisation: my life was not a dress rehearsal " and it really didn't matter if I missed a few (dozen) shows. So when it came to booking this year's P-town trip, which we…
Provincetown, a historic town at the farthest tip of Cape Cod where the pilgrim voyagers aboard the Mayflower first made landfall in
You can only be first once " so it's amazing that there are still glass ceilings for minority theatremakers to break. From
With a with a title like This Ain’t No Disco it's tempting to reply that this ain’t no musical, either. Instead, it’s
After Mart Crowley found success with his groundbreaking 1968 play The Boys in the Band, about the lives of gay men in
It’s a bittersweet fact that Lyn Gardner topped the lists of both the most regularly read and most valued critics from respondents
When The King and I opened at the London Palladium earlier this month, more than one critic trotted out the current favourite
Yet again, an understudy has saved the day. Only last month I was writing about how these unsung heroes embody the essential
Theatre has begun to confront its long-time problems around sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour in the workplace. This has led to the
The Stage was one of several publications this week that believed it had seen Ruthie Ann Miles reprise her Tony-award winning performance
After making her name as a director adapting much-loved, classic stories, Sally Cookson is now bringing a contemporary novel to the stage.
The current culture wars of civility, or the lack of it, stretches to the White House. Donald Trump's election victory, and the
I’ve just experienced my first ever ocean cruise… okay, it was only the North Sea, not trans-Atlantic, but I'm a convert to
In America, naming rights for theatres and concert halls aren't just an honour, but something to be bought, sold and traded. In
Jeanine Tesori has been described as 'the most prolific and honoured female theatrical composer in history'. Now two of her hits, Fun
The West End, similar to Broadway, thrives on a bit of star power. As Matt Wolf recently noted in the New York
From Cromer pier to the Garrick, and Jimmy Tarbuck to Kenneth Branagh, producer Edward Snape has worked his way up to the
Chorus dancer Peggy Sawyer is told: "You're going out there a youngster, but you've got to come back a star," when she
Two years ago, Taylor Mac combined eight three-hour shows into a one-off event that saw the performer on stage for a full
Football clubs have transfer windows " specific periods throughout the year when they can sign and sell players in and out of
Whether in a supporting part or as a leading man, the Olivier and Tony award-winning actor always leaves his mark. As he
While the Olivier Awards have upped the ante in the glamour stakes by relocating for the last two years to the Royal
It’s Gay Pride month in New York, and even the free Playbill programmes given out at every Broadway theatre have turned rainbow
The West End is dominated by musicals in terms of attendance, revenue and longevity. While plays are shoehorned into 14 or 15-week
The American Theatre Wing, launched by suffragettes, is the organisation behind the biggest night on Broadway. Mark Shenton meets its president, Heather
